MOTORING: Mercdes-Benz quietly shuts down Maybach, it’s ultra luxury division – after nearly a decade of losses

Ok this isn’t new… but quite a few people I’ve spoken to recently (even car guys) didn’t know. 

The discontinued Maybach

Ending almost a decade of losses, Daimler is shutting down its ultra-luxury Maybach brand.  It would not make sense to develop a successor model," Chairman Dieter Zetsche said,  "The coming S-Class is in such a way a superior vehicle that it can replace the Maybach."  (Talking about the soon to be released 2013 S-Class)

The discontinued Maybach

Here's how the Maybach brand came into existence: When Rolls-Royce and Bentley came up for sale at the end of the 1990s, Mercedes decided it wasn’t interested. One executive said at the time, "At the end of the day, we said we didn't want to play this game. The price was too high."

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INSPIRATION: Feeling a little down? Confused? Stuck in a Rut? Here are SEVEN POWERFUL quotes… Just for you this Tuesday… Enjoy :-)

Just For You… Some Golden Nuggets of Wisdom, Help and Advice from some great people on my Twitter Feed… 

Put a Face to Your Favorite Quote!

 Alline Cassiane ‏@allinecassiane

You will not get what you want... You will get what you seek for...      

Rick Warren ‏@RickWarren

Circumstances change when I change.

Andreas Huebner ‏@_AndreasHuebner

"Doubt" can abort your vision while it's still in the womb ---

"Faith" can raise your vision from the dead.

Alec Ross ‏@AlecJRoss

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." - Gandhi

*Alec Ross is the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Senior Advisor for Innovation.

Dr.ME Benson-Idahosa ‏@MargaretIdahosa

The MORE you sweat in training the LESS you bleed on the battle field.

HICC ‏@hiccworld

#ThePowerOfVision: It's impossible to scale the hurdles of life without a drive and that drive is Vision.@pastorbolaji

Taiwo Onalaja ‏@TaiwoONALAJA

There are 2 ways to die. Either you stop breathing... or you stop dreaming.

Jeremy Clarkson ‏@jcrclarksonesq

Simon Cowell lives near me. I think I will burgle his house.

*Jeremy Clarkson is the leading presenter on the BBC’s biggest TV show – Top Gear

Errm…. Sorry about the last one… couldn’t help it… Well, I only promised you 7, so I can’t be held accountable for that :-)

News/Updates: EXPENDABLES 2 – The Definition of Stars with Staying Power!

  

Truly -  Age is of the Mind

Don’t agree- Here are some cold, hard figures on the Movie Expendables 2…

Sylvester Stallone                          Age 66   

Arnold Shwarzenneger                  Age 65      

Jean Claude Van Damme              Age 51

Chuck Norris                               Age 72

Bruce Willis                                  Age 57

Dolph Lundgren                           Age 54

Box Office Position (at time of posting)  No. 1 in the United States

Enough said.

Lead by Sylvester Stallone, these ‘old’ guys, hit the gym, rehearsed their one-liners, got back on track and pulled decent revenues at the box office competing with stars a fraction of their age, wowing die-hard fans and newcomers alike with classic 80’s style mayhem! Commendable. 

72 year old Norris is said to have the highest body-count in the movie(LOL), while 51 year old JCVD insisted on not using cables or special effects to do his famous helicopter kick during the final brawl with Stallone! “The audience are increasingly sophisticated and can spot a fake” he said –“All I had to do was jump 6 feet in the air, spin, and kick”. Yeah, easy, right?

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