Xenatec Maybach Cruiserio coupe enters production with Saudi investment
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Want to get your hands on a Maybach coupe? You've got two options. First would be to commission a replica of the Exelero concept car on the chassis of a Dodge Viper. That'll set you back ?550,000, or about $730k at today's conversion rates. Your other choice is to have Xenatec convert a Maybach 57 S limo into a coupe for ?675,000 ($894k).
We brought you initial news of the project back in May, followed by details in October. For a quick refresher, the German coachbuilder brought in Fredrik Burchhardt, designer of the original Exelero, to pen the modified shape for the coupe. The result keeps most of the saloon's mechanicals in place ? including the 600+ horsepower twin-turbo V12 ? only with modified bodywork, cabin and (of course) two longer doors instead of four.
Seen until now only in sketches, the Xenatec Maybach coupe has been (awkwardly) dubbed the Cruiserio, and it has just made its debut at Daimler headquarters in Stuttgart. The project is now being underwritten by a ?70 million ($93M) investment from AutoKingdom of Saudi Arabia. Over the course of three years, Xenatec and AutoKingdom ambitiously anticipate building 100 examples, and say they've already got enough orders to keep them busy for the next year or so. Can't wait that long? The first example is up for sale out of Riyadh, with a price tag of just under a cool million.
Link: http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/30/xenatec-maybach-cruiserio-coupe-enters-production-with-saudi-inv/
it looks great, but speaking of ostentatious cars. hehehe... i think the anticipated "factory-built" version rumored will "sell well" in extremely limited numbers, like the rolls-royce phantom coupe, drophead and bentley brooklands and azure.
I guess this car will also not start if a woman is behind the wheel.
On the bright side, it looks awesome. Although this Maybach coupe built on a Dodge Viper chassis sounds just as awesome.
Quote from: Xer0 on January 03, 2011, 09:47:45 PM
On the bright side, it looks awesome. Although this Maybach coupe built on a Dodge Viper chassis sounds just as awesome.
Has anyone seen the "production" Excelero?
Yes please.
for the $$$, i have seen just a small handful of maybe 6 out of 50 maybach sedans in nyc, ca and south fl in anything other than solid black or silver since introduced - and not the same 50 cars (give or take). for the money, i would certainly have a bespoke color scheme with many special personal touches. black and silver are classic, but the sky is the limit with their endless selection of tu-tone combinations and "create your own" options.
Maybach sold a total of.......no cars in Oz for 2010.