On The Street: Maybach 62S in New York

By Gunnar Heinrich

PROVIDING further evidence that, yes, Maybachs do still roam the Earth along with the rest of traffic, yours encountered a new black /black 62S in a recent soujourn to New York.

That the Maybach didn’t even have NY state livery tags, was a promising sign indeed!

Sadly, as night had fallen I wasn’t able to capture photographically the rare limo in all its W140-Sonderklasse-platformed glory. Yet, as I drove alongside the road yacht block for block (Carparazzo? Moi?), I took visual notes which I’ll impart to you herein.

The subtle changes of  detail and trim on the Maybach 62S grant a surprisingly freshened appearance over your garden variety 57 or 62 of some years and even more miles. The black coat was as jet noire as a Steinway & Sons.

The 20″ alloys along with those distinctive taillights are a boon to the appearance,too. Unifying both lamps for an über sense of occasion, Maybach channels a little bit of Porsche Carrera with a horizontal red bar of LEDs.

Incidentally, one Maybach tail lamp can be had on eBay for $2,250.

I should mention the vehicle imparts a large sense of, well, mass.

From an E46 gen. BMW 3er’s drivers seat, my line of sight seemed on the same plane as the Maybach’s doorhandle, such was the limo’s apparent loft.

Few are to be seen outside metro areas, as Bentley Continental GTs and Flying Spurs and Crewe-era Royces reign supreme in the Constitution State. Looking back, yours has only personally spied Maybachs in urban areas (DC, NYC, Paris)

That said, Phantom to Maybach sightings that night in Gotham were a bit uneven: 4 to 1.