Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Mercedes-Benz re-launches the Maybach in India

There was a time when parallels were drawn between the Mercedes-Benz Maybach and the Rolls-Royce Phantom, with the latter being known as the most luxurious automobile in the world. The Maybach, however, couldn’t quite keep the promise and the Phantom continued to rule the automotive world. However, even with its not so enticing sales, Mercedes-Benz believes in the Maybach brand and have

Buick Jay Lenos Roadmaster, 1955

Buick Jay Lenos Roadmaster, 1955    The origins of the Roadmaster name date to 1936 when Buick renamed its entire model line-up to celebrate the engineering improvements and design advancements over their 1935 models. Buick's Series 40 model range became the Special, the Buick Century took the place of the Series 60 and the Series 90 — Buick's largest and most luxurious vehicles — became the

Buick Skylark, 1953

Buick Skylark, 1953Introduced to mark Buick's 50th anniversary, the Buick Skylark (first use of the name for a production vehicle) on one of three specialty convertibles produced in 1953 by General Motors; the other two were the Oldsmobile Fiesta and the Cadillac Eldorado. All three were limited production vehicles promoting General Motors' design leadership. Of the three, the Skylark had the