Mansory refines Mercedes-Maybach GLS with carbon fiber body components
The complete conversion upgrades nearly all body components with carbon fiber, provides a new holistic design for a faster, more powerful vehicle.
Converted Mercedes-Maybach. Photo Credit, all images: Mansory
With Mercedes’ (Stuttgart, Germany) market launch of the Mercedes-Maybach GLS, the off-road specialist is now providing another luxury SUV as the basis for further refinements. As with the Mercedes G-Class versions, Mansory (Brand, Germany) says it has refined the Mercedes-Maybach GLS up to a complete conversion, depending on customer requirements.
In the area of design, Mansory says almost all body components are either completely manufactured in carbon fiber or upgraded with carbon fiber applications. Customers reportedly has access to all carbon fiber variants that Mansory offers in its portfolio, which includes four different collections with a total of 10 different designs, all manufacturing via in-house autoclaves.
More specifically, the apron with an integrated front lip, LED daytime running lights, side flaps and air outlets are comprised of carbon fiber. The complete front grille, including its vertical bars, is either left as standard, discreetly darkened on request or finished entirely in carbon fiber. Mirrors caps incorporate the composite material, as well as the rear apron diffuser.
Carbon fiber upgrades.
In addition to new side skirts on the vehicle flanks to provide a new, holistic design approach, the refined Mercedes-Maybach GLS is reported to look more powerful, lower and more stretched at the same time. Within the vehicle, an engine upgrade includes a modified ECU unit for the engine management system, new turbochargers and a new sports exhaust system with high-performance catalytic converters, for an 820-horsepower (603-kilowatt) and 980 nanometer vehicle.
The top speed of the luxury off-roader increases to (limited) 300 kilometers per hour and acceleration from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour is reduced to 4.4 second. An engine cover in carbon fiber also visually complements the technical changes in the engine compartment. Mansory says its primary goal was to not only increase engine performance for but increase the torque available at all engine speeds.
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