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Barcelona/Stuttgart – This week 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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