Just for starters, the vehicle you see above featured a 6.0 liter, twin-turbo V12 pumping out 640HP and 737 pounds of torque. Interested? Read on.

The Maybach Zeppelin is everything you think of when you think luxury. 20-inch wheels, two-tone paint jobs, and more leather and lambswool carpeting than you can shake a stick at.

As you can see from the above interior shot, you’re basically riding first class wherever you are in this thing. Hell, it even features a “silent-running perfume atomizer system” to keep your ride smelling fresh all the time.

Don’t think you’ll be getting this thing for cheap, however, it’s currently starting at $524,879.

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Reports are not confirmed yet but it looks like Volvo is losing something else other than car sales. Award-winning design director of Volvo, Steve Mattin, has reportedly left the company but there was nothing definite on where he was headed or who will replace him.

The UK-born Mattin, who worked with then Daimler-Chrysler for 17 years, before coming to Volvo. Mattin was the design director for Volvo since 2005 and has been a great influence in the design creations of models like the C30, XC60, and lately, the S60 Concept from Detroit.

With Daimler-Chrysler, Mattin also made significant contributions to a wide-range of models including the SL, SLK, SLR, R-Class, M-Class and the Maybach line-up. Next week might prove to be more enlightening in this regard, but these are just symptoms of the crisis Volvo is facing at this time.

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