---
title: "The Mercedes-Maybach S-Class Gets a Pinstriped Grille and Two-Tone Paint"
description: "For 2019, the Teutonically opulent chauffeur-mobile gets an imposingly exclusive, vertical-slatted grille also seen on the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Concept."
date: "2018-02-13"
modified: "2018-02-13"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/18448/the-mercedes-maybach-s-class-gets-a-pinstriped-grille-and-two-tone-paint"
categories:
  - "Car Reviews"
  - "Mercedes-Benz Reviews"
  - "Mercedes-Benz S-Class"
tags:
  - "luxury"
  - "luxury cars"
  - "Mercedes-Maybach"
  - "s-class"
  - "sedan"
---

# The Mercedes-Maybach S-Class Gets a Pinstriped Grille and Two-Tone Paint

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Ahead of a full Geneva reveal later in March, Mercedes has shown off a refreshed Mercedes-Maybach S-Class. Arabian oil-igarchs and Atlanta hip-hop moguls, get in line.

For 2019, the Teutonically opulent chauffeur-mobile gets an imposingly exclusive, vertical-slatted grille also seen on the [Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Concept](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/13605/the-vision-mercedes-maybach-6-cabriolet-floats-into-pebble-beach>). Mercedes says the grille was inspired by a pinstriped suit, because of course, it was. To my eyes, it more closely resembles the iron gates that separate the typical Mercedes-Maybach owner's driveway from the rest of the world but that's neither here nor there.

More notably, Merc's facelifted limo is graced with the reappearance of two-tone paint *à la* Maybachs from years past and (a smidge more prosaically) [the new Camry](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/13953/2018-toyota-camry-review-a-sharper-more-potent-reinvention-for-the-worlds-top-selling-sedan>). Okay, so the Maybach's dual-hue treatment is probably a little more posh than that of Toyota's with Benz touting an available piano-lacquer effect, double clear coat in which the top coat is hand-sprayed by Sindelfingen's finest craftsmen. All in all, nine different color combos will be available.

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Under the color-contrasted hood lies either a 469-horsepower, 4.0-liter V8 or a 630-horsepower, 6.0-liter V12. Both engines propel the Mercedes-Maybach's new 20-inch wheels to 62 miles per hour in less than 5 seconds.

Sales for the new ultra-luxury S-Class start in April. Pricing has yet to be announced, but if you have to ask...

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## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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