Ever since the Project Maybach Concept debuted and was on display at the Rubell Museum in Miami, Florida, male rapper Drake has shown great interest in this particular concept car. So, as soon as Mercedes-Benz allowed me to shoot and shoot with Project Maybach, Drake felt very excited and somewhat excited.
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With the participation of Project Maybach, Drake’s “Sticky” MV has excellently surpassed 1.8 million views on Youtube after only 1 day of release. Surely Mercedes is also very pleased with its concept car being promoted by famous artists like Drake.
This Project Maybach concept is the product of a collaboration between renowned fashion designer Virgil Abloh and Daimler Design Director, Gorden Wagner. The car has a very long roof, with a transparent bonnet that helps the panels located below to absorb solar energy, thereby increasing the vehicle’s operating range.
Despite being an electric car, Project Maybach is still equipped with a grille with a characteristic design. However, this part of the grille has no cooling effect because the entire steering wheel is covered with a transparent glass panel.
The cluster of lights at the front of the car is round, integrated with LED daytime running lights – a detail inspired by Mercedes-AMG G63. Project Maybach is also equipped with a large silver anti-slip plate to ensure the best off-road ability.
In the direction of a luxury car, the body of Project Maybach is painted in an impressive black / brown two-tone color, accompanied by a large roof rack with 4 LED lights to bring a feeling of health and a bit of dust. . At the rear, the rear of the car continues the same design theme with round taillights and perforated silver anti-slip plates.
The cockpit of Project Maybach also has an equally “strange” design, with an ax placed next to the door or a storage box for repair accessories located in the corner of the dashboard. The seat also has a rather fancy design, the sides are shaped like an industrial suitcase. Notably, even the driver’s seat can be fully folded flat to provide a resting space for passengers.
One of the two designers who made this concept is Virgil Abloh, the creative director of Louis Vuitton, who died unexpectedly on November 28 from a rare cancer. It is known that Abloh was diagnosed with this disease in 2019 but did not share it to the outside. During the past 2 years, Abloh has undergone many treatments and continues to work on his design.