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Mercedes Project Maybach Concept Memorializes Late Designer Virgil Abloh

Photo credit: Mercedes-Benz
Photo credit: Mercedes-Benz


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  • Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the Project Maybach, an electric off-road coupe concept designed as part of a partnership with the late fashion designer Virgil Abloh.

  • The Project Maybach has extreme proportions and carries off-road goodies including skid plates and an exterior roll cage.

  • The concept comes in a tan and black two-tone look and features solar panels under a transparent panel in the hood.

Mercedes-Benz teamed up with influential fashion designer Virgil Abloh last year to create the chunky, race-car-inspired Project Geländewagen, a jaw-dropping design piece based on the iconic G-class. Now Mercedes-Benz is paying tribute to Abloh, who died Sunday at age 41 of cancer, by unveiling the Project Maybach concept. The stunning show car was designed under the guidance of Abloh—who founded the design company Off-White and headed Louis Vuitton's menswear division—and Mercedes's chief design officer, Gorden Wagener.

Photo credit: Mercedes-Benz
Photo credit: Mercedes-Benz