In 2010, the German Xenatec presented a coupe version of the Maybach 57S, which was then completely separate from the Mercedes S-class. For two generations now, a Maybach has been ‘just’ an extra long and luxurious S-class or other Mercedes, but we immediately thought of Xenatec when we saw these S-class coupes. These cars (plural, we’ll come back to that) were also not developed by Mercedes itself, but come from a company that seems to be linked to Bussink Automotive, a company that previously produced heavily modified Mercedes cars. The patent plates show the current top versions of the Mercedes S-class, namely the Mercedes-AMG S63 and the Mercedes-Maybach. In both cases, these are real two-door coupes with very long front doors, such as Mercedes built until 2021 based on the previous S-class. However, it is emphatically about two different coupes, and that goes beyond the decoration of AMG and Maybach. The AMG has a fairly conventional roofline and a thick C-pillar. The top edge of the side window suddenly dips downwards at the end, just like in the sedan, to end in a tight angle. The side window of the Maybach version is more rounded here. The roofline of the ‘chic’ variant slopes more smoothly and the highlight of this design is without a doubt the fact that the car has a split rear window, comparable to the rear window(s) of an early Chevrolet Corvette C2. Unfortunately, both S-class coupes simply have a B-pillar, an important difference with the large coupes that Mercedes itself came up with in the past. AMG above, Maybach below. Clearly different, and you haven’t seen the rear window yet. If Bussink does indeed come up with these cars, it may well happen that Mercedes will come up with ideas. The Mercedes-AMG Purespeed, which was presented in December, is very similar to the older Bussink Speed Legend in terms of name and concept, as the first response below this article about the AMG rightly states.
Source: www.autoweek.nl
