For even more bling, you also get Maybach badging on the lower air intakes on the front bumper, additional chrome on the lower edge all around the body, and rose-gold accents within the headlight clusters.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Step inside the Maybach GLS (aided by electric running boards that deploy in less than a second) and you\u2019re met with wall-to-wall white Nappa leather that\u2019ll have you wondering if you\u2019re inside a giant Birkin handbag. Naturally, as with the exterior, you can opt for various colours inside courtesy of Mercedes\u2019 Manufaktur personalisation programme.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You also get the same upgrades as in the facelifted GLS, such as\u00a0Merc\u2019s latest\u00a0MBUX<\/a> user interface accessed through three 12.3-inch displays, but it\u2019s the luxurious extras that help set the Maybach apart. These include the optional \u2018Executive Seat\u2019 recliners in the back, which turn the vast 5.2-metre-long GLS into a mere four-seater, but also feature new massage functions and even the ability to massage your calves.\u00a0<\/p>\n The standard GLS\u2019s 390bhp mild-hybrid<\/a> diesel engine probably wouldn\u2019t cut it for most Maybach buyers, so there\u2019s the same 600bhp 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 as in the old Mercedes-AMG GLS 63<\/a>. Here, it gets a new mild-hybrid system that, it\u2019s claimed, \u201cfills every gap in the power delivery with seamless, instantaneous precision, enabling coasting, recuperation and an almost imperceptible start-stop function\u201d. Even with the Maybach expected to weigh more than the Mercedes, the GLS 680 should still sprint from 0-62mph in around 4.5 seconds.\u00a0<\/p>\n Considering that the most expensive version of the Mercedes GLS<\/a> (the GLS 450 d Exclusive Premium Plus) costs a fiver under \u00a3105,000, we can presume the Maybach will sit closer to the \u00a3150,000 mark if it does make its way to the UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n New Mercedes-Maybach GLS too expensive for you? We have plenty of used Mercedes GLS<\/a> on the\u00a0Auto Express Buy A Car service<\/a> with prices kicking off at just over \u00a321,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For even more bling, you also get Maybach badging on the lower air intakes on the front bumper,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-563651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}