Maybach Zeppelin DS 8
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Maybach DS 8 Cabriolet
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Zeppelin DS 8 | |
Production period: | 1930-1940 |
Class : | Upper class |
Body versions : | Limousine , Pullman limousine , cabriolet |
Engines: |
Gasoline engines : 8.0 liters (147 kW) |
Length: | 5370-5500 mm |
Width: | 1845 mm |
Height: | 1800 mm |
Wheelbase : | 3660-3735 mm |
Empty weight : | 2800-3000 kg |
Previous model | Maybach 12 |
The Maybach Zeppelin DS 8 are luxury- class cars with twelve-cylinder V-engines, which were built in numerous variants from 1930 to 1940 by Maybach-Motorenbau in Friedrichshafen / Bodensee.
Model history
With the luxury brand Maybach of the 1930s, buyers had almost all options to have their vehicle "bodyworked" according to their individual requirements and personal style.
The vehicles had a "double overdrive gearbox" (DSG) with a vacuum-operated preselector. In this semi-automatic mode, the gear could be selected with two levers on the steering column. When releasing the accelerator, it engaged without using the clutch.
The vehicle was equipped, among other things, with an odometer, fuel meter for the 135-liter tank, 8-day clock , cooling water temperature display, oil manometer, vacuum meter for the servo brake, starter injection device, starter push button, hand throttle and starter flap actuation, instrument lighting . Additional equipment included two spare wheels, a Bosch horn, stop and reversing lights, four built-in jacks and a small compressor for inflating the tires.
The name
A brochure of the time provides information about the origin of the name Zeppelin for the top models of the Maybach brand:
“The type designation 'Zeppelin' was chosen to express externally that the twelve-cylinder Maybach was designed on the basis of experience with the Maybach Zeppelin airship engines. A name as a symbol for the principles according to which Maybach cars are built: to create only the best from the best, of lasting value, in the highest form of perfection. … As the embodiment of the high-quality travel and representation car - as well as a classy type for the passionate sportsman - the 'Maybach Zeppelin' is the automobile of the last wish fulfillment with a distinctive character of noble elegance and power. "
Technical specifications
Parameters | Data |
engine | V12 light alloy, 60 ° cylinder angle, crankshaft with 8 plain bearings |
Bore / stroke | 92/100 mm; Light alloy pistons |
Displacement | 7922 cc |
compression | 1: 6.3 |
power | 147 kW (200 PS) at 3200 rpm |
cylinder | exchangeable cast iron bushings |
Valves | Inlet / outlet valve hanging; 1 camshaft with 7 bearings |
Carburetor | 2 Solex double stage carburetors |
cooling | Water cooling / pump, thermostatic cooler, blinds |
frame | U-profile, steel press frame |
feathers | long semi-elliptical springs, in wide sliding shoes on steel rollers, hydraulic, double-acting shock absorbers |
Front axle | Fist axis in double-T profile made of chrome-nickel steel |
Rear axle | Rigid axle with light alloy steel axle carrier |
steering | Flutter-proof screw steering, left or right as desired |
Foot brake | Vacuum servo brake, acting mechanically on all four wheels |
bikes | Steel discs or wire spokes, 2 spare wheels |
tires | Medium pressure, DT rim, 7 × 20 and 7.5 × 20 |
coupling | Two-disc dry clutch |
transmission | Maybach double high-speed gearbox types DSG 80 / SRG, five to seven noiseless gears |
arrangement | inserted into the cardan thrust tube |
Number of gears | 5-7 forward; 1 backwards |
drive | about rear wheels |
wheelbase | 3.66-3.735 m |
Gauge | front / rear 1.52 m |
length | over everything including bumpers 5.37–5.5 m |
Width / height | over fenders 1.82 m / approx. 1.80 m |
Weights | Chassis 1900–2110 kg, trolley approx. 2800–3000 kg, payload 790–990 kg |
V max | approx. 160 km / h, depending on the structure and translation |
consumption | approx. 28 liters / 100 km |
Oil consumption | approx. 0.4 liters / 100 km |
tank | in the rear, 135 liters, 2 fuel pumps |
description
The operation of the vehicle when starting, shifting while driving and parking, as well as when using the overdrive which is integrated in the transmission, corresponds to the Maybach Zeppelin DS 7 , except that the DS 8 had one more gear in the semi-automatic transmission.
From 1938 the vehicle was also available with a seven-speed manual gearbox from ZF Friedrichshafen , which was also available as a semi-automatic preselector. The driver set the desired gear on a lever next to the steering wheel, and the gear shift was triggered automatically by tapping the clutch. This enabled the powerful engine to be used to support the braking effect by downshifting.
literature
- Harry Niemann : Karl Maybach - his engines and automobiles. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-613-02457-8 , pp. 106-114.
- Werner Oswald : German cars. Volume 2: 1920-1945. New edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-613-02170-6 , pp. 194-198.
Web links
- Maybach Zeppelin DS 8 . In: Traumautoarchiv.de
- Maybach Zeppelin DS 8 . In: Autowallpaper.de
- Maybach Zeppelin DS 8 . In: Autoevolution.com
- Maybach Zeppelin DS 8 Cabriolet . In: Autoevolution.com
- Maybach Zeppelin DS 8 Sport Cabriolet . In: Autoevolution.com
- Maybach Zeppelin DS 8 streamlines . In: Autoevolution.com
- Maybach Zeppelin DS 8 Streamlined Cabriolet . In: Autoevolution.com
- Maybach Zeppelin DS 8 . In: Motorvision TV's YouTube channel(video, 6:07 min.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harry Niemann: Karl Maybach and his automobiles . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-613-02457-8 , p. 110.