关于迈巴赫品牌SUV的传言已经有很久了，但车厂一直未作出最后决定。奔驰销售主管 Matthias Luhrs最近对媒体表示：“我们一直在寻求各种选择”。而奔驰EQ电动跨界概念车也有可能增加迈巴赫版本。根据先前的报道，奔驰可能要等到下一代车型才会增加迈巴赫版本。但这款车不会是EQ，而是未来的GLS级车型，而它的售价将达到六位数（美元/欧元）。该车将是奔驰为应对宾利添越和劳斯莱斯库里南的竞争车型。奔驰的老对手宝马也正在开发一款高端SUV。这款X7旗舰级车型将于2019年上市。据传宝马还将推出更豪华的M版本。而Alpina也计划推出其升级改款车。

Rumored Maybach luxury SUV might go electric
Rumors about a Maybach-branded SUV have been percolating for a while, but the leaders at the posh arm of the Mercedes family aren’t quite ready to make a decision yet. “We are looking at all sorts of options,” Matthias Luhrs, Mercedes’ sales boss, told Top Gear. “A [Maybach] SUV is still one of them.”

There’s even a scant possibility that the production version of the Mercedes EQ electric crossover concept might get the Maybach treatment.

According to previous reports, Mercedes would hold off creating a Maybach SUV until the next generation of products. Instead of the EQ, the firm might use a future GLS-Class as a starting point, and the price for it would be in the six figures. The resulting model would be the German brand’s answer to the Bentley Bentayga and Rolls-Royce Cullinan.

Mercedes’ rivals at BMW are also reportedly hard at work on an opulent SUV. The upcoming X7 is the brand’s flagship utility vehicle, which arrives in 2019. Rumors suggest that an even more luxurious version and M variant are under development, too. A trademark filing from Alpina suggests the company plans its own tune for it.