The Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6, which measures almost six metres in length, is designed as an electric car. The drive system has an output of 740bhp and the shallow underfloor battery allows a range of over 500km, according to the New European Driving Cycle.
The large coupe is set to make its debut at Monterey Car Week, which will take place on the Monterey Peninsula between 16th and 21st August 2016. The final event on 21st August will be the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
With its sensual, emotional design ('hot') and intelligent details ('cool'), the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 represents the ultimate in luxury. The classic aesthetic proportions of the show car - the extremely long bonnet, the low roof line and the rearward positioning of the greenhouse - recall the aero coupes of days gone by. But this is not retro design - this is a reinterpretation of classic, aesthetic principles.
At the same time the design is something unexpectedly new - cool, technoid and reduced. This is exemplified by the aerodynamically intelligent basic shape. Even without aids such as spoilers, the airflow hugs the contours of the vehicle body and only breaks away very late at the tail end of the vehicle. Then there is the surprisingly technoid character of the narrow lights, the partially transparent rims and the split rear window.
