Intake Mercedes - Maybach Vision 6 Concept

There’s something about a long hood that makes everyone go weak in the knees.

- Scott Evans

All that space between the front wheels and the doors exudes raw power and massive wealth. It’s been true from the earliest days of the automobile, when cylinder count was synonymous and commensurate with both horsepower and bank account. It’s true today, even in an era of engine downsizing and forced induction. If the Mercedes- Maybach Vision 6 concept is any indication, it’ll be true in the era of electric vehicles, as well.

That’s right. Hiding beneath that flight deck of a hood is not a V-12 but a trunk with custom fitted luggage. Beneath that is an 80 kW-hr battery mounted in the floor for better weight distribution and a low center of gravity. It drives four permanent-magnet synchronous electric motors, one connected to each wheel. Together they produce 738 hp.