Maybach Car Register

Maybach Car Register
Welcome to the Maybach Car Register where you can join us on a digital tour through the history of Maybach automobiles: State of the art technology of their day, their technical excellence does not cease to impress. For inquiries and questions please contact museum@maybach.org. Enjoy your walk-through!
Versuchswagen 1
W 1
1919
Maybach W 1 Engine
Built in total · 1
©Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG
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Spyker
Type C4-30/40 PS
1920-1925
Maybach W 2 Engine
Built In Total · 150
©Louwman Collection, Raamsdonksveer Netherlands
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Maybach Chassis & Engines built in Friedrichshafen
1921 - 1941
Built In Total · N.N.
©Wilhelm & Karl Maybach Foundation
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Maybach
Type 22/70 PS
W 3
1921 - 1928
Maybach W 2 Engine
Built In Total · 300
©autoevolution.com
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Maybach
Type 27/120 PS
W 5 & W 5 SG
1926 - 1928 (W 5) & 1928 - 1929 (W 5 SG)
Maybach W 5 Engine
built in total · 300
©Museum for Historical Maybach Vehicles Neumarkt i.d.O.
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Maybach
Type 12,
Type 12 Zeppelin DS 7 & DS 8
1929 – 1930 (Type 12),
1930 – 1933 (Type 12 Zeppelin DS 7)
& 1930 – 1939 (Type 12 Zeppelin DS 8)
Maybach Type DS 7 & DS 8 Engine
Built In Total · 200
©Technik-Museum Sinsheim
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MAYBACH ENGINES FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
1922 - 1936 (TRUCKS & BUSES MADE BY MAGIRUS, RUMPLER, FAUN, VOMAG ET. AL.)
MAYBACH TYPE OS 2, OS 5, OS 6, OS 7, DSH 90, DSH 110, DSO 8 ENGINES
Built in total · N.N.
©Berlin-verkehr.de
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Maybach
Type W 6
& W 6 DSG
1931 - 1933 (W 6) & 1934 - 1935 (W 6 DSG)
Maybach W 5 Engine
Built In Total · 100
©Badische Oldtimer Freunde
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Maybach
Type DSH
1934 - 1937
Maybach DSH Engine
built in total · 40
©Technik-Museum Sinsheim
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Maybach
Type SW 35,
SW 38 & SW 42
1935 (SW 35), 1936 – 1939 (SW 38) & 1939 – 1941 (SW 42)
Maybach HL 35, HL 38 & HL 42 Engine
Built In Total · 900
©Daimler AG
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Maybach,
Mercedes-Maybach
Cars
since 2002
2002 - 2021
©Daimler AG
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SW 35 - SW 38 - SW 42 (Schwingachswagen 3,5 Liter, 3,8 Liter, 4,2 Liter)

After WW I, Maybach Engine Works had to find new markets - automobile engines seemed to be a good fit. First, it was decided to supply engines to the Dutch manufacturer Trompenburg, but this partner soon filed for bankruptcy. So the company itself became the producer of the chassis in which the engines were installed. With a Daimler body, a first test vehicle was created. It already featured the prominent round radiator grill: The W 1, from which the W 3, the series production vehicle, was to emerge. We are aware of different photographs of the car but the original vehicle has vanished.

©Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG

Basic Data

Construction Time

1919

Built in Total

Number Existing Today

Technical Data

Engine

Maybach W 1

Cylinder

6 (Inline)

Displacement

unknown

Revolutions per minute

unkonwn

Top Speed

110 km/h (68 mph)

Chassis Data

Dimension (L x W x H)

unknown

Wheelbase

unknown

Chassis weight

unknown

Chassis price

unkonwn

©Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG

Spyker Type C4-30/40 PS

In 1921, Maybach Motorenbau was contracted by the Dutch automobile and aircraft factory Trompenburg to produce the most powerful German automobile engine to date with a power output of 70 hp: the W 2. As the first Maybach 6-cylinder in-line engine for automobiles to be built in serial production, it was used in the Spyker Type C4-30/40 hp car model. The W 2 proved its exceptional robustness and performance in long-distance competitions. Only 150 of the Maybach engines that were to be installed had been delivered to Trompenburg until 1925. The four Spyker cars with Maybach engines that still exist today can be easily identified by the W 2 emblem on the engine housing.

©Lauwman Collection, Raamsdonksveer Netherland