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About This Car
The GLS reimagined as a private lounge on wheels, twin-turbo V8 power and a rear cabin built for arriving rather than driving.
Some SUVs are built to be driven. The Maybach GLS is built to be arrived in. Everything about the cabin, from the reclining rear seats to the standalone console between them, is aimed at the passenger who has somewhere to be and wants the journey there to feel like an extension of the destination. Behind the wheel, that same attention to detail carries through: a Maybach GLS 600 rental is every bit as composed to drive as it is to be driven in.
A twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 with mild-hybrid assistance produces 550 hp, more than enough to move this considerable SUV with real urgency when asked, 100 km/h arriving in around five seconds. A nine-speed automatic and all-wheel drive handle the mechanics quietly in the background, because the mechanics were never the point. The point is the cabin behind the driver: deep-pile carpets, individually adjustable rear seats with their own climate zone, and a hush that makes the outside world feel genuinely distant.
This is the car for the airport transfer that needs to feel like a decompression rather than a commute, or the multi-day trip where every passenger, driver included, arrives just as unhurried as they left. Command, comfort, and a presence that announces itself the moment it pulls up.