The Mercedes-Maybach Edition 100’s sound is provided by a Burmester 4D surround sound system, while heated, massaging seats keep everyone comfy.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nBy the time the DS 42 appeared in 1941, Maybach production was ending after a run of 1,800 cars. World War II found the company building tank and assault boat engines. Postwar, the company manufactured diesel maritime engines. Wilhelm died in 1929 while Karl passed away in 1960.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daimler steps in<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In 1960, Daimler-Benz AG took over Maybach Motorenbau GmbH, but it sat, almost quietly. But the brand was revived in 2002 in an effort to battle against Rolls-Royce, now owned by BMW, and Bentley, now owned by Volkswagen. Available as the Model 57 and the long-wheelbase Model 62, these Maybachs were every bit as indulgent as their predecessors. But the cars failed to find the 2,000 buyers annually Daimler expected. After selling 164 in the U.S. in 2006, Maybach closed 29 of its 71 dealers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As sales faltered, the cars got grander, including a Landaulet \u2014 a long-dead body style \u2014 and the return of the Zeppelin. It did little to stoke interest that had been snuffed out by the financial crisis and its aftermath. The last Maybach was made in 2012. Seven years later, the Maybach name would reappear. No longer a separate brand, it now symbolizes the top trim level in a Mercedes-Benz vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Get out the birthday candles. Mercedes-Benz celebrates Maybach’s 100th birthday with a new special edition, and we have the details at TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13752,"featured_media":209436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,905],"tags":[2835,1492,2834,2832,2174,2833,1455],"make":[85],"post-state":[],"category_old":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13752"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209427"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209449,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209427\/revisions\/209449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209427"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=209427"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=209427"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=209427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}