When it comes to the Mercedes-Maybach S600, it has pretty big shoes to fill. OK, it has REALLY big shoes to fill. Although the original Maybach reboot didn't exactly sell in the numbers the three-pointed star had hoped for, there's one thing most people can agree on.
The car was special.
While the Maybach 57S may have been based on a Mercedes-Benz S-Class, it was a properly bespoke machine that felt other worldly.
Now with Mercedes positioning Maybach as a sub-brand, some have questioned if the sedan's lost its special sauce. There's only one real way to find out how the all-new car compares against the old.
Our Russian friends at DragTimes put both of them to the test back-to-back to figure out just what differentiates both cars from each other.
Have a closer look via the clip below.
Dragtimes Test Drive — Maybach 57S vs Mercedes-Benz S600 W222 Maybach