Maybach Zeppelin beats inflation.

[LuS1fer]

Well maybe not but how desperate do you have to be to market a car with a silly name like Zeppelin - should go down like a Led balloon.

http://jalopnik.com/5151313/maybach-zeppelin-revea...

[derestrictor]

I was in a Cheshire eaterie last night.

It was like the mid 1980s, minus the shoulder pads.

There were Maybach flyers on the tables.

Such a thing transcends the mere automotive faux pas to invoke some fascinating anthropological work.

[Balmoral Green]

Might be worth a thesis for a bod at Uni, but then again, it isn't exactly sophisticated psychology though is it?

[marcosgt]

Why do German marques allow themselves to continue to be marketed in this Teutonic fashion?

'Vorsprung Durch Technik' was clever for a while (if you can avoid the obvious connotations), but what next; the BMW V2?

M.

PS Although, this could be a chance for the Chinese to relaunch a luxury, stretched Metro called the R101...

Edited by marcosgt on Tuesday 17th November 16:50

[LuS1fer]

I suppose if you had two Zeppelins parked next to one another, you could say look at that pair of....

[tubbystu]

Jalopnik website on Feb 11 2009 said:

The new Maybach Zeppelin goes on sale on 3 March 2009, with the first models expected to be delivered to customers in September 2009.

Hardly news though, is it.