That Maybach moment on 11th Street, explained

Photos by Stacie Joy

We received several reader queries throughout the day about the few million dollars' worth of luxury cars being removed from semis on 11th Street and Avenue B. 

Stacie Joy, EVG's high-performance luxury vehicle correspondent, went to check it out. 

Turns out the fleet was part of a wing-ding (or whatever these things are called now) for the all-new Mercedes-Maybach S-Class sedan released for the premiere of "The Devil Wears Prada 2." 

It took place at event venue Bathhouse Studios, 538 E. 11th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B. (Read some bathhouse history here.)

Anyway, the car features rose gold accents, an illuminated grille and a bespoke interior with "RUNWAY" details. Puts the "atious" in ostentatious.

Starting price: $207,150 for the S 580 (V8)... $207,199 with the cassette deck.

Saturday's parting shot

A Ferrari gets a ticket on Seventh Street at Second Avenue... and the traffic enforcement agent told EVG contributor Derek Berg that this was his first time ticketing a Ferrari...

Today in classic cars on Astor Place

EVG reader 8E shares this photo of a Lotus parked on Astor Place near Broadway...

Today in photos of a Maserati being dug out of the snow on 1st Avenue

Photo by Derek Berg

Today in Tesla charging on 10th Street

Between Avenue A and Avenue B... photo via Peter.d

Parking report

EVG reader Charlie Chen shared this parking hierarchy from last night. A McLaren parked behind a Maserati parked behind a BMW on Second Avenue at East 12th Street.

Today (last night) in photos of cars with starting costs of $114k on East 4th Street

EVG contributor Derek Berg spotted this Audi R8 V10 on East Fourth Street between Second Avenue and the Bowery last night... let's look underneath the back windshield...



Shrug. Still miss EV Lambo! Come back!

Today in photos of a Lamborghini with a 'WINNING' license plate on East Ninth Street

Someone told Bobby Williams, who took these photos, that Paris Hilton was the passenger in the car... (not true...)

Updated: According to Jalopnik, the car belongs to a divorce attorney who lives on Long Island. Read about him here.

$500,000 cars aren't immune from parking tickets on Avenue A

And we're back with our Maybach 62S here on Avenue A ... now with a ticket.

Matt LES_Miserable, who took this photo, also spoke with the owner... and said that he was actually a very nice guy.

Today in $500,000 cars parked on Avenue A

Well, it could be in the $400,000 range depending on the features of this Maybach 62S. We popped the hood to check out the Mercedes-sourced 5.5-litre twin-turbo V12 engine that accelerates from 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in about 4.8 seconds.

Actually, we didn't do that. We plucked that info straight from Wikipedia.

Photo by Matt LES_Miserable.

Today in Porsches being towed near Extra Place

Photo by Bobby Williams.

Today in Lamborghinis on Great Jones Street and the Bowery

Before the rain... Not the EV Lambo, though ... Photo by Bobby Williams...

P.S.
In case you never saw this. Phew! Good for you!

A brake in the action

A reader notes this Alfa Romeo on Stanton Street with a curious sign on its windshield...

"Be careful. Brakes Failing."

The reader asks good questions: Why would someone put this sign on their car? Do they expect someone to steal it, and they just want to warn them about the failing brakes? Or maybe someone put the sign on the car as a joke? Or...

Noted

samo sends these along from Houston and Attorney.

Which reminds me: Whatever happened to EV Lambo?

This weekend in luxury cars spotted around the East Village

A sampling from EV Grieve Luxury Car Correspondent Bobby Williams...

Today in photos of a Ferrari on the Bowery

Photos by EV Grieve Ferrari correspondent Bobby Williams.

Noted

A Jaguar Ferrari on East Sixth Street via EV Grieve reader Brian M.

We've moved on from the @EVLambo

Via EV Grieve contributor Bobby Williams.

Tonight in $250,000 cars parked on East Fifth Street

Maxwell Z. sends along a photo of this Rolls-Royce motor car (and the vanity plates read something like GUD MONY GUD DAY) ... I was thinking about saving to buy one like this.

LESBentley

Houston and Suffolk. Via @LSDiPalma.