Just when it seems that Kyiv has seen everything—from electric Rolls-Royces to gold-plated G-Classes—they appear. In one of the capital’s parking lots, a real time capsule was spotted: a Mercedes-Benz S600 Lorinser and a Maybach 62—the very legends that once graced magazines, not Instagram.
The photo was published by the page t.o.p.c.a.r.s_u.a, and the auto community immediately froze: before us are not just cars—these are symbols of an era when cash was counted in stacks, and the word “V12” sounded like a password to an exclusive club.
The Mercedes-Benz S600 W140 is the highest echelon of 90s luxury. Under the hood—a 6.0-liter V12 with 394 hp, 0-100 km/h in 6.6 seconds, top speed—250 km/h. This specimen is also in a rare Lorinser tuning: signature body kit, spoiler, wheels—everything as in those times when Chrome meant not a browser, but the shine on the rims.
And next to it—the Maybach 62, a limousine 6.2 meters long, deserving of its own postal code. Under the hood—a 5.5-liter V12 twin-turbo with 550 hp. 0-100 km/h in 5.4 seconds, speed limited to the same 250 km/h. Only 1058 such sedans were ever built, and one of them is calmly standing in Kyiv, as if it just arrived from a Berlin dealership for lunch.
The interiors, of course, are upholstered in leather, wood, and memories of times when “representative class” meant not a tablet on the dashboard, but a champagne cooler and an audio system capable of drowning out gloomy thoughts.
Yes, today it’s fashionable to be “on electric,” “on autopilot,” and “in eco-format.” But when you see these two symbols of aristocracy side by side—you understand: true lux