Article by:
Elana Scherr
The 2025 Mercedes Maybach GLS600 glitters like a leading lady on a red-carpet premiere and intimidates like the bouncer at the after-party. In the Obsidian Black and Mojave Silver paint of our two-tone Night Series test car, the GLS600 is even more of a standout, with rose-gold details inside the headlamps and smoked chrome reflecting the surroundings like a Victorian gazing ball.
What Is Maybach?
Everyone who sees it will know the Maybach is a top-shelf cocktail, although not everyone knows the Maybach name. We fielded two recurring questions while testing the GLS600: "Is Maybach a trim or a brand?" and "Can I open the champagne that's in the refrigerated rear compartment?"
To the second question—no, it's a photo prop, and also it's cheap prosecco, because we don't have a champagne budget. As for the first question, Maybach has been both. Wilhelm Maybach began as a stand-alone engine manufacturer in 1909. While the bulk of the business was heavy-duty powerplants, Maybach also designed and sold high-end luxury cars.For obvious reasons, demand in Germany for tank engines and glamorous transport for high-ranking military officers fell off after World War II, and it wasn't until Daimler-Benz purchased the company in the 1960s that Maybach began making luxury vehicles again, first under the Mercedes name, then briefly as its own brand. Currently, it's somewhere in the middle.
All modern Maybachs are based on Mercedes models but offer features and options unavailable in a regular Benz. Mercedes is no slouch on comfort and performance, but the Maybach versions step it up on luxury and customization.
HIGHS: Mobile spa experience, surprisingly quick, passenger pleasing.
The Maybach GLS goes loud on the exterior with a polished grille and flashy wheel options such as 23-inch five-hole monoblocks or the lacy Maybach-logo-patterned seven-spokes that were on our test car. Inside, Maybach ditches the third-row seat and transforms the GLS from a very nice family SUV into a mobile executive lounge, complete with massaging recliners and thematic scent therapy. Read more...
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