As plush and luxurious arsenic a car whitethorn be, Carlex Design volition ever find a mode to marque it much striking and exclusive. It has done conscionable that with a caller Mercedes-Maybach GLS.
The Polish tuner dubs its instauration the GLS Gold & Mint and evidently, the proprietor of the SUV truly wanted to marque a connection with it. As such, the exterior has been re-sprayed successful a agleam shadiness of mint greenish that is contrasted with achromatic crossed the hood, roof, and pillars. Carlex past finished the beforehand grille, broadside sills, and multi-spoke wheels successful golden paint.
Then we get to the interior. Few would accidental that the Mercedes-Maybach GLS needs immoderate alterations made to its compartment but Carlex decided to re-trim virtually each azygous constituent successful mint greenish leather to lucifer the exterior finish. Parts clad successful this caller leather see the seats, doorway panels, dashboard and transmission tunnel. Adding to the exclusive consciousness of the compartment is the analyzable quilted stitching and achromatic piping recovered crossed the seats.
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The Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 4MATIC launched successful the U.S. successful precocious December 2020 priced from $160,500 excluding a $1,050 destination and transportation fee. While that makes it importantly much costly than a ‘regular’ GLS model, it does means it is astir fractional the terms of a Rolls-Royce Cullinan and astir the aforesaid arsenic a Bentley Bentayga Hybrid.
Powering the SUV is simply a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 pumping retired 550 hp and 538 lb-ft (729 Nm) of torque. This motor is supplemented by a mild-hybrid strategy with an EQ Boost starter generator pumping retired an further 21 hp and 184 lb-ft (249 Nm) of torque, allowing the GLS to deed 60 mph (96 km/h) successful 4.8 seconds and proceed done to a 155 mph (250 km/h) apical speed.