I absolutely agree with you there Tine - the S600L is the "baby Maybach" - Mercedes would only be competing with themselves, potentially damaging the prestigeous position of the S class and confusing matters if they were to make a smaller Maybach IMO - Maybach need to be kept exclusive, in an entirely different league to the S class, or else things will just become awkward and messy - a bit like what is happening at VAG - with The Phaeton and A8, or The Golf and A3 - everything is crossing over into the others territory