Maybach Coupe

I can clearly remember the day when I first saw the Maybach. It was 2004 and it was unforgettable moment for me. However Maybach’s future was not that exciting, after Rolls Royce Phantom’s appearance Maybach lost its market share suddenly. It was excellent car with lack of passion. Honestly, Maybach offers more sophisticated technologies than Rolls Royce but Maybach is mainly based on old Mercedes S Class! Especially the interior is exactly an old Mercedes S Class.

Therefore it did not take long time to release the reality of Maybach by consumers and they moved to Rolls Royce. What they have done is the right thing to do. When you have chance to buy a Rolls Royce, you should not focus on Maybach. Many people thought like this and Maybach sales come close to zero. There are still rumours about Maybach’s future and it is a huge question mark. As Rolls Royce getting better and better, Maybach is getting worse and worse.

Recently Mercedes focused on Chinese market to sell excess Maybachs and that’s a very good idea. At least one percentage of China decides to buy a Maybach, Mercedes can clear out the whole warehouse.

But there is good news for Maybach a coupe is coming! Yes, Maybach coupe will be produced but not from Mercedes. Companies called Xenatec will be producing Maybach coupe cars and selling from € 675 000! Price is a bit high but Maybach couple looks amazing. Just forget the boring looking stretched limo, this is something totally different. It is real substitute for Bentley Continental, Rolls Royce Drophead Coupe! It looks amazing, I think Mercedes should have done it earlier.

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A new gladiator to arena: Lotus

British sports car manufacturer Lotus is trying to gain its position back. Proton owned (Lotus is owned by Proton, ugly truth!) revealed five (Esprit, Eterne, Elise, Elan and Elite) new models to compete with Italian and Germans and Aston Martin. After being away from the German vs. rest of the automotive companies gladiator games. Now with four new models Lotus is trying to enter the Colosseum.

What Lotus has done is a miracle, they revealed five different types of cars at the same time. We see this with Germans but Lotus is not that wealthy like Germans. Therefore I consider this as a great success. However sales may not be that successful! The CEO of Lotus declared that they are heading directly to Aston Martin, Ferrari, Porsche and Mercedes AMG territory. It is very easy to spell but extremely hard to achieve.

All these brands have their very royal and fanatic customers. People desire to have those brands and that’s a way to achieve their dreams. However Lotus is not a dream car anymore. I know for some people still a dream car like Pamela Anderson is a dream for people over 30 but new generation consider her as their mother! This is the same with Lotus. People don’t really know what really is Lotus.

I know that Lotus is excellent in handling and car engineering but trying to have a place in gladiator games is more than handling and engineering! Lotus has to create a dream but it won’t be very to achieve. I am sure some people will buy their new cars but Lotus should not have focused too many cars at the same time. Like Rolls-Royce, Lotus should have revealed news cars in a scheduled time frame.

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