MAYBACH 62 ZEPPELIN

Never mind the economy: Maybach is still making money. The 5.7 meter long Maybach 57 and the 6.2 meter long Maybach 62 remain despite their bumper-to-bumper hand-craftedness—serious cash cows for Germany’s Daimler AG, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz. Unique to the Zeppelins is an available perfume atomizer that silently and automatically sprays one of two scents into the cabin: light and refreshing or slightly heavier and woodsier. The modern Zeppelins pack fearsome 12-cylinder engines, a twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter V-12 producing a monumental 640 horsepower and 738 foot-pounds of torque. Although U.S.-market pricing hasn’t been announced, the German-market sticker for the 57 Zeppelin is 406,000 euros (about $538,000) and 473,200 euros (about $628,000) for the 62 Zeppelin. The nifty perfume atomizer will add a cool 3,950 euros (around $5,300) to the bottom line. Success has never smelled quite so sweet.