I have a nice apartment in Shanghai, but certainly not as luxurious as the expat compounds that I used to live in while working for DaimlerChrysler. So to my surprise I noted a Maybach that was parked right in front of the entrance to my apartment building. Did one of my neighbours win the lottery?
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Wednesday, 29 March 2006
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I am a Dutch entrepreneur in Shanghai who has lived and worked over 12 years in China. Co-founder of among others Tudou.com and unitedstyles.com, advisor to Spil Games for which I set up and led the Asian operation (2006-2011), and angel investor in Chinese Internet and tech start-ups. Married to Grace, with whom I have a son (Scott) and a daughter (Elaine). These are my personal views and do not necessarily represent the companies I am involved with. You can reach me at marcvanderchijs (at) gmail (dot) com
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Finally they delivered your bonus for your years working with Daimler
WTF is a Maybach? I’m not a car nut, but I would’ve thought I’d at least heard of them before.
@Derek – it’s a car brand produced by DaimlerChrysler. The car is one of the most luxurious in the world, and priced accordingly. This was only the second time I saw one in China, so they are not very common!
I have only seen one in Holland before and one in Beijing. Don’t know how many they actually produce in 1 year.
Whats the price of this car in China, around 8.000.000 rmb?
maybe he was visiting his third or fourth wife?
@milesdavis: that could be, there is at least one guy who bought his mistress an apartment in this building and who drives a Ferrari. He does not want to pay the underground garage parking fee (or wants to show off), so always parks his Ferrari in front of the building as well.
@David: as expensive as a Maybach can get, it is still cheaper than you expected – around 6.800.000rmb for a Maybach 62
@Marc: This looks like a Maybach 62 bought in a grey market to me … due to the orange reflector at the side of the door as well as the wheel rim :p
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