2004 Maybach 62

The legendary mark of quality defining unrivalled automotive exclusivity has acquired renewed splendour: two intersecting Ms in a spherical triangle form the insignia of Maybach Manufaktur, the new high-end luxury car brand from the DaimlerChrysler Group. After an absence of over 60 years, it is comeback time in March 2002 at the 72nd Geneva Motor Show.
The striking "M" emblem is steeped in tradition. For two decades - between 1921 and 1941 – this badge adorned some very special cars, which lined up alongside Mercedes Saloons in the elite echelon of German vehicle manufacture.

Outstanding styling, status, flawlessness and technical mastery gave the range of majestic Maybach Saloons and Cabriolets - whose flagship "Zeppelin" model was some 5.5 metres in length and ranked as one of the most prestigious German cars of its time - quite a reputation. A brochure on the luxury car brand produced in 1934 described its products as "cars of the greatest elegance and strength which you would give your last wish to own". DaimlerChrysler felt an obligation to live up to the billing.

With over 100 years of experience and technical expertise in the development and production of luxurious saloons through its Mercedes-Benz brand, the Daimler-Chrysler Group was in the ideal position to revive the Maybach name. The plan to build a high-end luxury car with the Maybach badge hinged on close cooperation with Mercedes-Benz. Maybach's sister company is a leading figure in the development of innovations and sets standards in terms of safety, quality, reliability and durability. The new Maybach can only benefit from this technological head start.

Pioneering state-of-the-art technology coupled with unparalleled prestige
Mercedes-Benz and Maybach were Germany's foremost luxury car brands in the 1920s and 30s, and a return to this status quo looks to be on the cards for the years to come.

The future will see the two brands advancing hand-in-hand under the umbrella of the Daimler-Chrysler Group: Mercedes-Benz – the technological pace-setter and the world's most successful manufacturer of premium cars in high-growth market segments and Maybach – the brand for first-class, extremely individual, high-end luxurious and prestigious saloons, which combine technical perfection with innovative Mercedes technology.

The symbiosis of ground-breaking Mercedes developments with the exclusivity and individuality you expect from the Maybach name has again conjured up an automotive gem of peerless stature - the ultimate in automotive construction.

Wilhelm Maybach and Gottlieb Daimler - automotive pioneers
Mercedes-Benz and Maybach have always had a great deal in common. Wilhelm Maybach, a long-time companion of Gottlieb Daimler and director of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG), was the spiritual father of the first Mercedes built in 1901, the template for all modern-day passenger cars. For this reason, Maybach was much admired and known as the "king of design".

In 1909 he teamed up with Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin to found "Luftfahrzeug-Motorenbau GmbH", initially producing power units for the famous Zeppelin air-ships. In 1918 "Luftfahrzeug-Motorenbau GmbH" spawned "Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH", based in Friedrichshafen on the banks of Lake Constance. Here in 1919 development began of the much talked about Maybach luxury car, under the stew-ardship of Wilhelm Maybach's son Karl. The first test vehicle, the "W 1" was built with a Mercedes chassis.

Years later, Maybach's firm yielded a new company "Motoren- und Turbinen-Únion Friedrichshafen" (MTÚ), which is now part of the MTÚ / Diesel Power Train Únit of DaimlerChrysler.

Two Saloons with luxury fittings give first-class levels of comfort
The combination of cutting-edge technology and tradition has brought the Maybach luxury car brand back to life within the DaimlerChrysler Group and fuelled high expectations for the future. The celebrated name contains a sense of both homage and duty. The target today is as ambitious as ever: to develop the best cars on the market. For the second time in history, Maybach is out to set the stan-dard in the exclusive luxury car segment. It will celebrate its premiere in the autumn of 2002.



The second Maybach variant, with a 5.72-metre-long body, sets new standards with the range of exclusive fittings it features as standard. It also includes a TV/DVD entertainment system in the rear, Dolby surround sound system, four-zone climate control and multicontour seats for all passengers. One of the hall-marks of the Maybach is its two-tone exterior paintwork - several hundred possible combinations mean each owner can have a totally individual look.

Both model variants are powered by the newly developed 405 kW/ 550-hp "Type 12" Maybach engine. With 5.5-litre displacement, bi-turbocharging and 900 Newtonmetres of torque, this power unit has all the ingredients to deliver superior driving performance, whilst providing the high level of comfort expected of the luxury car brand. The electronically controlled air suspension and high-performance electrohydraulic brake system Twin-Sensotronic Brake Control (SBC™) are further innovations from the Mercedes Technology Centre which set the Maybach apart.

Extensive communication with customers in all corners of the Earth
The aim of the Maybach prestige luxury brand is to establish itself at the top of a small, but highly distinguished market segment, which experts expect to show further potential for growth over the next few years.

Over the course of the last three years the Maybach project team has closely analysed both the future development of the market and the demands and expectations of customers in the luxury car segment. During the development phase, the team invited potential customers from around the world to give them their views. Out of the several hours of conversation that took place came a host of valuable ideas for the design of the Saloon. In other words, Maybach already has an extremely accurate picture of its customers' requirements and is well aware of the demands made on a genuinely superb car in this class.

The Centre of Excellence is the heart of the new luxury car brand
Technical perfection and stylish elegance share top priority with the level of service offered to the extremely demanding customers. As in earlier times at the Maybach company, the customers' requirements still represent the bottom line.

As a rule, a Maybach Saloon is not something one buys from a catalogue and equipment list. The exact make-up and fittings of this luxury car are the result of an extensive exchange of ideas between the customer and the car's designers and engineers. The meeting point for the two groups will be the Centre of Excellence in Sindelfingen, the result of investment from DaimlerChrysler totalling some ten million euros. From the summer of 2002, this is where the heart of the new luxury car brand will beat.

The Centre of Excellence accommodates a Maybach studio over an area of around 2200 square metres. Here, customers can look through a remarkable selection of top-quality materials, exclusive colours, and innovative technical details. This wide variety of exquisite woods, natural stone, fabrics, leathers and other superior items of equipment forms the basis for the extremely personal and unique finish of each and every Maybach Saloon.



This means that every Saloon becomes a valuable one-off, characterised exclusively by the personal style and taste of its original owner.

Manufacture aimed at fulfilling the most individual customer requests
Whilst, in years gone by, Maybach's exclusive clientele would have the body of their car constructed as they wanted it by a specialist company, the new-generation luxury Saloon will be assembled in its entirety at the DaimlerChrysler plant in Sindelfingen. The V12 power unit will be built in the engine factory at the Berlin plant, whilst the transmission and axles will be made at the original Mercedes plant in Stuttgart-Únterturkheim.

Hand-craftsmanship in the manufacture of the body and the nature of the assembly process make it possible to incorporate an exceptionally wide variety of individual touches. Maybach customers are kept constantly involved during the period – some four weeks – in which their top-quality car is in production. They can even go to Sindelfingen to witness their Saloon being made, and develop further ideas regarding customised finishes and fittings with manufacturing experts whilst they are there.

Manufacture of the Maybach will be underway in the summer of 2002. Every day up to seven units of the luxury car will be built – each one according to individual customer specifications.

An unprecedented concept for thorough customer service around the clock
At Maybach highly attentive and personal customer service has top priority at every stage – during the ordering process, the production of the car and, above all, after it has been delivered. It was with this in mind that an unprecedented concept was developed which ensures an exceptionally individual, faultless level of service and the fulfilment of the most demanding customer requests.

The Personal Liaison Managers play a key role in customer service. Each manager is responsible for a very small group of Maybach owners, is ready with advice on all issues relating to the car and can also provide assistance in other ways - including organising visits to Maybach Manufaktur, planning vehicle services or booking entry passes for the next Formula 1 race - if the customer requests it. The Personal Liaison Managers can be contacted at any time of the day or night by their customers - all the Maybach owner has to do is press a button on the car telephone keypad.

Maybach centres in three continents
The Maybach brand is set to spread across the globe. The Centre of Excellence in Sindelfingen will be joined by a worldwide network of advice and sales points, which Maybach customers will also be able to use to contact their Personal Liaison Manager.

DaimlerChrysler is building a state-of-the-art Maybach centre on the roof of the "Am Salzufer" Mercedes sales and service outlet in the German capital Berlin, and in Munich the company is likewise constructing an exclusive sales and advice centre for the luxury car brand.

Another ten Maybach centres are planned across Europe - in Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Service points for the new automotive brand will also appear outside Europe, for example in the Middle East, Japan, Hong Kong and the Únited States.
Individual customer advice services with innovative new systems

Customers who are not able to come into the Centre of Excellence to finalise the finish and fittings of their Maybach Saloon can use video conference facilities to speak personally to Maybach exerts from the areas of design, technology and manufacturing and be briefed on how things are going. An innovative computer-aided advice system facilitates the presentation and selection of numerous interior trim elements, materials and colours using virtual reality technology. Every Maybach centre across the world will be fitted with this cutting-edge system.

The customer can pick up their luxury car from the Centre of Excellence or a Maybach centre, as they wish.

Global logistics for servicing the Maybach
Maybach has set up some 50 service centres across the world to deal with maintenance and repairs for their cars. Highly qualified experts at the centres are responsible for all technical and logistical aspects concerning the car. They aim to carry out a comprehensive service right down to the last detail, relieving the Maybach owner of all the stress when it comes to inspections or repairs.

Every Maybach will be prepared with the highest level of protection and then transported either by truck or in special sea/air freight containers, depending on what the Personal Liaison Manager has agreed in advance with the customer, from wherever it is in use to the nearest available service outlet. For this reason, the brand has worked with selected partners to develop a worldwide logistics concept which ensures that the vehicles are sent from the customer's location to the service centre and back with the greatest care and speed.

The leading-edge equipment and fittings in the Maybach workshops, including the most efficient diagnosis systems, state-of-the-art tools and specially designed furnishings, comfortably fulfil the expectations placed on this new German luxury car brand. If, however, a technical problem does surprisingly occur, Maybach customers can rely on a highly qualified team of experts, which will be on the spot in a matter of hours in any country and will provide fast and efficient assistance.

Maybach is offering its customers a four-year new-car warranty. Furthermore, mobilo-life, the life-long mobility warranty package from Mercedes-Benz, is also available for the new Maybach Saloon.

Source - © DaimlerChrysler, 2000-2002

Honour bestowed by the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences: Maybach receives the "Five Star Diamond Award"

First time that this prestigious award has gone to a make of car

Conferred for "perfectly encapsulating a sense of fascination and legend"

Berlin, Mar 10, 2003
Maybach has become the first make of car ever to be honoured with this year’s "Five Star Diamond Award" presented by the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences. The accolade, which has hitherto been reserved primarily for the world's top luxury hotels and restaurants, has been conferred on the high-end luxury car marque for "perfectly encapsulating a sense of fascination and legend". The coveted title will be going to one of the most exclusive prestige saloons in the world, which succeeds in harmoniously blending impeccable quality with out-standing technological sophistication and a timelessly elegant design. Maybach is also being honoured for its peerless sales concept, which is designed to ensure taylor-made customer service for the extremely discerning clientele.
Just last year, the luxury automobile marque enjoyed a revival that was closely followed worldwide. More than 60 years after the first era of Maybach drew to a close, the newly developed high-end luxury saloons - the Maybach 57 and Maybach 62 - are again redefining standards at the very pinnacle of the passenger car market. At the same time, they are perpetuating the tradition of the legendary Maybach models which together with Mercedes-Benz formed part of the elite of German and indeed international automobile manufacture during the 1920s and 1930s. The array of sophisticated technological features boasted by the present models serves to underscore Maybach's billing as being the ultimate that the automobile industry has to offer. These features include the 405-kW/550-hp "Type 12" powerplant, whose maximum output and torque are unmatched by any other series-production engine to be fitted in a saloon car, a 600-watt sound system including Dolby surround sound for all passengers to enjoy, plus the new and immensely comfortable aircraft-style reclining seats fitted exclusively in the rear of the Maybach 62. The very latest in office and communications technology can also be integrated into the Maybach as an option, allowing it to be converted into a "personal jet on wheels" as it were.

The seemingly endless lists of standard and optional equipment present Maybach customers with an almost unlimited number of ways of tailoring their saloon ex-actly to their personal tastes. In addition to this, individual requests for more exotic design features can be incorporated too. To make all this possible, the Maybach saloons are built in the Manufaktur, a state-of-the-art custom-manufacturing facility, where up to five vehicles a day reach completion.

Source - Daimler Chrysler Media

Maybach philosophy also reflected by the Collection: The Maybach Collection

Exclusive collaboration with Dunhill

Superlative standards of design and quality

Traditional craftsmanship and guaranteed exclusivity

Stuttgart, Oct 21, 2002
To coincide with the first deliveries of the Maybach at the end of this year, Maybach is introducing a Collection of refined and exclusive products, designed to make travelling in the extraordinary high-end luxury saloon an even more personal and luxurious experience. A new partnership with Dunhill, the leading manufacturer of luxury accessories, has after a period of two years resulted in a luggage set, an accessories set and a smoker's set, exclusively developed for the Maybach owner under the label "Dunhill Motorities for Maybach". A leather golf bag is also available. Like the Maybach itself, the products which make up the Collection cater to the most discerning of tastes in terms of design, material and workmanship. In creating the Collection, Maybach has specifically sought out partners whose products demonstrably meet the highest possible of quality standards. ( posted on conceptcarz.com)
A focus on traditional craftsmanship

Genuine luxury is incompatible with mass production. It stems from a knowledge and appreciation of true craftsmanship. The exclusivity of the Maybach car is the result, among other things, of the consistent individualisation of the vehicle. The exclusivity of the Collection is ensured by the partners Maybach has selected. Dunhill can boast of a tradition dating back over a hundred years and is very much a company which focuses on traditional craftsmanship. Like the Maybach production centre in Sindelfingen, Dunhill fuses innovation and tradition to create products of the very highest quality and exclusivity.

Alfred Dunhill – a visionary at the dawning of the era of the motorcar

Back at the end of the 19th century, when Alfred Dunhill took over his father's saddlery business, he was far-sighted enough to recognise the possibilities of the newfangled motorcar. With an eye on the future, he called his company Dunhill Motorities. While his father had still made his living from carriage covers, awnings and harnesses, Alfred Dunhill foresaw the end of the era of the coach approaching and decided to focus instead on the car. As early as 1903, the Dunhill Motorities products covered the range from coats and spectacles to watches, and the company's advertising confidently promised "Everything but the motor".

Exclusive luxury on the road – the luggage set and golf bag from Dunhill

The long tradition of Dunhill Motorities means that the company has a precise understanding of the wishes and needs of Maybach customers. The Dunhill luggage set consists of two suitcases, a suit holder, two holdalls and a document case. A quality leather golf bag is available separately. Manufactured in the finest pale calfskin, exclusively handcrafted by specialists, each item in the set combines out-standing functionality with the incomparable charm of an individually made item. Each of the items in the luggage set has a woven carrying handle with a high-tech interior, based on the original door handles inside the historic Maybach. This too is an example of how traditional craftsmanship and innovative technology can be successfully combined: very flexible and extremely pleasant to the touch, the handles are still exceptionally strong. Form and function are combined here in an ideal and innovative way.



Each item in the accessories set and the smoker's set is shaped by the Dunhill tradition and exudes a discreet sense of luxury, ensuring that to travel in the Maybach is to travel in style. The centrepiece of the smoker's set is a travel humidor, trimmed in the finest calfskin, with an integral humidity system. The set also includes a lighter and a cigar cutter. The accessories set consists of a leather pillow, a cashmere blanket, which comes in a leather case, a silver twin pen and an umbrella. In terms of innovation, the highlight of the set is the umbrella. Manufactured in the best traditions of craftsmanship, it does more than simply offer protection from sudden downpours. If the handle is unscrewed, the supplied extension piece can be inserted and the umbrella anchored in the ground as a sunshade, ensuring that the Maybach driver is also ideally equipped for a picnic on a hot summer's day. The umbrella can be clipped into a holder in the lid of the Maybach boot when not in use, ensuring that it is always ready to hand.

Robbe & Berking: classic craftsmanship with a long tradition

Founded in Flensburg in 1874, the family firm Robbe & Berking has become one of Europe's leading manufacturers of silverware and cutlery. Twelve individual items and one cutlery set with over 30 pieces are specially available for the Collection. From the champagne goblet and the tray to the fruit knife, all items are manufactured by hand from .925 sterling silver. Robbe & Berking's knowledge of working this precious metal, acquired over the course of over 125 years, ensures that the classically elegant designs are produced with the ultimate craftsmanship and finish. The two embossed 'M's of the Maybach logo, together with the R&B hallmark, stand for first-class quality and the ultimate in exclusivity.

Silver perfection

.925 sterling silver is made up of 92.5 percent silver to 7.5 percent copper. This material quality has long since established itself as the international standard, which is why Robbe & Berking's solid silverware and cutlery is only produced in .925 sterling silver. It is not simply the material which dictates the quality, however: craftsmanship makes all the difference here. At Robbe & Berking any ornamentation is, of course, still hand-engraved and the exquisite bowls and goblets are artistically shaped by hand. All of the silverware is also hand-polished, giving it its incomparable finish. Naturally, these high standards are also applied to the cutlery set and all of the individual items specially designed for the Maybach Collection.

Source - Daimler Chrysler Media