Spanish King Juan Carlos I Presented With Maybach Saloon

Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on May 22, 2006 at 12:55 PM CST

At the Laureus World Sports Award that took place in Barcelona over  
the weekend, Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of  
DaimlerChrysler AG, presented Spanish King Juan Carlos I with the  
keys to a "Côte d’Azur" Maybach Saloon.  Following the presentation,  
King Carlos I took the opportunity to test the 612 horsepower Maybach  
for the first time with Zetsche as his passenger, and he also agreed  
to share his thoughts and experiences pertaining to the new sedan  
with Maybach over the next several months.

According to DaimlerChrysler Chairman Dr Dieter Zetsche: "We are very  
proud to be delivering a Maybach Saloon to the king of Spain, who is  
an acknowledged automobile expert. In this way His Majesty Juan  
Carlos I is allowing the Maybach brand to continue a tradition which  
dates back to the 1920s and 30s, when it supplied its products to  
numerous royal dynasties. Ever since then, the name of Maybach has  
stood for the crafting of absolute top-class motor cars."

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OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE


Maybach Saloon for Spanish King Juan Carlos I

Barcelona/Stuttgart, May 21, 2006
This afternoon the Spanish King Juan Carlos I started his special  
Maybach experience in the setting of the Laureus World Sports Award  
in Barcelona. The keys for the "Côte d’Azur" blue luxury Saloon were  
handed over by Dr Dieter Zetsche, the Chairman of the Board of  
Management of DaimlerChrysler AG and Head of the Mercedes Car Group,  
at the Catalonian Grand Prix racetrack "Circuit de Catalunya". King  
Juan Carlos I then took the opportunity for a first test drive in the  
612 hp Maybach together with Dr Zetsche. His majesty has kindly  
accepted to test this automobile and to share his thoughts and  
experiences with Maybach over the next few months.

DaimlerChrysler Chairman Dr Dieter Zetsche: "We are very proud to be  
delivering a Maybach Saloon to the king of Spain, who is an  
acknowledged automobile expert. In this way His Majesty Juan Carlos I  
is allowing the Maybach brand to continue a tradition which dates  
back to the 1920s and 30s, when it supplied its products to numerous  
royal dynasties. Ever since then, the name of Maybach has stood for  
the crafting of absolute top-class motor cars."

The royal Maybach Saloon has a light beige leather interior with  
brown burr walnut trim. This unique example from the Maybach  
Manufaktur in Sindelfingen has a special individualising feature:  
sterling silver ornaments created by the London silversmith Patrick  
Mavros adorn the shift lever for the five-speed automatic  
transmission as well as the covers of the front console and the  
ashtrays in the fond.

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