The new Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 4MATIC is a luscious car, inside and out. The SUV combines the body design and technical basis of the GLS with the comforts and luxury of top-class sedans, with which Mercedes-Benz is well acquainted.

Change seems to come quicker each year. That’s certainly true in the automotive world, where a new model used to stay “current” for several years and then maybe have a facelift or nip-and-tuck to stay au courant. However, many of today’s high-end ateliers have found great success in creating variants on their cars so the days of knowing what make and model of car was simply by a quick glance have faded into the past.