Maybach

German company

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Wilhelm Maybach was a German engineer and industrialist who, alongside Gottlieb Daimler, developed efficient internal-combustion engines and the first Mercedes automobiles in the early 1900s. The company he co-founded, Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, manufactured automobiles. Later, in 1909, Maybach and his son Carl established a company to build aircraft engines, which became a subsidiary of the Zeppelin organization. Automobiles bearing the Maybach name were produced from 1922 to 1939. Today, Mercedes-Benz Group, which traces its origins to the merger of companies founded by Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler, includes the ultra-luxury automobile brand Mercedes-Maybach.12

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