---
title: "We Chauffeured Two IndyCar Drivers in a $196,000 Mercedes-Benz Maybach"
description: "Josef Newgarden and Marco Andretti needed to get to a New York Fashion Week show. We had just the chariot."
date: "2016-09-16"
modified: "2016-09-16"
authors:
  - name: "Sean Evans"
    job_title: "Entertainment Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/sean-evans"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/video/5223/we-chauffeured-two-indycar-drivers-in-a-196-000-mercedes-benz-maybach"
categories:
  - "Mercedes-Benz News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "indycar"
  - "luxury"
  - "Maybach"
  - "Mercedes-Maybach"
---

# We Chauffeured Two IndyCar Drivers in a $196,000 Mercedes-Benz Maybach

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The Mercedes-Benz Maybach S600 is a formidable goliath for the wealthy who want to be stealthy. From the outside, it looks sedate, like an elongated S550. On the inside, however, first-class seats await backseat passengers. Fully reclining, Napa-leather wrapped beds envelop occupants, ready to heat, cool or massage with the press of a button. The fantastic air suspension system enables the car to glide over the road, severely mitigating pesky potholes and road blemishes lesser cars would shudder over. And lastly, under the bonnet, a prodigious 6.0-liter twin turbo V12 generates 523 horsepower and more than 600 lb-ft of torque. This hulking force of 5,300 pounds will tear to sixty in a positively goofy time of 4.8 seconds.

If there's anyone who knows about going fast while effectively laying down, it's an IndyCar driver. (That's how to [describe the sensation of pushing an IndyCar around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/5085/this-is-what-its-like-to-drive-an-indycar>).) When we heard drivers Josef Newgarden, of Ed Carpenter Racing, and Marco Andretti, of Andretti Autosport, were coming into New York to attend a fashion show, we asked if we could chauffeur them in style. They readily agreed. Below, some of the highlights from our drive earlier this week.

*For a tour inside the Mercedes-Benz Maybach S600, [click here](<https://www.facebook.com/thedrive/videos/1115302261882668/>). Watch the final IndyCar series race, the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, this Sunday, September 18 at 6:30 pm (ET) on NBCSN.*

## Author
A former entertainment columnist for the *New York Daily News*, Sean has contributed to a host of publications including *Conde Nast Traveler*, *Gawker Media*, *Sports Illustrated*, *Entertainment Weekly*, *Fast Company*, *New York Magazine* and more.

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