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Maybach W1

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The Maybach W 1 of 1919 was the first car of the Maybach company of Friedrichshafen and never reached series production. After the Versailles treaty banned airship and aircraft work, Karl Maybach turned the firm to automobiles and had a test car built on a purchased Daimler chassis, fitted with the characteristic Maybach radiator mask. German Wikipedia lists it as a single experimental car, a Versuchswagen, completed in 1919. The first series model, the W 3, followed in 1921. The W 1 name is shared with the engine of the same designation, and no W 2 car is known, because the W 2 designation went to an engine supplied for the Dutch Spyker.

Facts
Year
1919 2
Status
Out of production 2
Units Built
1 2
Engine
Maybach W 1 type experimental car engine 1
Comparison
Body Style
Touring car 1
Connections

Exemplifies

Source Maybach-Motorenbau (Wikipedia, German edition)

Of Make

Source Maybach-Motorenbau (Wikipedia, German edition)
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Manufactured By

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Source Maybach-Motorenbau (Wikipedia, German edition)Pkw-Modelle, Liste
Quote, Pkw-Modelle, Liste
Versuchswagen, 1919, 1 Einheit

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Source Maybach-Motorenbau (Wikipedia, German edition)Lead
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war ein deutscher Motoren- und Pkw-Hersteller
Sources
1. Wilhelm and Karl Maybach Foundation: 100 Years Of Maybach Automobiles 1921 to 2021
Wilhelm and Karl Maybach Foundation
  • From the first experimental car to the production car
    This exper­i­men­tal engine was installed in a Daim­ler-Motoren-Gesellschaft tour­ing car for test pur­pos­es in 1919
  • From the first experimental car to the production car, body
    installed in a Daim­ler-Motoren-Gesellschaft tour­ing car for test pur­pos­es in 1919
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2. Maybach-Motorenbau (Wikipedia, German edition)
  • Zwischenkriegszeit, Ende der Automobilproduktion
    Ab 1941 stellte das Friedrichshafener Werk keine Automobile mehr her.
  • Zwischenkriegszeit, Versuchswagen
    Im Jahr 1919 war der erste Versuchswagen „W 1“ fertiggestellt
  • Pkw-Modelle, Liste
    Versuchswagen, 1919, 1 Einheit
  • Lead
    war ein deutscher Motoren- und Pkw-Hersteller
  • Exemplifies: Automobile Transport, Zwischenkriegszeit, Fahrgestell
    Wie zu dieser Zeit in der Fahrzeugklasse üblich, wurden auch die Maybach-Luxuswagen vom Werk nur als Fahrgestell ohne Karosserie ausgeliefert
  • In Group: Luxury Cars, Zwischenkriegszeit, Fahrgestell
    Wie zu dieser Zeit in der Fahrzeugklasse üblich, wurden auch die Maybach-Luxuswagen vom Werk nur als Fahrgestell ohne Karosserie ausgeliefert
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