When you find yourself 6-foot 10-inch NBA celebrity, luxurious automobile choices are restricted while you want further legroom in a bundle appropriate for a future corridor of famer. As a 5-foot-8-inch former rec league basketball bench hotter, I can’t relate, however I believe a Maybach could be a superb place to begin if I used to be Kevin Durant. The Maybach (previously its personal model, now a sub-brand of Mercedes-Benz) has all the correct appointments for a real luxurious automotive and, for these using within the again, you get a moist bar, reclining rear seats and loads of legroom.

The Maybach was manufactured on the Sindelfingen manufacturing facility in Germany the place high-end Mercedes-Benz automobiles have been largely hand-built because the prewar period. Merely put, a Maybach is a strong alternative to indicate the world you’ve arrived and, on the upcoming Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Collector Automobile Public sale, a 2008 Maybach 57S as soon as owned by NBA celebrity Kevin Durant might be arriving with no reserve.

“Previously owned by celebrity basketball participant Kevin “KD” Durant of the Oklahoma Thunder (previously Seattle SuperSonics), Golden State Warriors, and presently the Brooklyn Nets,” the Barrett-Jackson itemizing states. “This 2008 Maybach 57S, with a $408,000 MSRP, was a becoming approach for KD to have fun his 2007-08 Rookie of the Yr award.”

The Alpine Silver exterior just lately acquired System X Max Ceramic Nano Coating paint safety with a 10-year producer’s guarantee. Below the hood is a factory-rated 604 hp 6.0-liter V12 engine paired with a five-speed computerized transmission. This luxurious automotive has been properly maintained and stored largely authentic, because the engine bay retains many factory-applied identification and compliance stickers.

The 2008 Maybach 57S as soon as owned by Kevin Durant is obtainable with no reserve on the 2023 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Collector Automobile Public sale and is scheduled to cross the stage on Thursday, January 26, 2023.

The public sale runs from January 21-29 at Westworld of Scottsdale.