The Maybach 57 comes equipped with front and side airbags in the front, side airbags in the rear, plus curtain airbags that run along the windows. Electronic stability control is standard as well as a fire extinguisher and tyre pressure monitoring system. Customers can select an armour plating option – but only on the long wheelbase Maybach 62.

All passengers have plenty of room in the 57 – hardly surprising given its huge length. The enormous boot is able to accommodate a vast amount of luggage, with its 610-litre capacity. Customers can choose a rear-view camera in lieu of parking sensors to help with low-speed manoeuvres and there is interior storage in the centre console which extends into the rear of the car.

Interior door trims also include stowage compartments, while the rear centre console has additional space and contains cupholders and holders for champagne flutes. A fridge is fitted as standard in the rear centre console and three instruments set into the roof show rear passengers the car’s speed, the time and the outside temperature. The Maybach also has Dunhill umbrellas stowed in the rear doors to ensure passengers don’t have to step outside into the rain.