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Australian pricing and specification details for the 2021 Mercedes-Maybach GLS600 have been confirmed. The first SUV from Mercedes-Benz's high-end Maybach brand, the GLS600 will arrive in Australia in "limited numbers" in August 2021, priced from $358,300 before on-road costs – $102,600 more than the range-topping version of the 'standard' Mercedes-Benz GLS, the performance AMG 63.

The mighty V12 will survive another day. Or, more accurately, for another generation of Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Daimler CEO Ola Källenius told GTSpirit the redesigned 2021 S-Class will retain its range-topping V12 engine. In Australia, Mercedes-Benz only offers its M279 twin-turbocharged 6.0-litre V12 in the Mercedes-Maybach S650. In that application, it produces 463kW and a towering 1000Nm.

Daimler's top-shelf Mercedes-Maybach brand has revealed its long-promised ultra-luxury SUV in Stuttgart and Guangzhou, showing the world its competitor to the Rolls-Royce Cullinan, Range Rover and Bentley Bentayga. The Mercedes-Maybach GLS600 joins the existing Maybach-badged S-Class limo at the top of the Mercedes range, and will be available for a small group of prosperous Australians from the third quarter of 2020.

Mercedes-Benz has confirmed the upcoming Maybach version of the new-generation GLS SUV will be built at its Alabama facility in the US. Speaking with industry journal Automotive News, Mercedes-Benz USA CEO, Dietmar Exler, confirmed the news, describing the upcoming SUV flagship as a "halo car". "The Maybach brand "stands for luxury," he told the publication, "It will help build the Mercedes brand, no question."