Welcome, dear reader, to a world where SUVs aren’t just about space and practicality — they also double as five-star hotel suites with WiFi, chilled champagne, and a horn loud enough to startle Elon Musk off Mars.
Today’s protagonist is the Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 4MATIC Night Series – a luxury crossover SUV that costs more than a decent 2BHK in South Delhi and has more gadgets than Q gave James Bond in Skyfall.
🇩🇪 By Mercedes-Benz. 🇺🇸 For America. 💎 Tuned by Maybach. 🚀 With Rocket DNA.
Launched globally in 2019 and now facelifted for 2025, this is Mercedes’ effort to answer a question nobody asked:
“What if an S-Class went to the gym, got a V8 transplant, studied luxury, and enrolled in finishing school in Beverly Hills?”
Meet the GLS 600 Night Series, the top-shelf model of a car that was already pretty much made of top shelf.
It’s got a price tag of ₹3.71 crore (ex-showroom), which means even Ambani’s butler might raise an eyebrow. In return, you get something that looks like it moonlights as a private equity boardroom with massaging chairs and ambient lighting in 64 moods.
🦾 Engine, Power, and Other Irresponsible Figures
Under the bonnet (where the 3-pointed star proudly stands upright, like a royal brooch), lives a 4.0L Biturbo V8 that’s more cultured than it sounds. It produces 571 horsepower and 980 Nm of torque, and can launch this 2.8-ton palace-on-wheels from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.9 seconds.
That’s faster than most sports cars, while you sit in the back getting a hot stone massage, sipping chilled Moët, and adjusting your ambient lighting to “Relaxing Lavender.”
Also included is Mercedes’ 48V EQ Boost mild hybrid system, which temporarily adds another 21 horses — probably for when you’re late to your private jet.
🛋️ Interior: Better Than Your House. Probably.
Open the Maybach doors (yes, they close themselves) and step into a world so opulent, even Buckingham Palace might feel insecure.
- Exclusive Nappa leather seats that recline almost flat.
- Massage, heating, cooling, and pillow fights included.
- Refrigerated compartments, fold-out champagne flutes, reclining rear seats, and a removable Samsung tablet that controls everything except your stock portfolio.
- Burmester surround sound system with more clarity than your family therapist.
- Optional First-Class Rear Compartment that makes business class on a plane feel like a rickshaw ride.
- A perfume diffuser that lightly mists Eau de Executive into your nostrils like you’re in a Gucci showroom.
The only thing missing is a butler named Charles.
🧠 Technology: Where Mercedes Hired Tony Stark
- 12.3-inch MBUX infotainment with AR navigation
- MBUX rear entertainment tablets, wireless headsets, and voice control that responds better than most humans
- Head-Up Display, remote engine start, guard 360, Alexa/Google Home integration, vehicle tracking, and smartphone-based control for everything from AC to your mood lighting
- E-Active Body Control that scans the road, tilts the car into corners, and can do a little dance to free itself from sand (yes, really)
Basically, your GLS 600 is smarter than your cousin with an MBA.
🦺 Safety: Fort Knox on Wheels
- 8 airbags, level 2 ADAS, collision detection, urban guard, tyre pressure warning, emergency call system, and more acronyms than a legal contract
- It even comes with a fire extinguisher for ₹32,400 — because even your luxury must be lit, but safely.
👁️ Night Series: Because Regular Maybach Wasn’t Exclusive Enough
The “Night Series” package is where Maybach looked at the regular GLS 600 and said, “More black. More gloss. More drama.”
- Dark Shadow accents, rose gold headlamp details, 23-inch Maybach wheels, exclusive trims, and a sinister two-tone black and silver paint job
- From grille to tailpipes, everything screams: “Yes, I have a black AmEx. No, I won’t explain myself.”
🛣️ Ride Quality: Magic Carpet, But German
With Airmatic suspension, adaptive damping, and optional E-Active Body Control, it’s less “driving” and more “gliding through life.”
It handles potholes like your PR team handles scandals — silently and smoothly.
Final Verdict:
“The GLS 600 Maybach is not just an SUV. It’s an experience. A lifestyle. A mobile private suite with torque.”
It may drink fuel like a thirsty camel at Coachella (7 kmpl), but if you’re buying one, your wallet’s already on performance-enhancing substances.
Sure, ₹3.71 crore is steep. But when your car can pull a horse trailer, massage your vertebrae, cool your champagne, stream Netflix, perfume your air, and still out-accelerate half of Gurgaon’s Audi S5s… that’s not a car.
That’s a statement.
Buy it if:
You want to arrive in style, comfort, and absolute silence… except for the soft clink of your chilled crystal flute.
Don’t buy it if:
You’re planning to park it at the local mall. Those alloys fear tight parking more than humans fear tax season.
