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Watch This Ultra-Rare Xenatec Maybach 57S Coupe Get Treated to a Color Change

With everything going on in the automotive industry any given year, one could easily be forgiven for forgetting some of the rarer models that have enjoyed their five minutes of glory at one point in time. Like the Maybach 57S Coupe created back in 2010 by German coachbuilder Xenatec, for example.
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Photo: Topaz Detailing/YouTube
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Because of the tamer styling, the Xenatec Maybach 57S Coupe won’t be confused with the aggressively-styled Exelero; it’s also a lot less known. Still, we’re not going to write off this conversion project just yet, especially since we’ve recently stumbled upon an example that’s getting a new lease of life.

More than a decade ago when it was conceived, the Xenatec Maybach 57S Coupe was a rather classic coachbuilt project that aimed to restyle the limousine into a sleeker-looking coupe while largely maintaining the lines of the original as Maybach intended.

Apparently, there were just six units made in the series, and one of them stopped by Topaz Detailing’s well-known shop in London for a little transformation. Given that we’re dealing with a Maybach, there’s nothing minute about the process, even though we see our usual host Nabil Naamo start off this video (embedded below) with the car already barren of some of its structural elements.

That’s because the new owner bought the car used and first wanted to get rid of any imperfections - even though his goal was to actually change the body color. One may assume that’s a little exaggeration from these types of high-end customers, but the Topaz guru has time and again explained this is necessary for the well-being of the car.

The Xenatec Maybach 57S Coupe was a £700k (around $943k at the current exchange rate) coachbuilt series when new, so it’s no wonder this might actually turn out to be a savvy investment over time. That's why it’s wise to have it in pristine condition.

That’s one of the specialties of the British company, which is used to working on high-end examples, but this time around, the project was quite complex. So, after the body elements were removed and all imperfections disappeared, it was time for a Level 5 detailing process in advance of the big change.

By the way, just to get an idea of the work done to the project, some of the details were shared by the Topaz host while the car was being sanded (check it out from the 7:59 mark) in preparation for being changed from blue to a TopazSkin cover in Rolls-Royce Diamond Black!

By the way, this Maybach also got an interior refresh, something that’s not exactly common for Topaz’ videos (although we’ve seen it happen before, for example on that monstruous Dizayn VIP Mercedes-Benz V-Class). You can check that out from the 11:50 mark, along with the final touches, which included adding a fresh set of Forgiato wheels.

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About the author: Aurel Niculescu
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Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution.
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