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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.

Mercedes-Benz has been watching Bentley, Range Rover and Rolls-Royce take up the ultra-luxury SUV mantle. Now, it's time for a German-badged entry into the segment. Mercedes has teased the next Mercedes-Maybach model, a posher, plusher version of the GLS the company is calling “the new face of ultimate luxury”. It’s set to debut this month, not at the Los Angeles motor show but instead at the Guangzhou motor show on 21 November.

There's been rumours of a flagship Maybach variant of the new Mercedes-Benz GLS for some time, and it appears the three-pointed star could reveal it before the end of the year – according to a report out of the UK. Autocar claims "sources at the Frankfurt motor show" have confirmed the Maybach GLS will be launched later in 2019 and be priced from around £150,000 ($269,280).

Mercedes-Benz has published a teaser for a luxurious new concept car headed to the Beijing motor show later this month. Posted to the company's global Facebook page, the 22-second clip captioned "luxury at its finest" shows the interior of a Maybach-branded car with futuristic cabin styling elements. Catering to the tastes of the Chinese market, there's lashings of chrome and rose gold throughout the cockpit, though it's not entirely clear what form this vehicle will take.