* Maybach 57 and 62

All production versions of the Panzer II were fitted with a 140 PS, gasoline-fuelled six-cylinder Maybach HL 62 TRM engine and ZF transmissions.

In 2004, Abramovich bought two Maybach 62 limousines, which were customized to be bomb and bullet-proof and reportedly cost £ 1 million (€ 1. 18 million / US $ 1. 65 million ).

Following criticism of his purchase of luxury cars, including a $ 500, 000 DaimlerChrysler's flagship Maybach 62 luxury automobile, he banned the photography of his vehicles.

Maybach 62

Production of the new model commenced in two sizes — the Maybach 57 and the Maybach 62.

Several Maybach 57 and 62 models at the 2005 Pebble Beach Concours d ' Elegance | Concours d ' Elegance in Pebble Beach, CA.

The base price of a 2009 Maybach 57 was $ 344, 000 ; the Maybach 57 S, $ 381, 000 ; the Maybach 62, $ 394, 000 ; the Maybach 62 S, $ 430, 000, and the Maybach Landaulet semi-convertible costs just over $ 1 million.

The Maybach 57 Zeppelin is priced at € 406, 000 ($ 580, 000 ) and the 62 Zeppelin at € 473, 200 ($ 677, 000 ).

On August 14, 2012, parent Daimler AG announced the official discontinuation of Maybach by releasing a pricing sheet officially discontinuing the Maybach 57, 57S, 62, 62S and Laundaulet.

* 2002 Maybach 57 and 62

* 2007 Maybach 62 Landaulet

* 2009 Maybach 57 Zeppelin and Maybach 62 Zeppelin

The Maybach 62 also includes an array of additional features such as Cockpit Management and Navigation System ( COMAND ), which includes DVD navigation, CD changer in rear seats, DVD players and TV tuners front and rear, two rear LCD TV screens including remote control and two sets of headphones, and automatic closing doors.

Daimler produces cars and trucks under the brands of Mercedes-Benz, Maybach, Smart, Freightliner and many others.

Maybach and Daimler went on to prove the engine in many other ways, including:

In the aftermath of the war, Maybach and many other aviation companies turned to automobile construction, while Claudius Dornier purchased Theodor Kober's failed Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen and established Dornier Flugzeugwerke.

" This annoyed Daimler but Maybach took notice of many of his suggestions.

The E-75 would have been built on the same production lines as the E-50 for ease of manufacture, and the two vehicles were to share many components, including the same Maybach HL 234 engine.

They were common on Daimler cars and commercial vehicles, Maybach, Alvis, Talbot-Lago, and Armstrong Siddeley cars as well as on many London buses.

Through most of its history, Chrysler has been the third largest of the " Big 3 " U. S. automakers, but in January 2007, DaimlerChrysler, excluding its luxury Mercedes and Maybach lines, also outsold traditionally second place Ford, though behind General Motors and Toyota.

After the signing of the Versailles Treaty in 1919 the company started producing large luxury vehicles, branded as " Maybach ".

The new company revived the Maybach brand name as a luxury make in 2002.

Also, in 1932, Junkers joint project with Maybach designed and built an aerodynamic car but found due to the depression that the market for high end luxury cars was saturated.

The Sunday Times ( UK ) reported on 20 June 2008 as follows: A mansion worth £ 15m in one of Paris's most elegant districts has become the latest of 33 luxury properties bought in France by President Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon ... a French judicial investigation has discovered that Bongo, 72, and his relatives also bought a fleet of limousines, including a £ 308, 823 Maybach for his wife, Edith, 44.

On June 26, 2002, a Maybach 62 enclosed in a glass case on the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 departed from Southampton, England, en route to New York City, with the media and company officials staying in the luxury suites on board.

Maybach revealed the " Zeppelin " on the 2009 Geneva motor show as an additional luxury package that can be ordered on both the Maybach 57 and 62.

Today, the hand polished wood inside the Daimler AG company's luxury top brand cars named Maybach is made by Steinway's factory in Hamburg, Germany.

Standard features of all Maybach models include, but are not limited to, a navigation system with voice recognition, air conditioning with 4-zone climate controls, power rear sunshade, rear-seat DVD entertainment system, interior air filter, front and rear seat massage, 21-speaker premium sound system, power tilt / telescopic heated wood / leather-wrapped steering wheel with radio and climate controls, power trunk open / close, voice-activated AM / FM radio with 10-disc CD changer, keyless start, heated front and rear seats, cooled front seats, power panoramic sunroof, adaptive cruise control, premium leather upholstery, 18-way power front seats, 14-way power rear seats, heated cupholders, rearview camera, iPod adapter, wireless cell phone link, outside-temperature indicator, universal garage door opener, and night vision.

Even though the Maybach 62 has all these features included, optional extras are available.

Although the design borrowed from German tanks, including the Maybach engine, based on an earlier model, and the torsion bar sprung road wheels, the AMX 50 also included a number of unique features.

The Maybach engines were a more sophisticated design, with advanced features such as oil-cooled pistons that the MAN design lacked.

* The internal combustion engine has been developed from simple gas-fuelled designs during the preceding decades to the point where several technicians such as Karl Benz in Mannheim and the partnership of Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in Stuttgart have built the first true automobiles during the 1880s.

Different Bose audio systems are available in vehicles from brands such as Buick, Holden, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Acura, Hummer, Pontiac, Saab, Alfa Romeo, Audi, Ferrari, Lancia, Maserati, Maybach, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Renault, Nissan, Infiniti and Mazda.

The company also provides improvements to the interior from custom upholstery, gauges, shiftknobs, pedals, and trim to various electronics such as wider LCD screens for the Maybach.

In contrast to other luxurious cars ( such as the Maybach or Rolls-Royce ), the Century has not been positioned and marketed as a sign of wealth or excess.

For VIP-Events, DJ Antoine has had the chance to work with nameable partners such as Sony Ericsson, Campari, Moonlight, Edo Popken, Chrysler, Dodge, Maybach, Cadillac, Moet Hennessy, J. Lindeberg, Paco Rabanne and the German TV station Pro7.

But innovative hull design meant that her hull flattened towards the rear third, and with her three 500 hp Maybach engines positioned forward in her hull, the resultant counterbalance and high power gave her a 34 knot top speed, the highest in her class for the day.

Options for the Maybach 57 and 57S and standard for the Maybach 62, 62S, and Landaulet include 18-way power rear seats ( replacing 14-way ), 5-zone climate controls ( replacing 4-zone ), power side sunshades, cooled rear seats, wireless headphones, voice-activated power panoramic sunroof ( replacing power panoramic sunroof ), steering wheel mounted navigation controls, heated glass windows, and 30-speaker premium sound system ( replacing 21-speaker ).

Options for the Maybach 57 and 57S and standard for the Maybach 62, 62S, and Landaulet include: 18-way power rear seats ( replacing 14-way ); 5-zone climate controls ( replacing 4-zone ); power side sunshades ; cooled rear seats ; wireless headphones ; voice-activated power panoramic sunroof ( replacing power panoramic sunroof ); steering wheel mounted navigation controls ; heated glass windows ; and 30-speaker premium sound system ( replacing 21-speaker ).

Some of these are a panoramic glass sunroof at a cost of $ 11, 670, and an external communication system, a loudspeaker and microphone system which allows the occupant in the rear of the Maybach to converse with people outside the car.

After the war, The French designed and built the AMX-50 series of armoured fighting vehicles, which used a 1000HP Maybach engine with rear drive, as had been intended for the E-50 and E-75, whilst the idea of external Belleville washer suspension-which was also developed with the Entwicklung series in mind-resurfaced on the Swiss Panzer 61.

Other items of interest range from a gilded bronze medallion of the Montgolfier brothers, created in 1783 by Jean-Antoine Houdon ( 1741 – 1828 ), the Glider Massia-Biot ( 1879 ), an 1884 electric motor by Arthur Constantin Krebs ( 1850 – 1935 ), the rear gondola of the 1915 Zeppelin LZ 113, equipped with 3 Maybach engines, type HS, a 1916 SPAD VII aircraft by Blériot-SPAD, a 1917 Airco DH. 9 aircraft by Geoffrey de Havilland ( 1882 – 1965 ), and a 1918 Junkers D. I aircraft by Hugo Junkers ( 1859 – 1935 ), to the 1961 Dassault Mirage IIIC by Marcel Dassault ( 1892 – 1986 ), an SSBS S3 surface-to-surface ballistic missile commissioned in 1981, and a 2002 Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard model.