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Originally Posted by Merc1  
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Gosh Marcus, are you trying to give me nightmares?
Seriously though, you are absolutely right ...but I seriously doubt the Maybach would have been much more successful even if it did wear the Mercedes star.
The reality is, the whole Maybach concept of luxury is missing the point. Today, even many modestly priced cars come packed with all kinds of 'gizmos' -- and obviously this doesn't all of a sudden make them supreme luxury vehicles.
The Maybach designers focused entirely on jamming the thing with as many clever toys as possible ...but this is not what real luxury is all about -- and that is why the Phantom is winning this battle, it offers something the Maybach, despite all its brilliant equipment, doesn't -- an experience.
The Phantom is all about emotions and aesthetics -- and herewith lies the Maybachs biggest (and probably its only) flaw, it is almost emotionless, passionless.