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The Mercedes-Maybach G650 Laundalet is quite possibly the most heroically outrageous new car of the past year. Or decade, at a stretch. A part drop-top, long-wheelbase G-Wagen with portal axles, a 6.0-litre bi-turbo V12 and ride height measured in stories is as unnecessary, and ostentatious, as cars get. Utterly, thoroughly inappropriate, in 2017. Obviously, we had to have a go in one of the 99 examples built. And we did just that. You can read about it here.Anyway, this very car, ex of Top Gear photoshoot fame, was auctioned this week by Bonham"s in Belgium. Where the standard" version sold for around 630,000, the final, TG-immortalised car was auctioned off for 1.2m, or 1.07million. That"s quite a mark-up for the anonymous (not for much longer) Belgian collector to pay, but their fee will be paid to the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. At long last, one of these monstrous Gs has done some good for the world. Just bought it? Read what Top Gear made of the G650 hereShare this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 9 Oct 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9479
The Mercedes-Maybach G650 Laundalet is quite possibly the most heroically outrageous new car of the past year. Or decade, at a stretch. A part drop-top, long-wheelbase G-Wagen with portal axles, a 6.0-litre bi-turbo V12 and ride height measured in stories is as unnecessary, and ostentatious, as cars get. Utterly, thoroughly inappropriate, in 2017. Obviously, we had to have a go in one of the 99 examples built. And we did just that. You can read about it here.Anyway, this very car, ex of Top Gear photoshoot fame, was auctioned this week by Bonham"s in Belgium. Where the standard" version sold for around 630,000, the final, TG-immortalised car was auctioned off for 1.2m, or 1.07million. That"s quite a mark-up for the anonymous (not for much longer) Belgian collector to pay, but their fee will be paid to the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. At long last, one of these monstrous Gs has done some good for the world. Just bought it? Read what Top Gear made of the G650 hereShare this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 9 Oct 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9479
