Vision Mercedes-Maybach six concept coupe: all-electric powertrain hints at future plans

Vision Mercedes-Maybach six concept coupe: all-electric powertrain hints at future plans

As the famed Monterey Car Week moves into high gear today, Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a fresh concept car: the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6.

It’s not too surprising that a large, elegant, uber-luxe streamlined coupe with gullwing doors might be shown to depict a future design direction for its high-luxury Mercedes-Maybach sub-brand.

What is surprising, however, is that it’s all-electric.

The “6” in its name, incidentally, refers not to it being a sixth Maybach concept but to the two-door car’s length in meters. For the record, that translates to just bashful of twenty feet.

Future Maybach models may include a production version of the Vision six coupe, if rumors out of Germany prove accurate, targeting such cars as the Rolls-Royce Wraith (from BMW) and the Bentley Continental GT (from the VW Group).

Whether it would find more success in the highest end of the luxury market than the ill-fated and now withdrawn Maybach fifty seven and sixty two sedans remains unclear.

Vision Mercedes-Maybach six concept, two thousand sixteen Monterey Car Week

The concept coupe’s powertrain is likely a strong hint toward the four battery-electric vehicles Mercedes is planning to launch from two thousand eighteen through 2021.

A vapid 80-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack is housed under the floorpan, Tesla-style, delivering current to four electrical motors that provide all-wheel drive with individual torque vectoring to each.

Mercedes quotes combined power output of the four motors at five hundred fifty kilowatts (738 horsepower), presumably the peak rating and not the sustainable rate for continuous running.

That specification provides not only a range of more than two hundred miles but acceleration from zero to sixty mph in less than four seconds.

DC rapid charging is provided by a built-in Combined Charging System (CCS) port, which Mercedes says will add sixty two miles of range in a mere five minutes. (That rate will depend, of course, what capacity remains in the battery at the begin.)

Level two charging is possible either via a subset of the CCS port or through a fresh wireless inductive charging system—a feature Mercedes-Benz will begin building into some of its plug-in hybrid vehicles for the two thousand eighteen model year.

Vision Mercedes-Maybach six concept, two thousand sixteen Monterey Car Week

As for the design concept itself, the company attributes its inspiration to the “aero coupes” developed before the 2nd World War, perhaps including its own, recently re-created one thousand nine hundred thirty eight Mercedes-Benz 540K Streamliner.

The Concept Mercedes-Maybach six has sleek surfaces and an utterly long nose that flows into a low roofline. The back of the car has an updated version of the boat-tail rear found on some of the pre-war aero coupes.

Mercedes says the grille was inspired by a pin-striped suit. Indeed.

Once the gull-wing doors have elevated the interior offers a “lounge-like” environment with uncommon and expensive accents. How about rose gold trim on the dash?

The floorboards are polished elm and the seats are (of course) trimmed in leather, but all dash displays are fully digital. A fully translucent unit takes the idea of head-up projection to the next level, suggesting geographic and driving-related data across the total width of the cabin.

As you might expect for any concept of this prestige, the vehicle will take over the driving tasks when the driver wishes; a fully autonomous mode is on request as well as the old-fashioned way.

Vision Mercedes-Maybach six concept coupe: all-electric powertrain hints at future plans

Vision Mercedes-Maybach six concept coupe: all-electric powertrain hints at future plans

As the famed Monterey Car Week moves into high gear today, Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a fresh concept car: the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6.

It’s not too surprising that a large, elegant, uber-luxe streamlined coupe with gullwing doors might be shown to depict a future design direction for its high-luxury Mercedes-Maybach sub-brand.

What is surprising, however, is that it’s all-electric.

The “6” in its name, incidentally, refers not to it being a sixth Maybach concept but to the two-door car’s length in meters. For the record, that translates to just bashful of twenty feet.

Future Maybach models may include a production version of the Vision six coupe, if rumors out of Germany prove accurate, targeting such cars as the Rolls-Royce Wraith (from BMW) and the Bentley Continental GT (from the VW Group).

Whether it would find more success in the highest end of the luxury market than the ill-fated and now withdrawn Maybach fifty seven and sixty two sedans remains unclear.

Vision Mercedes-Maybach six concept, two thousand sixteen Monterey Car Week

The concept coupe’s powertrain is likely a strong hint toward the four battery-electric vehicles Mercedes is planning to launch from two thousand eighteen through 2021.

A plane 80-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack is housed under the floorpan, Tesla-style, delivering current to four electrified motors that provide all-wheel drive with individual torque vectoring to each.

Mercedes quotes combined power output of the four motors at five hundred fifty kilowatts (738 horsepower), presumably the peak rating and not the sustainable rate for continuous running.

That specification provides not only a range of more than two hundred miles but acceleration from zero to sixty mph in less than four seconds.

DC swift charging is provided by a built-in Combined Charging System (CCS) port, which Mercedes says will add sixty two miles of range in a mere five minutes. (That rate will depend, of course, what capacity remains in the battery at the commence.)

Level two charging is possible either via a subset of the CCS port or through a fresh wireless inductive charging system—a feature Mercedes-Benz will begin building into some of its plug-in hybrid vehicles for the two thousand eighteen model year.

Vision Mercedes-Maybach six concept, two thousand sixteen Monterey Car Week

As for the design concept itself, the company attributes its inspiration to the “aero coupes” developed before the 2nd World War, perhaps including its own, recently re-created one thousand nine hundred thirty eight Mercedes-Benz 540K Streamliner.

The Concept Mercedes-Maybach six has slick surfaces and an utterly long nose that flows into a low roofline. The back of the car has an updated version of the boat-tail rear found on some of the pre-war aero coupes.

Mercedes says the grille was inspired by a pin-striped suit. Indeed.

Once the gull-wing doors have elevated the interior offers a “lounge-like” environment with infrequent and expensive accents. How about rose gold trim on the dash?

The floorboards are polished elm and the seats are (of course) trimmed in leather, but all dash displays are fully digital. A fully semitransparent unit takes the idea of head-up projection to the next level, suggesting geographic and driving-related data across the utter width of the cabin.

As you might expect for any concept of this prestige, the vehicle will take over the driving tasks when the driver wishes; a fully autonomous mode is on request as well as the old-fashioned way.

Vision Mercedes-Maybach six concept coupe: all-electric powertrain hints at future plans

Vision Mercedes-Maybach six concept coupe: all-electric powertrain hints at future plans

As the famed Monterey Car Week moves into high gear today, Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a fresh concept car: the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6.

It’s not too surprising that a large, elegant, uber-luxe streamlined coupe with gullwing doors might be shown to depict a future design direction for its high-luxury Mercedes-Maybach sub-brand.

What is surprising, however, is that it’s all-electric.

The “6” in its name, incidentally, refers not to it being a sixth Maybach concept but to the two-door car’s length in meters. For the record, that translates to just timid of twenty feet.

Future Maybach models may include a production version of the Vision six coupe, if rumors out of Germany prove accurate, targeting such cars as the Rolls-Royce Wraith (from BMW) and the Bentley Continental GT (from the VW Group).

Whether it would find more success in the highest end of the luxury market than the ill-fated and now withdrawn Maybach fifty seven and sixty two sedans remains unclear.

Vision Mercedes-Maybach six concept, two thousand sixteen Monterey Car Week

The concept coupe’s powertrain is likely a strong hint toward the four battery-electric vehicles Mercedes is planning to launch from two thousand eighteen through 2021.

A vapid 80-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack is housed under the floorpan, Tesla-style, delivering current to four electrical motors that provide all-wheel drive with individual torque vectoring to each.

Mercedes quotes combined power output of the four motors at five hundred fifty kilowatts (738 horsepower), presumably the peak rating and not the sustainable rate for continuous running.

That specification provides not only a range of more than two hundred miles but acceleration from zero to sixty mph in less than four seconds.

DC swift charging is provided by a built-in Combined Charging System (CCS) port, which Mercedes says will add sixty two miles of range in a mere five minutes. (That rate will depend, of course, what capacity remains in the battery at the embark.)

Level two charging is possible either via a subset of the CCS port or through a fresh wireless inductive charging system—a feature Mercedes-Benz will commence building into some of its plug-in hybrid vehicles for the two thousand eighteen model year.

Vision Mercedes-Maybach six concept, two thousand sixteen Monterey Car Week

As for the design concept itself, the company attributes its inspiration to the “aero coupes” developed before the 2nd World War, perhaps including its own, recently re-created one thousand nine hundred thirty eight Mercedes-Benz 540K Streamliner.

The Concept Mercedes-Maybach six has sleek surfaces and an enormously long nose that flows into a low roofline. The back of the car has an updated version of the boat-tail rear found on some of the pre-war aero coupes.

Mercedes says the grille was inspired by a pin-striped suit. Indeed.

Once the gull-wing doors have elevated the interior offers a “lounge-like” environment with infrequent and expensive accents. How about rose gold trim on the dash?

The floorboards are polished elm and the seats are (of course) trimmed in leather, but all dash displays are fully digital. A fully translucent unit takes the idea of head-up projection to the next level, suggesting geographic and driving-related data across the utter width of the cabin.

As you might expect for any concept of this prestige, the vehicle will take over the driving tasks when the driver wishes; a fully autonomous mode is on request as well as the old-fashioned way.

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