Mercedes, Love it or loathe it, there's no denying that Mercedes' latest creation will turn heads wherever it goes.
It's called the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabriolet and it combines the luxury of a superyacht with dazzling super-coupe looks and a drop-top roof.
The four-wheeled cruise-liner concept was revealed this weekend at Pebble Beach as part of this year's Monterey Car Week in California.
For those of you who are clued-up on your Mercedes concepts, it might look a little familiar. That's because it's a roofless version of the Vision Maybach 6 luxury coupe concept launched at the same event last year.
Like it's roofed sibling, it will be propelled by an immensely powerful electric powertrain producing enough grunt for this four-wheeled barge to out-sprint most lightweight sports cars in a drag race from a set of traffic lights.
The German car maker described it as a 'sensual, emotionally appealing design with "innovative technical concept solutions" that "defines the ultimate in luxury of the future"'.
We think it looks an updated version of Lady Penelope's FAB 1 from Thunderbirds.
What it undoubtedly is - looking at the dazzling images of the concept car - is inexplicably enormous.
Measuring in at 5.7 metres long and 2.1 metres wide, you'd struggle to find a parking space to put it in, let alone a garage. And despite the immensity of it, there's still only room for just two seats.
The massive body is incredibly sleek, though, featuring the same delightfully elegant lines as the original Maybach 6 concept.
The new Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabriolet also shares a similar chrome-finished grille and a set of glimmering 24-inch multi-spoke wheels.
But the big difference is the custom-made fabric top that - according to Mercedes - is interwoven with gold threads to epitomise the outlandishness of this boat-like concept.
It's complimented by a new sloped rear-end design that's been crafted to look like the deck of a superyacht. It's certainly succeeded in that task, producing a car that looks as though you'd need to dock somewhere instead of pull over at the side of the road.
Mercedes says the 740bhp electric powertrain - made up of four compact electric motors powering each wheel - can sail to 62mph in under four seconds but only has range of 310 miles.
That's 70 miles short of the Tesla Model S P100D that you can buy today, though the Maybach 6 Cabriolet can be anchored to a DC fast charger that will boost the range by 60 miles in just five minutes.
Inside, the cabin is lathered in crystal white nappa leather that's shaped in the same way as high-end Chesterfield furniture, while the wooden floor is another hint to its yachting inspiration.
Interior pictures also show a minimalist dashboard that contains three air vents and a blue fibre optics wrap-around panel with the sat-nav visuals incorporated into it.
Seemore photos here: http://apygist..com.ng/2017/08/mercedes-unveil-their-latest-design.html