The Mercedes-Benz S-Class Maybach edition of the S550 4MATIC will costs $67,000 more than its regular Mercedes rendition. However, it is still a lot less expensive than the other chauffeur-class sedans and Maybach includes the greater part of the most recent safety and infotainment innovation from S-class.

According to Yahoo News, the hefty premium over a comparable S550 4MATIC net significantly more space for back seat occupants. There are an additional 7.9 inches in the wheelbase that is allotted to the back, where the 99th-percentile test dummy could comfortably fold his legs in what Mercedes claims the quietest car interior in the market.

Just like Rolls-Royce, the Maybach positions the back seats so that the C-column blocks prying eyes from seeing who is staying in the back. Both detachable back seats get the recliner treatment, with deployable leg rests, warming and cooling, and back massage functionality.

Car and Driver additionally reported that an airbag is installed in each of the back of the safety belts. It is a security feature yet an extra advantage is that its benefit is that it lends the impression of a gentler, more lavish belt. A pair of screens in the front seat and standard earphones permit back seat occupants to pull back, Inception-style, even more, profound into their own particular world inside the world.

Aside of interior bundle, Maybach has also had an extended wheelbase, a changes roofline that lifts headroom in the back. Highlighted with chrome trim around the windows and on the B-columns, the new top lends the S-class a fittingly stately profile.

Maybach S550 4MATIC has a 449 horsepower and 516 lb-ft of torque directed to each of the four wheels through a nine-speed automatic transmission. Mercedes' twin-turbo 4.7-liter V-8 flings the S550's 5189 pounds to 60 mph in five seconds flat. The Maybach's 157-foot stop from 70 mph is just four feet longer than was required by the last Audi R8 tested.

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