Like Its Stablemates, The 2026 Mercedes-maybach Sl680 Is Actually Kind Of A Bargain

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Mercedes unveiled nan Maybach type of nan SL roadster past summer, officially called the Mercedes-Maybach SL680 Monogram Series, astatine a very flashy statement during Monterey Car Week. It's difficult to deliberation of a amended spot to show disconnected an ostentatious luxury conveyance than Car Week, wherever nan Monterey peninsula is afloat of rich | group who emotion cool cars. But it turns retired the Maybach SL isn't arsenic costly arsenic you mightiness expect — unless you've been paying attraction to the Mercedes-Maybach sub-brand, successful which lawsuit you'd cognize nan different 3 Maybachs are beautiful bully bargains, too. Relatively speaking, of course.

When nan Maybach SL680 reaches U.S. dealerships astatine immoderate constituent wrong nan adjacent fewer months it'll commencement astatine $226,050 including destination. That makes it nan 2nd most-expensive car that Mercedes presently sells, aft nan $241,650 V12-powered Maybach S-Class, but it's not that overmuch much costly than different SLs, and it's overmuch cheaper than different high-end droptops.

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The SL680 uses nan aforesaid twin-turbo V8 powertrain arsenic nan Mercedes-AMG SL63, which starts astatine $188,300, alternatively of nan plug-in-hybrid powertrain of nan SL63 S E-Performance that costs $208,300. Its 577 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque are identical to nan nonhybrid SL63, but nan SL680 has its ain tuning for nan engine, transmission and exhaust and chassis to make nan driving acquisition a much luxurious one. It's sewage nan AMG's fancy Active Ride Control hydraulic suspension strategy and rear-wheel steering, and though there's no Race thrust mode, location is still a Sport mode and a caller Maybach mode.

There aren't galore options to take from, which helps pinch nan Maybach's bargain argument. It comes successful either Red Ambience aliases White Ambience specs, nan erstwhile of which has Garnet Red Metallic exterior overgarment while nan second has Moonlight White Magno. Customers will beryllium capable to get their SL680s painted successful different Manufaktur colors upon request. You tin take betwixt 2 21-inch instrumentality designs — you cognize you want nan monoblocks — and getting nan achromatic hood covered successful a PixelPaint Maybach logo shape will costs extra, astir apt astir $5,000. The only interior colour strategy is Crystal White, pinch nan Maybach getting much leather-covered surfaces than a normal SL, a beautiful parcel support covered by an aero cowl alternatively of nan AMG SL's mini rear seats, tons of Maybach badges and immoderate nicer trim pieces. And of people nan Maybach SL looks notably different connected nan extracurricular too, pinch a opinionated hood ornament and Maybach grille, unsocial bumper designs, and tons of chrome and Maybach logos everywhere.

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Yes, I know, $226,050 is simply a batch of money for a car, particularly 1 whose guidelines exemplary (the four-cylinder SL43) starts astatine $113,100. But successful a world wherever nan Aston Martin DB12 Volante, Bentley Continental GT convertible and Ferrari Roma Spider each commencement astatine astir $270,000 — prices that skyrocket nan instant you adhd immoderate options, which you surely will — nan Maybach SL looks moreover much appealing. The past Maybach convertible, nan 2017 S650, started astatine $337,625, but only 300 of those were sold worldwide wherever nan caller Maybach SL isn't limited-production.

And for illustration I said, each existent Maybach is simply a deal. The astir costly 1 is nan S-Class, which starts astatine $204,650 for nan V8. You're gonna beryllium paying tens of thousands much for a guidelines Bentley Flying Spur, and nan Rolls-Royce Ghost costs much than $350,000 earlier immoderate options. Maybach's SUVs are moreover much financially reasonable. The GLS600 starts astatine $179,600 while nan electrical EQS680 is $181,250. Again, those are tens of thousands little than a Bentley Bentayga pinch nary options and complete $200,000 cheaper than a Rolls-Royce Cullinan, and connected some nan EQS and GLS, Maybach's first class–style four-seat configuration is simply a no-cost option.