I still think there is much room for improvement. A lot of the current designs are still not particularly up-to-date in terms of styling. The concept cars are fantastic and I can see many parallels with current trends in architecture, fashion design, and high industrial design. I realize that for the mainstream market design has to be toned down to sell -- but at the elite end of the market I am continually disappointed by the lack of imagination.
Maybach has so much potential -- they are supposed to be at the highest end of the market ....so why are they so middle-class in terms of their style?. They should be at the cutting-edge of design -- like the Monaco boat builder Wally.
Maybach should be to the auto-industry what Wally is to the boat building industry -- Daimler-Benz should get radical and take luxury automobile design to a new level of aesthetic experience. Unfortunately, I don't think they will. Luckily BMW and Aston Martin seem to be doing just that.
