• Ultra-exclusive luxury sports saloon • One owner from new • Two tone 'Light Côte d'Azur Blue' • Outstanding specification "It's one of the world's most luxurious cars.

In fact, only the Rolls-Royce Phantom comes close.

It can carry a driver, front passenger and up to three rear passengers on a serene, silent and spacious journey." – Autocar magazine on the Maybach 57 S.

Few industry observers would have predicted the revival of the Maybach brand after almost 50 years of dormancy, but that is exactly what Daimler-Benz did in 1997 when it presented a luxury concept car at that year's Tokyo Motor Show.

In pre-war days Maybach had represented the absolute pinnacle of automotive technology, producing some of the most advanced, luxurious and expensive cars the world had ever seen, and its resurrection signalled Mercedes-Benz's intention to compete head-on with BMW-owned Rolls-Royce.

Although it had not built any cars since 1940, Maybach had lived on as a manufacturer of proprietary en...