2021 Mercedes-Benz Maybach Review

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Highlights of the car's standard features include:

• 20-inch wheels
• Air suspension (can raise or lower the ride height of the vehicle)
• LED headlights
• Soft-close doors (catch as they're being closed and gently pull shut)
• Power trunklid
• Panoramic sunroof
• Ambient interior lighting
• Four-zone climate control with air purification and fragrance atomizer
• Heated, ventilated and massaging front and rear seats with memory settings
• Rear neck heaters
• Heated steering wheel
• Heated armrests

Technology features include:

• 12.3-inch digital instrument panel
• Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX) infotainment with 12.8-inch OLED touchscreen
• Natural voice recognition
• Navigation system with augmented reality driving directions
• Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto 
• Wireless charging for front and rear passengers
• Rear entertainment system with wireless headsets
• 30-speaker Burmester high-end audio system
• Eight USB-C ports
• Head-up display (displays important information in your sight line on the windshield)

Standard safety features include:

• Adaptive cruise control (adjusts speed to maintain a constant distance between the Maybach and the car in front and can also react to traffic signs and set speed)
• Forward collision mitigation (warns you of an impending collision and applies the brakes in certain scenarios)
• Rear and cross-traffic automatic braking (applies the brakes automatically to avoid an imminent collision with an object behind the vehicle or a vehicle or pedestrian crossing in front of the vehicle)
• Evasive steering assist (enhances the forward collision mitigation system with steering-based collision avoidance)
• Lane departure mitigation (warns you of a lane departure when a turn signal isn't used and can automatically steer to maintain lane position)
• Lane keeping system (makes minor steering corrections to help keep the vehicle centered in its lane)
• Automated lane-change assist (guides the vehicle into the next lane when the turn signal is used)
• Blind-spot monitor with rear cross-traffic alert (warns you if a vehicle is in your blind spot during a lane change or while in reverse)
• Blind-spot intervention (automatically steers the car back into its lane if you try to change lanes while a car is in the vehicle's blind spot)
• Safe exit assist (alerts passengers when opening a door into traffic approaching from behind)

Mercedes also equips the Maybach with several features that make the car easier to drive in cities and parking garages:

• Rear-wheel steering (rear wheels can steer up to a 10-degree angle to tighten a turning radius or add higher-speed stability)
• Parking sensors (alert you to obstacles that may not be visible in front of or behind the vehicle when parking)
• Automated parking system (steers into a parking spot with little or no driver intervention)
• Surround-view camera system (gives you a top-down view of the Maybach and its surroundings for tight parking situations)

The long list of standard features means there are few options, but you can upgrade the Maybach with a handful of extras. They include:

• 19-inch or 21-inch wheels
• Two-tone paint
• Upgraded Manufaktur Nappa leather-wrapped seats and interior surfaces
• Power-opening and -closing rear doors
• Rear seat refrigerator with silver Champagne flutes

Buyers planning to hire a chauffeur treatment will want the Executive Rear Seat Package Plus, which equips the Maybach with:

• Dual rear seats with a center console
• Power leg rest and footrest for right-side rear passenger
• Rear-seat folding tables
• Heated and cooled rear cupholders