据路透社报道，在今年的洛杉矶和广州车展上，我们将能看到迈巴赫的全新面孔。虽然现在已经知道奔驰准备重新恢复迈巴赫品牌，但目前还不清楚迈巴赫的定位，尤其是奔驰即将推出Pullman之后。路透社的报道称，迈巴赫“主要用于提升S级豪华车专属版的装饰水平”，而这款车的售价“将是现行版奔驰S600旗舰级车型16.5万欧元的一倍以上”。2012款迈巴赫57，也就是迈巴赫最后一款车型的售价为37.63万美元。如果路透社的报道是正确的，这款车的价格不仅增加“一倍”，而且“以上”。或许这款车只是增加一些华而不实的高端配置，诸如文章所称的“软触真皮和专属材料”，而不是一个独立品牌。而S600在欧洲的价格要远高于美国市场售价，或许这是真的。而2013款S600在美国售价16.03万美元，如果售价增加一倍以上，那么迈巴赫起价将达到32.1万美元，甚至更高。即便如此，相对于起价402940美元的劳斯莱斯幻影，迈巴赫品牌的S级也仍有一定的空间。而宾利慕尚售价“仅为”303700美元。在洛杉矶车展上就能知道戴姆勒是如何定位这款车了。至于Pullman，路透社称，该车将是一款额外增加一排后排座椅（即后两排座椅是面对面的）的豪华车型，这主要是为那些拥有私人司机的客户设计的。而最近有人的德国拍到了经过遮掩的豪华轿车，其长度约为21英尺（约合6.4米），或许就是Pullman车型。
Daimler bringing resurrected Maybach name to 2014 LA and Guangzhou auto shows
According to a report in Reuters, we will get to know the new face of Maybach at this year's Los Angeles Auto Show and Guangzhou Motor Show. The revival of the name has been in the news for a while now, but what hasn't been clear is where it will fit in with other models like the coming Pullman. The Reuters piece says it will be "used to adorn an exclusive version of its S-Class limousine," but the real punch is reading that it is expected to "cost more than double the 165,000-euro ($228,000) asking price of its current flagship, the Mercedes-Benz S600."
The base price of a 2012 Maybach 57, the year the brand died, was $376,300. If Reuters is correct, and depending on how much "more" is added to "double," the price of Maybach just as a trim level and not as a standalone brand could still carry a gaudy premium for what the article calls "soft-touch leather and bespoke materials." True, that listed euro price will be higher than our own S600 - which we don't know the price of yet. But our 2013 S600 cost $160,300, which - again, assuming the double-down price is correct - would have a Maybach buyer staring at a $321,000 bill, or more, before he puts his Conway Stewart pen to work on options.
On the other hand, that still leaves room for a Maybach-branded S-Class to tout its cost difference relative to the Rolls-Royce Phantom, which currently starts at $402,940; if you have a third hand, though, the Bentley Mulsanne is "only" $303,700. We look forward to the LA show to find out exactly how Daimler is going to spice and slice this one up. As for that Pullman, Reuters says it will be a state limousine that has an additional, rear-facing bench in the chauffeured quarters. A camouflaged version of the reported limo - all 21 feet of it - was spotted recently in Germany.