Bojan Vrbnjak
It is right to first briefly introduce this coupe, which in the past has caused quite a few looks, both from admiration and misunderstanding.
Name: Maybach exelero
Premiere: Tempodrom Berlin, 2005
Technical information: length 5,83 meters, width 2,12 meters, height 1,38 meters, 5,9-liter biturbo V12, 700 hp, 1.020 Nm, 5-speed automatic transmission, curb weight 2.730 kg, 4,4 seconds to 100 km /h, maximum speed 351 km/h
And what is the background of this car?
With the model Exelero longed Maybach and tire manufacturer Fulda joined forces more than 15 years ago and established luxury coupe to really big wheels: 23-inch rims with 315 tires that express what it is supposed to be Exelero bil: This means that it is a test vehicle for fast tires and at the same time the bearer of the image of the eponymous Exelero tires from Fulda. Very elegant Fulda-Maybach was a rather hot car for a test vehicle: the radiator grille resembled a cell window, next to which the engine hissed when it started 700 BAM. The line at the back was almost a slender, gentle shape reminiscent of Bentley GT. Narrow side pipes hissed exhaust gases from the twelve cylinders. The last part evoked memories of the classic with its design language Maybach from the XNUMXs. The daring high-performance car had only one drawback: it stayed unique specimen.
With the model Exelero are a luxury car manufacturer revived by the (then) DaimlerChrysler, and the more than 100-year-old tire manufacturer renewed a collaboration that existed in this form more than 60 years ago. At the time, it was a simplified vehicle that was based on a model Maybach SW 38, made it possible to test tires at speed 200 km/h, which was more than respectful at the time. Fulda she remembered this collaboration when they were looking for a test car for a new high-tech tire Exelero. The most extreme dimension of this tire is 315 / 25 ZR 23 and is approved for speeds above 350 km/h - as a standard tyre. Therefore, a car for high speed, but not a racing car.
At the fair IAA 2003 the two partners sealed their collaboration and stipulated that the vehicle should be based on the model Maybach 57, have about 700 BAM, reach maximum speed 350 km/h and must not have a retro design. In addition, the vehicle must receive a blessing TÜV. Two professors and four students from the University of Applied Sciences in Pforzheim are together with the designers of the company DaimlerChrysler created the elegant exterior of the Exelero. By limousine Maybach he had little in common and was by no means a dwarf: because of his length 5,89 meters, width 2,14 meters and wheelbases 3,39 meters suitable parking spaces for him were very rare. The interior of a coupe made by the company Chairs in Turin, was equipped as you would want in a sports car Maybach: This car featured genuine leather, neoprene, coated perforated aluminum sheet metal, and carbon fiber in black and red.
He drove a unique vehicle modified Maybach engine. Engine displacement V12 increased from 5,6 to 5,9 liter, and the turbine charging was optimized. The result was 700 BAM at 5.000 rpm. Maximum torque 1.020 Nm was available at 2.500 rpm. 2,7 tons a heavy car accelerated to 100 km/h in samo 4,4 seconds, and the highest speed was measured during testing in Nardo 351,45 km/h. What happened to the model Maybach exelero? According to the data Top Gear bought the vehicle in 2011 for 8 million US dollars rapper Birdman. The vehicle is currently owned by the company mechatronics.
