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Existence:	1909 - 2012
Location:	Germany: Stuttgart
Key Figures:	Founder: Wilhelm Maybach
Products:	Luxury cars Aircraft engines Engines for cars, locomotives and ships
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Cars these days german mark Maybach produces a car concern with a world-famous name - DaimlerChrysler.

Maybachs are not intended for everyday use by ordinary citizens. These are luxury cars. executive class. Each car is unique, as it is made to order, taking into account the preferences of the person for whose transportation it is intended.

twenties of the twentieth century

The year of "birth" of the Maybach brand is considered to be 1921. At this time, the German designer Wilhelm Maybach created the W-3.

Maybach's first car had a six-cylinder impressive size engine. The volume was 5.7 liters. What was different from the W-3 to any other car was the brakes. They were not only on one pair, but on all four wheels at once.

Five years later (in 1926) Wilhelm developed next model- W-5. Here the engine was even more solid - by 7.0 liters. New car, if necessary, could accelerate to 121 km per hour.

Perhaps the world would have seen very interesting specimens of representative cars if Wilhelm Maybach had not died suddenly after a short illness in 1929.

The king is dead. Long live the king!

As is often the case, the father was replaced by the son. Karl Maybach, that was the name of Wilhelm's son, made adjustments to his father's invention. The six-cylinder engine was replaced by a more modern V12, which had a volume of 6922 cm3. First, such an innovation was tried on the DS-7.

In the thirtieth year, the Zeppelin appeared. It was a real masterpiece. It successfully combined both luxury and technical innovations. In Germany in the thirties, there were no better executive cars than Zeppelin.

Two hundred strong eight-liter V12 engine until 1938 was paired with a five-speed gearbox. In the 38th, the cars were already equipped with a seven-speed gearbox.

The total number of cars produced under the majestic name was only 183 copies. Since each of them was assembled to order, there were no identical cars. It is known that the first cars cost about 19.5 thousand Reichsmarks.

The most successful years

The thirties were the most successful years for Maybach. It was then that the main number of vehicles was released.

For three years (1931-1933) the company assembled the Maybach W6 model, which was equipped with a six-cylinder W5 engine. Starting in 1934, the car was equipped with a twin overdrive transmission. Both W6s differed from the original Maybach W5 in that they had a longer wheelbase. These models collected nine dozen.

For seven years (1930-1937), the company assembled relatively inexpensive cars - Doppel-Sechs-Halbe. In literal translation into Russian, this name sounds like: "half of twelve cylinders."

From the name itself it is clear that the engine is equipped with six cylinders. As for the volume, it was 5.2 liters. With this ratio, the car had the power of 130 "horses". The volume of issue is small - 34 copies.

Some of these few cars were equipped with aerodynamic bodies. A little later, similar bodies began to be installed on the Maybach-SW.

Models with the letters "SW" were produced from the mid-thirties to the early forties. This series included:

The number in the marking divided by 10 gave the volume of the engine in liters.

Statistics show that Maybach-Motorenbau produced almost 1.8 thousand luxury cars between 1921 and 1941. And yet, every year several copies were collected, intended for participation in exhibitions or, as they say now, at international motor shows.

So far, one and a half hundred cars assembled by Maybach before the start of World War II have been preserved.

Maybach-Motorenbau work for the benefit of the German army

The production of passenger cars had to be abandoned as soon as Germany entered the active phase of hostilities. The seizure of territories required a huge amount of military equipment. Like many other enterprises, the company was retrained to produce military products.

Maybach-Motorenbau was charged with the release tank engines. It seems that this task was not too difficult. The numbers speak for it. If cars were produced in very limited quantities, then tank engines numbered tens of thousands. And in total they collected about 140 thousand pieces.

When the war ended

The head of the company, Karl Maybach, was captured by the French. They took advantage of the abilities of a famous person and ordered Karl to develop aircraft engines for them.

Returning from captivity, Maybach again led his enterprise. This time the products were engines for various ships and railway equipment.

Maybach ceased to exist in the 61st, when the firm's ownership passed to a more powerful automaker - Daimler Benz.

From oblivion, the legendary brand was revived at the turn of the millennium. The concept car with the almost forgotten name “Maybach” was introduced by Mercedes-Benz in 1997. And in the series, his most successful ideas appeared in 2002.

The Mercedes-Benz Maybach is perhaps the most luxurious sedan in the world, even compared to the mercedes benz cls.

Modern Maubach cars

Now DaimlerChrysle releases two models:

Maubach 57 (cost 310 thousand euros)

Maubach 62 (cost 360 thousand euros).

The numbers in the marking correspond to the length of the car. Accordingly, in the first case, this is a standard - 5.72 m. And in the second, an elongated version - 6.16 m.

Both models are equipped with Maybach Type 12 engines. Their power exceeds five thousand Horse power(550). Five and a half liter engine is made of magnesium-reinforced aluminum.

Maybach is a luxury car in all respects. It successfully combines:

Hi-tech;

The latest electronics;

Modern design;

Elegance;

Comfort.

The term "Maybach" rightfully became associated with greatness. So only cars of the highest representative class can be called.

Exclusive cars are assembled both at home (in Germany) and in the United States of America. They can only be purchased by pre-order. Orders are processed by specialized centers scattered all over the planet.

Expensive cars are not only beautiful, they are very high quality. Manufacturers give a guarantee of trouble-free operation for a period of 4 years. During the specified time, technical inspection and repairs (which are unlikely to be needed) are ready to perform fifty service centers Maybach.

Despite the high cost, Maybach are in demand. Having such a car is prestigious. You see a lucky driver behind the wheel and you understand how high his status is!

In 1909, the Maybach company was founded, which was given its name by the famous engineer and designer Wilhelm Maybach, who previously worked in the Daimler concern, but left it after the conflict in 1907. However, the new company of Wilhelm and his son Karl, from the moment of its foundation until the end of the First World War, was engaged in the creation of aircraft power units, collaborating with Count Zeppilin and the German armed forces.

The turning point came in 1918, when, as a result of the war, the production of any military and aviation equipment in Germany was prohibited. However, Wilhelm Maybach did not resume the work of his company, instructing his son to find buyers for all the company's production facilities. But luck again found the Maybachs, this time in the person of the Dutch company Spiker, which ordered 1000 automobile power units from father and son.

The engine for Spiker was a 5.7-liter six-cylinder engine with 70 horsepower. In the first year, 150 W2 engines were produced, but between 1921 and 1925, production dropped to 50 units per year, due to the deteriorating economic situation of the Dutch company, which declared itself bankrupt at the end of 1925. Since then, Wilhelm Maybach has made the decision to produce cars on his own.

First model Maybach The W3 was introduced in 1921, winning an award for original design, and under the hood of the model is the W2 engine, with the same 5.7 liters as for the Spiker brand. However, the power was increased to 90 horsepower. This was followed by experiments with the installation of aircraft engines on the standard chassis of Mercedes, owned by Karl Maybach, but the project was quickly curtailed.

The next Maybach W5 model was introduced in 1926, as in the case of the first model, the body design was developed by the famous designer Hermann Spon. Under the hood of the W5 model is one of the most powerful power units of the time, a seven-liter engine with a capacity of 120 horsepower. However, the gearbox left much to be desired, and in 1928 an update of the model was released, called the Maybach W5 SG, where an overdrive gearbox was introduced. However, while maintaining the rest of the technical characteristics, buyers of the new model could choose the specifications for themselves, which significantly increased the price of the car. In the same year, exclusive modifications with engines of 90 and 100 horsepower were presented, which were supplied for modifications with a coupe and convertible body.

In 1929, the Maybach 12 model was introduced, equipped with the same seven-liter engine, but already with a capacity of 150 horsepower. Due to the increase in power, the mass of the car was significantly increased, which did not prevent the 12th model from becoming the leader in its class. In addition, the production of the DS8 modification began in 1930, which was equipped with an 8-liter twelve-cylinder power unit with a capacity of 200 horsepower. The car was dedicated to Wilhelm Maybach, who died in 1929.

During the reign of the Third Reich, the Maybach company became a monopoly in the production of engines for tanks, trains and ships. However, such a high position was explained not by the fact that the products of Karl Maybach's company were the best, but by the fact that he had friendly relations with the entire ruling elite of the Reich, including Adolf Hitler, who pandered to Karl in every possible way.

By the time the American aircraft bombed the Maybach factories, the company's products were installed on 95% of the tanks and artillery tractors, but due to increased demand, it had a number of shortcomings and technical miscalculations, which led to a conflict between Karl Maybach and Bormann. After the destruction of the plant, Karl Maybach was declared an enemy of the nation and, together with the engineers of the once largest automobile company in Germany, was expelled from the country. Maybach's new home was France, where until 1951 Karl tried to establish car production together with longtime partner Herman Spon, but many technical shortcomings not allowed to start mass production of new models of the brand. At the same time, Karl Maybach successfully worked for the French government, creating a whole range of powerful engines for the needs of the army.

In 1955, work began on the creation of an American-style Maybach car, but Karl himself did not like the car and hopes to revive production were abandoned. Karl Maybach died in 1960, and the Daimler concern became the new owner of the destroyed factories of the company in Germany and the engineering office in France. The Daimler management decided to rename the Maybach company and continue the production of power units at the facilities of the former competitor, so the MTU company was registered.

In 1997, the leadership of the Daimler concern decided to revive the legendary brand by presenting at the Tokyo Motor Show conceptual model Maybach with a six-liter power unit designed for installation on a new generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class. The Maybach factories entered the full production cycle of a new car model only in 2002, after more than five years of work on creating a competitive premium car. The Maybach 57 was based on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class W140 full-size sedan. Under the hood is a 5.7-liter power unit with a capacity of 555 horsepower, and the interior trim was created exclusively from natural materials.

In the same year, an extended version of this model was introduced, called the Maybach 62, equipped with a seven-liter power unit with a capacity of 630 horsepower. One of its main differences was the presence of more than one million parameters for setting the personal comfort of the rear passengers. Both models were made by hand.

In 2005, the Maybach Exelero model was introduced, released in a single copy for the Fuda tire company, which used this car to test new types of tires. However, later this model was resold to a United States buyer for a record $8 million. In 2006, the second generation of 57 and 62 models was introduced, which received more powerful power units from " Mercedes-Benz AMG”, but were criticized due to the lack of significant improvements that affected the price, which increased by 10% compared to 2005. In 2009, the cars were again upgraded, due to which the engine power increased to 640 horsepower, and two years later armored versions of the 57S and 62S were introduced.

However, the management of the Daimler concern was not satisfied with low sales. exclusive cars the Maybach brand, and also did not want to invest serious sums in the modernization of production facilities in order to reduce the assembly time for one car from 60 days to 20. Thus, the Daimler concern, which had just recovered from the consequences of the global financial crisis, proposed Director General Dieter Zetsche, the company's shareholders have two ways to solve the problem - to completely curtail Maybach's activities or start producing brand cars in collaboration with another company, which was supposed to be the English Aston Martin. However, the deal fell through, even though the engineers of the British company prepared the concept for the creation of the second generation of Maybach models.

In the same year, an official announcement was made about the imminent closure of the Maybach company. The reason for this was the inability to compete with Bentley Motors and Rolls-Royce. So, in 2013, the sale of all warehouse copies of models 57 and 62 of various modifications was opened with a 30% discount. And on December 1, 2012, a new price list was distributed to Daimler car dealers, where Maybach models were marked as discontinued. However, the design headquarters of the company was not disbanded, but moved to Mercedes-Benz, where he began work on a new generation of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. However, even after the official closure of the Maybach company, cars with this name continue to be produced. At the beginning of 2015, the luxurious Mercedes-Maybach S-Class was introduced, the design of which completely repeats the company's traditions, despite being the work of Mercedes.

The most talented German engineer Wilhelm Maybach stood at the origins of such a legendary brand as Mercedes. It was he who, working with Emil Jellinek, ensured that these cars of the company DMG (Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft) became so famous. However, in 1907 Maybach left the company. The reason is the conflict with Paul Daimler, son of the famous Gottlieb Daimler, who headed production after his father's death in 1900.

After leaving the company for which he had done so much, Maybach did not despair, but decided to establish his own production. What he did, registering in 1909, together with his son Karl, Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH. Initially, the company was engaged in engines for Count Zeppelin's airships. Somewhat later, the production of aircraft engines began. The need for them became especially acute after the outbreak of the First World War.

After the defeat of Germany in the war, the company changes its name to Maybach Motorenbau GmbH. Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, now it can not produce aircraft engines. The Maybachs decide to get down to earth and start making engines for cars and locomotives. Times were very difficult and the company could barely make ends meet. For some time it is possible to survive at the expense of the Dutch Spyker, but in 1926 the latter went bankrupt. Then Karl Maybach decides to create his own car. Which is what was done. Luxurious cars began to appear, which were made with the most sophisticated whims of customers in mind. The first was the W3 model, then the W5 appeared - both of them were technically perfect, by the standards of that time. A little later, the W5 SG also appears.

Maybach Zeppelin (1930)

Wilhelm Maybach dies in 1929 and the company is now completely controlled by Karl. A year later, a magnificent Zeppelin model is created. This car became the most luxurious creation of that era. Its cost was 50,000 Reichsmarks, which was just a fabulous amount (the famous "Beetle" from Volkswagen cost only 990 Reichsmarks, which amounted to a worker's salary for almost a year). Not surprisingly, only 200 Zeppelins were produced in a few years. The German economy was in the deepest crisis, but, no matter how paradoxical it may sound, it was precisely such cars that it made sense to produce - those who had money could afford such a luxury, while the lower strata of the population still had no time for cars, regardless of whether how much they cost.

Second World War completely stopped the production of cars. Now in factories Maybach motorenbau assemble engines for "Tigers", "Panthers" and other tanks. The defeat of Germany finally finished off the company. At first she was engaged in the release aircraft engines for France, held repair work. It was a period of gloom. In 1966 the company is taken over by DaimlerBenz(former DMG), which started it all. This is how the brand is born Maybach Mercedes-Benz Motorenbau GmbH. The field of its activity is production big engines for ships, trains and various industrial needs. However, in the 90s of the last century, it was decided to revive legendary cars. However, this is a completely different story - to the old Maybach factory (now it is a company MTU Friedrichshafen, owned EQT Partners) these cars are only indirectly related. DaimlerBenz(since 1998 - Daimler-Chrysler and now just DaimlerAG) decided to simply revive the brand itself, the rights to which belonged to her. Now the division is engaged in the production of luxury cars Maybach Manufactory.

In 2002, two models appear - Maybach 57 and Maybach 62 (the numbers indicate their length in decimeters). These cars were positioned as the main competitors to the models of such legendary brands as Bentley and Rolls Royce.

Afford the luxury of a car Maybach maybe not everyone. This wheel miracle is an excellent indicator of status, it always attracts attention. So, remembering with an unkind word their measure, Leonid Chernovetsky, nicknamed Lenya the cosmonaut, the people of Kiev usually added to the abuse and his Maybach, popularly called a spaceship.

After 2 years, the world for the second time and already forever say goodbye to the legendary brand, which has become synonymous with luxury - Maybach. On November 25, representatives of the Daimler AG concern announced that since 2013 the production of these cars has been discontinued, as they have not been able to oust their main competitors, Rolls-Royce and Bentley, in the luxury car market. In recent years, sales have been at around 200 cars per year (with plans of 1,000 cars).

The history of one of the most famous car brands in the world and its legendary luxury models, thanks to which Maybach was remembered all over the world.

Wilhelm Maybach (1846-1929)

The founder of the Maybach car brand is famous primarily for the fact that it was he who had the honor in 1900 to design a car that gave the name to one of the most famous brands today - Mercedes. In 1904, he developed the first six-cylinder automobile engine with a capacity of 120 hp. With. Maybach's mentor and patron was another no less famous person - Gottlieb Daimler, who gave his name to Daimler AG.

In 1909, Wilhelm Maybach and his son Karl founded their own company. At first, its main brainchild was not cars, but engines - including those for the famous Zeppelin airships. Actually, at that time the company was a division of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH. Only in 1918 Maybach Motorenbau GmbH became independent, and three years later produced the first car, relying on the luxury and reliability of its products from the very beginning.

Length: 5 m
Engine: 5.7 l, 70 l. With.
Max Speed: 110 km/h

The first Maybach car model was presented at the Berlin Motor Show in 1921. The car was initially positioned as a car for very wealthy buyers who prefer reliability and comfort to external luxury. Therefore, the bet was made not on expensive finishing materials, but on highest quality all components, careful assembly, ease of operation and safety. W3 was equipped with brakes on all four wheels (unlike other cars of its time, which had only two "braking" wheels) and a unique gearshift system. There were only three of them: the first, lowered "mountain" and the rear, each activated by a separate pedal, and there was no clutch pedal at all.

Maybach 12/Maybach DS7 Zeppelin

Length: 5.5 m
Engine: 7 l, 150 l. With.
Max speed: 161 km/h
Price: from 39 000 marks

The most famous and most expensive of the pre-war Maybach cars.

Maybach 12 was introduced in 1929, equipped with a 12-cylinder engine and automatic transmission gears. Based on this experimental model, Maybach DS7 was created a year later.

Since by this time the Maybach Motorenbau GmbH again became the supplier of motors for Zeppelins, this model received its own name Zeppelin. It was considered the best among modern executive class cars, and its cost was equal to a thousand (!) Average monthly wages of a German worker of that time.

Length: 5.5 m
Engine: 8 l, 200 l. With.
Max Speed: 175 km/h
Price: from 40 000 marks

The 1931 model was not only distinguished by a more powerful and larger engine. Five-speed box The gears of this car had two (!) Reverse speeds, and the engine switched to an overdrive as soon as the driver stopped pressing the gas pedal. German auto journalists called this car "a representative of the highest automotive world": for several years of production of this model, only two hundred copies were produced to order. It is noteworthy that the driver of this three-ton limousine had to have the right to drive trucks: according to the German laws then in force, cars with a weight of no more than 2.5 tons were considered cars.

Maybach SW35 / Maybach SW38

Length: 5 m
Engine: 3.5 l/3.8 l, 140 l. With.
Max Speed: 140 km/h
Price: from 13,000 marks

The SW model line - the most massive in the history of the company - appeared as a result of Karl Maybach's idea to expand the customer base. These cars had less massive engines than the previous ones and less intimidating price tags, but they were still premium cars. First of all, due to the smoothness of the ride: the abbreviation in the model name stands for Schwingachswagen - “car with swing axles”.

The SW35, released in 1935, had a six-cylinder engine and a much simpler control system than the Zeppelin. Now, customers who purchased Maybach cars could not waste time learning how to handle complex gearshift mechanisms and not put an experienced hired driver behind the wheel, but ride on their own without much hassle. It is noteworthy that Maybach will return to the division of his cars into models “for the driver” and “for the passenger” more than half a century later - in 2002.

Length: 5.1 m
Engine: 4.2 l, 140 l. With.
Max Speed: 160 km/h
Price: from 20 000 marks

The latest in the line and the last pre-war Maybach model, the SW42 was slightly longer and received new engine increased volume. Accordingly, the maximum speed of the car has also increased. It was this model that was preferred by high-ranking Nazi officials and large German industrialists, among whom were, for example, the Reich Minister of Propaganda, Dr. Goebbels, and the famous aircraft designer Ernst Heinkel. By the way, contrary to popular belief, Stirlitz - Isaev never drove a Maybach: in the novel he has a Horch, which was replaced with a Mercedes in the film adaptation. And the only Soviet film where the Maybach SW42 appears on the screen is the film adaptation of Irvine Shaw's novel "Rich Man, Poor Man", filmed in 1982.

Length: 5.4-5.7 m depending on modification
Engine: 10.8 l/ 11.8 l, 250 l. With. / 300 l. With.
Max Speed: 35-64 km/h depending on modification

Beginning in 1936, almost all German tanks were equipped with Maybach engines. They were installed on one of the most famous tanks of the Second World War - the Panzer III, and on its "heir" - the Panzer IV (the most massive tank of the Wehrmacht), and on the infamous "Tigers" and "Panthers", not to mention numerous modifications and variations of these models.

In 1941, with the outbreak of war on the Eastern Front, the Maybachs had to curtail the production of luxury cars and completely switch to the development and production of tank engines. But even after the capitulation, auto production did not resume: the market needed completely different cars. In 1960, the company was acquired by Daimler-Benz, but another 36 years passed before the Maybach car brand returned to the market.

Length: 5.7 m
Engine: 5.5 l, 543 l. With.
Max Speed: 250 km/h
Price: from €360,000

The first model introduced after a 60 year hiatus, in 2002. It was positioned as a "car for the driver", that is, for those owners of luxury cars who prefer to drive themselves. It is curious that, when creating this model, its designers deliberately made the car not too frisky: according to the creators, whoever has this four-wheeled luxury has nowhere to rush and there is no need to.

Length: 6.2 m
Engine: 5.5 l, 543 l. With.
Max Speed: 250 km/h
Price: from €430,000

Maybach DS7 Zeppelin and Maybach 62:

This model was introduced at the same time as the Maybach 57 and in fact differs little from it - except perhaps in length. Due to more spacious interior this car immediately goes into the class of "passenger car", that is, it is assumed that the owner never sits on driver's seat, and is located on one of the two rear seats with reclining backs.

There was such a remarkable moment in the history of this model. On June 26, 2002, this car, enclosed in a glass box, set off from Southampton to New York across the Atlantic aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2 liner, accompanied by representatives of the press and executives of the manufacturer, and from the New York port was delivered to the Regent Hotel on Wall Street.

Length: 6.2 m
Engine: 6 l, 612 l. With.
Max Speed: 250 km/h
Price: from €900,000

The fantastic white Maybach convertible was first presented to the public in November 2007 as a concept car based on the Maybach 62, and its serial production and sales began two months later.

Taking the "sixty-second" model as a basis, the designers got rid of many elements of the rear part, on which the hard top was held, and replaced it with a cloth top, which is retractable in a few seconds by an electro-hydraulic drive, and the remaining rear racks reinforced with special tubular structures.

Length: 6.2 m
Engine: 6 l, 612 l. With.
Max Speed: 250 km/h
Price: from €400,000

The last of the models of this brand, which appeared on the market only this year. It is also based on the Maybach 62, but differs from it in powerful armor. Moreover, the weight of the “armored car” is only 406 kg more than the weight of its prototype, due to which the car accelerates to a speed of 100 km / h in just 5.7 seconds.

Length: 5.9 m
Engine: 5.9 l, 700 l. With.
Max Speed: 350 km/h
Price: from $7.8 million

The only sports car in the Maybach lineup and at the same time - one of the most expensive cars modernity.

It is noteworthy that it was created not for the sake of conquering a new market segment, but for the sake of ... advertising super-fast tires of the German company Fulda. Even the name of the model is inherited from the name of tires - Carat Exelero.

The first copy was assembled by hand and presented to the public on May 1, 2005 at the Nardo training ground in southern Italy. On this day, the car showed top speed almost 352 km/h. The first owner of the car of this model was rapper Brian Williams, known under the pseudonym Birdman, who bought the car for $8 million.

Story car brand Maybach begins with the talented designer Wilhelm Maybach, who worked for Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft since the late 19th century. In 1901, under his leadership, the first a car Mercedes brands.

In early 1907, Maybach decided to team up with his friend Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin and found a company to make airship engines. In 1912, the partners moved to Friedrichshafen and began manufacturing aircraft engines designed by Maybach's son, Karl.

After the war in Germany, it was forbidden to produce military equipment, which included aircraft engines. Karl Maybach decided to switch to cars by designing a 6-cylinder side-valve engine with a displacement of 5738 cm3. Since only one buyer was found for it - the Dutch company Spyker, in 1921 Karl Maybach built his first own car of the W3 brand.

He was convinced that the car should be as simple as possible to drive and maintain, so he developed a two-speed gearbox for it, and gear shifting was carried out using a foot pedal. The W3 brand became one of the first German production models with brakes on all wheels.

The next W5 model, released in 1926, was already equipped with a 7.0 liter engine, which allowed it to reach a speed of 121 km / h.

In the spring of 1929, just after celebrating Easter in Kanstatt, Wilhelm Maybach suddenly fell ill and died two days later at the age of 81. The Maybach company was headed by his son Karl Maybach.

Karl decided to replace the 6-cylinder engine with a V12 with a displacement of 6922 cm3. The first time it was installed on the brand DS7.

A year later, in the middle of 1930, her heir was presented, who received the pathos name Zeppelin. At that time it was the most luxurious and technically perfect german car 30s of the last century. In those years, the structural elements of the car were created taking into account the individual needs of the customer, so there were no identical cars.

The brand was equipped with an 8.0-liter V12 engine with a capacity of 200 hp. and a 5-speed gearbox, which was replaced by a 7-speed in 1938. It went on sale in 1931 for 29,500 Reichsmarks. A total of 183 cars were produced.

The W6 brand was produced from 1931 to 1933 with a six-cylinder engine from the W5 car. From 1934 it also came with a twin overdrive transmission (W 6 DSG). Both options are longer wheelbase compared to the W5 model. The production volume was 90 cars.

The bodies for all Maybachs were built by coachbuilders from all over Europe, but the most successful in this was the firm of Hermann Shpohn from Ravensbrock, where the headquarters of the Maybach Motorenbau was also located. The cost of any Maybach was very high, and in order to drive such a car, it was necessary to have a truck driver's license. Among the owners of Maybach cars there were many crowned and titled persons, famous businessmen, including world boxing champion Max Schmeling.

The inexpensive brand DSH ("Doppel-Sechs-Halbe" - "half of twelve cylinders") was produced from 1930 to 1937. It was equipped with a 5.2-liter six-cylinder engine with 130 hp. Only 34 cars were produced.

All Maybach cars had suspension on longitudinal semi-elliptical springs, until the SW series appeared, which received a 6-cylinder 140-horsepower engine and new suspension oscillating axle type. This suspension had transverse springs with coil springs at the end. At the same time, the rear wheels in a sharp turn strove to “slip” under the body. The machines of this series were used by many of the highest ranks of the German Reich.

Some versions of cars of this type were supplied with new aerodynamic bodies, which were later used for the SW series, produced in the period 1935-1941. It included the brands SW-35, SW-38 and SW-42 with engines with a working volume of 3.5; 3.8 and 4.2 liters, respectively. These were the last Maybach marques built.

Between 1921 and 1941 Maybach Motorenbau produced about 1800 luxury cars. In addition to the cars produced, which were recorded in the factory statistics, from 5 to 10 cars for exhibitions were built annually. All cars were very expensive, and among them there were no two completely identical cars. There are still 152 pre-war Maybach examples in the world today.

During the Second World War, Maybach exclusively produced engines for Tiger tanks. The total output amounted to about 140 thousand pieces. After the war, Karl Maybach had to work as a prisoner of the French, developing aircraft engines. In the 1950s, he was again in charge of his company, which produced a variety of stationary, marine and railway engines.

In 1961, the rights to the Maybach company were acquired by Daimler Benz, which in the late 90s decides to revive the forgotten brand. Thus, after 60 years of oblivion, the legendary brand is experiencing a rebirth.

In 1997, Mercedes-Benz showed the concept car of the Maybach brand, the main ideas of which were embodied in production cars in 2002. They remembered the Maybach name thanks to DaymlerChrysler, which launches the most luxury sedan in the world - Mercedes-Benz Maybach - a car that clearly demonstrates the latest achievements in driving comfort, automotive design and engineering.

double name car Mercedes-Benz Maybach was not formed by chance. This is both the traditional quality of "cars with a three-pointed star", and a tribute to the genius automotive technology Wilhelm Maybach, who developed the first Daimler cars and whose name bore the most luxurious limousine in Germany of the 30s - the famous Maybach.

The new product of the DaimlerChrysler concern exists in two versions - standard car the Maubach 57 brand is 5.72 meters long and the Maubach 62 extended to 6.16 meters. Both brands are equipped with a Maybach Type 12 engine (405 kW / 550 hp), which is controlled by a microcomputer and is made of aluminum and magnesium alloys. Engine displacement 5.5 liters, torque 900 Nm.

The Maybach brand car is equipped with the latest electronic filling and is simply replete with innovative solutions. Beautiful shapes, luxurious design - Maybach defends the luxury car brand with dignity.

As representatives of the DaimlerChrysler Group say about the new car, the very name of Maybach sounds majestic and new car should be one of the best executive cars. Maximum individuality, stylistic elegance, exclusivity and comfort - these are the characteristics of the Maybach brand.

Cars are manufactured in factories in Germany and the USA, orders for cars are accepted in specialized Maybach centers located around the world. Maintenance and repair of cars is carried out in 50 specialized service centers.

Maybach vehicles are covered by a four-year warranty, including free repair and Maintenance. Factory prices for the models are: 310 thousand euros for the Maubach 57 and 360 thousand euros for the Maubach 62.

Maybach cars are not for everyone and will never be available to the public. Maybach is an exclusive, the demand for such has always outstripped supply.