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MasHD Autonews - Mercedes Maybach - S 600 and new Mercedes class and lettering system unveiled

Luxury car companies are enjoying record sales from Asian markets , Rolls Royce , Bentley are already steaming ahead with they new full size road yachts and Maybach is probably one of the last ones to join the show with the new Maybach S class  . The Maybach luxury company as you know is owned by Mercedes , the 100 year + company has gone through several changes over the years and it was once even scheduled to be phased out due to financial recession  . The new Mercedes - Maybach S class builds on some design cues of the standard S - Class including a v12 engine and so it is now numbered as S-600 although Mercedes hopes to make Maybach a seperate brand from the usual list of Mercedes products . Speaking of products , the company has also re-shuffled its lineup and it now has a new numbering/class system that gets rid of the old M  class off road vehicle series in favor of the "GL" class  . The SLK roadster is also shelved in favor of  SLC that goes unde...

This Bentley can be yours for $16500

Now about that Bentley , well technically its not a car nor a phone made by the prestigious car company ,instead its Vertu's latest take on their Signature Touch edition of luxury smartphones named "Vertu for Bentley" . Developed as a joint effort , the new phone retains the core Signature touch features but some of Bentley's signature features like Newmarket  tan for its quilted calf leather and the Bentley wings are added to the chassis which has titanium elements . The rest of the phones hardware include a Snapdragon 801 processor ,a sapphire crystal display panel ,4G connectivity and Android 4.4 Kitkat with Vertu's own custom ui with expensive looking widgets , wallpapers and a Bentley app that shows all the latest news and details such as maps for customers who might happen to own a real Bentley as well . The Vertu for Bentley is not cheap at $16500, but Vertu's have never been "cheap" per se ,and considering that the phone will be a lim...