Rumor Squashed: Maybach not for sale, to BYD or anyone else
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/" rel="tag">Sedan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/china/" rel="tag">China</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/" rel="tag">Europe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/maybach/" rel="tag">Maybach</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/maybach-zeppelin-1/"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/03/maybach-630.jpg" alt="" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>Maybach Zeppelin 62 - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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Fear not - it turns out <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/maybach/">Maybach</a> won't be the next fabled automaker to be handed off to Chinese buyers. Rumors that the hyper-luxury mark was up for bid have officially been dismantled by Daimler. Just yesterday, we heard that the infamously questionable BYD wanted to <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/29/rumormill-byd-interested-in-buying-maybach-from-mercedes/">sink its teeth into Maybach</a> in a big way, but officials from <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/26/volkswagen-and-byd-partner-up-for-electric-cars/">BYD</a> have officially said it has no plans to pursue the brand.<br />
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BYD and Daimler have recently been partnering on an electric vehicle project, which may have helped fuel rumors that the two would work together to find <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/maybach/">Maybach</a> a new home. As juicy as the rumors were, it rather predictably turns out they're nothing but lies. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-zeppelin-1/low/">Maybach Zeppelin</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-zeppelin-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/zeppelin17_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-zeppelin-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/zeppelin16_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-zeppelin-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/zeppelin14_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-zeppelin-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/zeppelin06_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-zeppelin-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/zeppelin15_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=24857 3">Autocar</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/31/rumor-squashed-maybach-not-for-sale-to-byd-or-anyone-else/">Rumor Squashed: Maybach not for sale, to BYD or anyone else</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:20:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/31/rumor-squashed-maybach-not-for-sale-to-byd-or-anyone-else/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19420363/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/31/rumor-squashed-maybach-not-for-sale-to-byd-or-anyone-else/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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