Maybach 1921-2012 - Two lives

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Maybach 1921-2012 - Two lives

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Created in 2013

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Roger Gloor

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Maybach Zeppelin DS 8 (1936) - with 7.9-liter 12-cylinder engine and Spohn body, Ravensburg

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Maybach DSH (1935) - elegantly presented

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Wilhelm Maybach, the ingenious designer at Gottlieb Daimler's side, developed the steel-wheeled carriage in 1889 and thus, like the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, a chassis detached from the carriage construction.

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Maybach Type SW 35 (1935) - Type 35 chassis with 3.5-liter six-cylinder engine

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Maybach Type SW 35 (1935) - side view, right-rear

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Maybach Type SW 35 (1935) - with doors opening in opposite directions

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Maybach Type SW 38 (1936) - six- to seven-seater Pullman limousine, 140 hp

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Maybach SW38 (1937) - at the Zurich Classic Car Award 2014 (ZCCA)

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Maybach SW 38 Sport Cabriolet Erdmann & Rossi (1937) - at the special show "Erdmann & Rossi" at the Classic Days Schloss Dyck

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Maybach "Zeppelin" (1931) - with V12 OHV engine and 6962 cm3, 150 hp limousine body with sliding roof was built by Spohn, Ravensburg, Germany.

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Maybach 57 (2003) - together with the long-wheelbase version Maybach 62

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Maybach 57 (2003) - in the sands of the desert

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Maybach 57 (2003) - with its own trademark

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Maybach 62 (2003) - Long version in the desert

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Maybach 62 (2003) - plenty of space and first-class comfort in the rear

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There have been around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of which have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is Maybach, which, along with Mercedes-Benz, was Germany's most famous car brand. It lived twice; once from 1921 to 1941 and the second time from 1998 to 2012.

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Maybach was Germany's most famous car brand alongside Mercedes-Benz and before Horch. After today's Daimler arch-rivals BMW and the Volkswagen Group reached an agreement with Audi in 1998 on the peaceful takeover of the Rolls-Royce and Bentley brands, the Daimler-Chrysler Group decided to bring the Maybach brand back to life as a counterweight. However, this name was now only known to history buffs and required extensive image building. Wilhelm Maybach had helped Gottlieb Daimler to realize his first motor car in 1886. Benz, Daimler and Maybach were Germany's great car pioneers. Maybach left Mercedes manufacturer Daimler in 1907, and in 1909 his son Karl founded Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH in Friedrichshafen. This company designed airship and aircraft engines.

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