History of Maybach, the best car of the world

Official date of occurrence of company Maybach it is considered to be 1907 when young designer Wilhelm Maybach made the decision to leave concern "Daimler-motoren Gezelshaft" in which it worked before, and in common with the friend Ferdinand fon Zeppelin to create own enterprise. However actually the history of success of a legendary brand begins much earlier - with a birth of its founder of Wilhelm Maybach. The ingenious engineer and the talented inventor, it devoted all life to development to branch. Its inventions and now, after many years, do not lose the urgency and still are a quality and reliability symbol.

Wilhelm Maybach early remained the orphan. After death of parents it at ten years' age gets to a shelter where gets acquainted with the director of a nearby mechanical workshop - Gotlib Daimler. Considering in the boy love to designing, that sends it for study in university where young Wilhelm receives the diploma of the engineer. In 1876 Maybach becomes the chief designer of firm Deutz for which develops projects of agricultural stock, scales and motor vehicles.

In the end of 19 centuries Wilhelm Maybach invents a two-cylinder internal combustion engine on which basis in 1901 develops the first car, prototype of the best car in the world. A bit later, in 1907 Maybach unites with the companion Ferdinand fon Zeppelin and organises own firm specialising on manufacture of engines for dirigible balloons.

Only in 1909 Wilhelm in common with the son Charles dare to create own company which they name Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH. However then, in the world captured by a flame of the First World War, about a batch production of cars could not be and speeches, therefore the father and the son postpone the automobile workings out for some time and come back to creation of engines for dirigible balloons. After the end of war the country leaders impose a ban for release of any military technology which dirigible balloons concerned also, therefore to Maybach do not remain anything else how again to return to automobile subjects. In those of year on light there is a first child Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH, - the car having under a cowl the 6-cylinder engine in volume in 5738 sm3. It has been exhausted in the single copy which was got later by the Dutch firm Spyker.

In spite of the fact that its "first-born" did not receive wide recognition in a circle of motorists, Wilhelm decided not to stop on reached, continuing to move persistently in the planned direction. He decided to improve the previous model taking into account all requirements which were at that point in time shown to a modern car. New Maybach W3 became the first serial car in Germany, possessing brakes on all wheels.

Since 1929 the company starts to specialise on release of cars with 12 cylinder motors, allowing to develop speed absolutely shaking on that time - 160 km/h. Among them Maybach-Zeppelin became the most popular. Same year Wilhelm Maybach unexpectedly falls ill and shortly dies. Its place is occupied with son Charles who continues business of the father. Somewhere in the middle of 1930 under the direction of Maybach younger there is the new model Zeppelin having design absolutely distinct from senior "brother". However, in the given series of identical cars was not, as each of them was carried out strictly under individual requirements of the customer.

With 1921 on 1941 it is possible to name the period an epoch of blossoming of company Maybach. In this time from its conveyor descended more than 1880 cars from which from 5 to 10 models were annually created specially for exhibitions. With the beginning of the Second World War the company trained for a new profession on release of internal combustion engines for the tanks most known of which were Maybach HL120TRM and HL230TRM. The first such engine has been established on tank PzKpfw III. During post-war time Charles who has appeared in French to a captivity, some time has been compelled to develop internal combustion engines for planes. In 1950 it returns home, where is accepted to revival of family business. First of all, Maybach decides to leave "for frameworks" automotive industry and starts to exhaust the engine for railway and ship transport.

In 1960 company Maybach controlling interest passes to Daimler-Benz therefore concern Daimler-Benz Maybach is created. The similar name management Daimler decided to pay a tribute of respect to the best automobile designer Wilhelm Majbah.

Definitively legendary brand revived only in 1997 when company Daimler Crysler presented on autoshow the new concept car under Mercedes-Benz Maybach name, the best car of the world, united in itself all modern achievements in the field of automotive industry: an aesthetics, convenience in steering and comfortableness.

In 2002 the revived company exhausts at once two new models: Maybach 57 and Maybach 62 (figures designate length of the car). Of course, in one line with these handsome men it is possible to put only Bentley and Rolls-Royce to which Maybach at all does not concede on luxury and exclusive.

Now Maybach are made not only in Germany, but also in the USA. To order the car it is possible only in the specialised centres located worldwide.