Video: Elegant Drifting with a Maybach

by Brian Potter
September 2, 2008 1:00 AM
Filed Under: German, Maybach

Despite weighing over 2,800 kg (6,184 lbs), being rear wheel drive and having a 550hp V12 under the bonnet producing 900 Nm (663 lbs/ft) of torque, it's still easy to imagine the difficulty in drifting a Maybach 62 around a curve. However, the chaps at iMotor have taken the challenge, of course with the help of a skilled driver, a nice new tux and a wet slick track.  The only thing missing from the video is a sip of bubbly while drifting through the turn.

[Correction:  Vehicle is a Maybach 62 S with 612 hp]

Source: iMotor via Autoblog.nl
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by BavarianMS | September 2, 2008 1:11 AM
3 tonnes of co2 were produced shooting this hahaha

by manels | September 2, 2008 1:13 AM
Wow... anyway, I car has that amount of power, so use it. =P

by Tuner_mad | September 2, 2008 2:28 AM
Oops, 'A car'.

by Tuner_mad | September 2, 2008 2:29 AM
wut a beautiful, "composed" drift :D:D:D absolutely epic hahah.

by carcrazy1234 | September 2, 2008 3:12 AM
Fluff journalism + Super elegance = Juvenile fun =P

by Bremen_Koenigsegg | September 2, 2008 4:16 AM
That's some good quality fun. Brings back memories of high school days doing silly things with my dad's old 560Sel in unshoveled school parking lot after it snowed.

by schizo0223 | September 2, 2008 6:05 AM
While it wouldn't look as pretty in slow motion with beautiful music, I could drift a 50ft Penske truck on a closed, wet course. I'm not as impressed as most. Slip angles on wet asphalt are the same as dry, they just creep up much sooner!

by benz_man | September 2, 2008 6:56 AM
its the 612hp 62S in the video and not the 550hp 62 as mentioned in the review. nonetheless a great limousine

by michelin901 | September 2, 2008 8:11 AM
Mona Lisa is just a painting. This is pure art.

by 3Iceman | September 2, 2008 9:29 AM
i like the idea... it would be soo much fun but i dont like the presenter...

by BabyMilo | September 2, 2008 9:52 AM
Easy buddy! This car costs more than a house!

by The_woo_factor | September 2, 2008 12:19 PM
I like to see this car in Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift. Hahah....

by The_woo_factor | September 2, 2008 12:22 PM
Respect!

by carbonsigma | September 2, 2008 5:13 PM
just like gliding on ice, really smooth :D

by catchmyshadow | September 2, 2008 6:01 PM
Nice!

by Merc-Benz | September 2, 2008 6:16 PM
wow.. the mafia could really use that...

by Malhaar | September 2, 2008 6:16 PM
will have to try that with my maybe lol

by darko2301 | September 2, 2008 8:10 PM
wow people are either running out of cars to play with or are losing their minds. i find this idea to be quite hilarious even though its a demonstration of quality engineering. wow

by dbehmoaras | September 3, 2008 3:47 AM
pretty impressive, but to be honest, i've seen videos of trucks and even buses drifting that impressed me a lot more... and those things weigh over 6 tonnes

by loyo | September 3, 2008 8:21 AM

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