Bugatti VS Maybach
Maybach is more luxurious
He and Bugatti are not of the same type
Maybach is a super luxury sedan
And Bugatti is a super super sports car< /p>
Very different
The Maybach brand was first created in the 1920s. Wilhelm Maybach, known as the "King of Design", is not only one of the three main founders of Daimler-Benz (the predecessor of Mercedes-Benz), but also the designer of the world's first Mercedes-Benz One of the inventors of Des-Benz automobiles. In 1919, William Maybach, who could not give up his car dream, and his son Carl Maybach jointly created the legendary brand "Maybach" - a car that symbolizes perfection and expensiveness.
To understand the history of Maybach, we have to start with the car life of William Maybach and his son. Wilhelm Maybach was born in Heilbronn, Germany on February 9, 1846, and his family later moved to Stuttgart. When William Maybach was 10 years old, his parents died one after another, leaving him an orphan. Fortunately, when Wilhelm Maybach was facing difficulties in life, a charity saw an adoption notice in the Stuttgarter Anzeiger newspaper and agreed to take care of him. While attending school at Reutlinger Bruderhaus and Gustav Werner, the founder and director of the school discovered Wilhelm Maybach's technical talent and trained him well, which laid a solid foundation for Wilhelm Maybach's future development.
In 1865 in the small town of Reutlingen, William Maybach and Gottlieb Daimler, known as the "originator of the automobile," met for the first time in the Bruderhaus workshop. Wilhelm Maybach, who was only 19 years old, quickly attracted the attention of Daimler with his extraordinary talent in drawing. The same interests and hobbies built a bridge of friendship between Wilhelm Maybach and Gottlieb Daimler, and the two became close friends.
In 1869, Wilhelm Maybach accepted Daimler's invitation and came to Gasmotorenfabrik Deutz Company as a technical draftsman. In 1872, Daimler entered the Gasmotorenfabrik factory founded by Nicholas Otto as technical director. The research and development of four-stroke engines began at the Otto factory, and Maybach, who was only 27 years old, was also appointed director of the design room.
Gottlieb Daimler left Gasmotorenfabrik Deutz in 1882 and came to Bad Cannstatt (Bad Cannstatt) near Stuttgart due to the increasingly serious conflict with Otto himself over design concepts. He purchased a large property with a house and a small garden which he converted into his workshop. In October of this year, William Maybach also came here and began to research and develop lightweight high-speed internal combustion engines with Daimler. After careful and extensive research, Wilhelm Maybach invented the irregular heat pipe ignition system, which was an important part of the development of high-speed engines. But this invention has been patented by a British man named Watson. So they had to give up this achievement and instead make technical improvements to the original internal combustion engines on the market. Through their unremitting efforts, the engine speed was greatly improved. These invention patents laid a good foundation for subsequent commercialization.
Following the horizontal engine in 1883, a light and small engine with a vertically fixed cylinder called the "Grandfather Clock" came out. The prospect of this small, high-speed engine was attracted by people Widely optimistic. This new engine was first applied to a bicycle in 1885, which was actually the precursor to motorcycles. And in 1886, the engine was installed on a four-wheel carriage for the first time, becoming the famous "gasoline carriage". But Wilhelm Maybach was obviously not satisfied with using his invention only on a four-wheeled carriage. The first product he conceived was a steel-wheeled car. William Maybach successfully installed a sliding pinion 4-speed gear transmission on this car, and the sliding gear system was officially introduced into automobile manufacturing.
This "gear-driven car" appeared at the Paris World's Fair in 1889. The widespread praise from users is the best verification of this technology.
When Daimler, Duttenhofer and Lorenz established the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft company in 1890, Maybach was appointed chief engineer and that year developed the honeycomb radiator, an effective engine cooling method. The system laid a solid foundation for the invention of modern automobiles. The French called him "Roides Constructeurs" (King of Inventions). However, in February 1891 he left the company because he could not accept the terms of the contract. For the next year and a half Wilhelm-Maybach continued to work on the design in his workshop, but with financial support from Daimler. In the fall of 1892, some of Maybach's important design inventions during this period were announced at the Hermann Hotel, including the nozzle carburetor, the Phoenix engine and improvements to the belt drive system. British industrialist Frederick Simons put pressure on DMG and finally William Maybach was re-appointed as the company's technical director in October 1895. After returning to his original position, Wilhelm Maybach achieved one technological achievement after another. For example, he invented the first four-cylinder automobile engine. Between 1898 and 1899, he invented the engine that could produce 6 to 23 horsepower. Five different engine models.
Among all Wilhelm Maybach's design inventions, the most outstanding one is the first "Mercedes" car invented after Daimler's death in 1900, and in March 1901 It caused quite a stir at the "Nice Week" in March. The car owes its creation to both Wilhelm Maybach and Emil Jellinek.
The origin of the name "Mercedes" also has a small episode. Emil Jelinek was the Austrian consul in Nice, France at the time. He was an enthusiastic supporter of Daimler cars. He once drove the Phoenix car manufactured by Daimler in the Nice Automobile Competition in France in 1899. Win the championship. He named the car "Mercedes", which was the name of his youngest daughter. He believed that this beautiful name and his beautiful daughter brought him good luck in the competition, so he suggested that Daimler use this name as the trademark of the car. In order to thank this enthusiastic supporter, Daimler put this name on his cars, and the sales were indeed very good.
This car was something the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG) company had never built before, and brought the world from the horse-drawn carriage era into the automobile age. At the same time, this historical design concept of "real" cars pointed out the future development direction of the automobile industry and opened the door to automobile industry design. Since then, streamlined silhouettes, high performance, honeycomb radiators, low hoods, long wheelbases, positioning plate shift mechanisms, oblique steering systems, front and rear wheels of almost the same size, and lightweighting have all become the norm. Key factors in automotive engineering design.
Although Mercedes-Benz achieved great success in the following years, Wilhelm Maybach apparently became a victim of internal competition for interests within the company. He was replaced as chief engineer and his work activities were restricted. So he left DMG angrily in 1907. When the Zeppelin LZ 4 airship crashed in Echterdingen after a storm on August 5, 1908, Wilhelm Maybach agreed to build a new and improved airship engine for Graf Zeppelin. . Later, on March 23, 1909, he established the Luftfahrzeug-Motorenbau-GmbH Bissingen company. The technical director was his son and one of the founders of Maybach, Karl Maybach. Carl Maybach was also involved in designing the new engine.
In 1919, the Maybach father and son built the first test car W1 on the chassis of four Mercedes sedans and conducted comprehensive field tests. This was the first Maybach sedan.
Then they started to develop the W2 automobile engine, which has a bore of 95 mm and a stroke of 135 mm. It has 6 cylinders and a maximum output of 70 horsepower (2200 rpm). In 1921, Carl Maybach publicly stated at the Berlin Auto Show: "I want to build the most expensive car", thus officially establishing Maybach's market positioning and future development direction. Maybach has also become the brightest and most dazzling star in the automobile family. star.
After the Berlin Motor Show, the Maybach team was greatly encouraged by the achievements of the new sedan. At the end of 1926, Maybach launched the W5 sedan, which was equipped with a 6-cylinder in-line engine with a displacement of 6992 cc and a power of up to 120 horsepower. Later, an improved version of the car (W5 SG) was equipped with a very advanced transmission with overdrive gear at the time. When Karl Maybach turned 45, William Maybach gave his son a birthday gift - a gold watch to express his recognition of his son's achievements. This watch was first given to Wilhelm Maybach by Emil Jelinek to encourage greater development in the automotive field.
And Karl Maybach did not disappoint his father's expectations. In order to always maintain the absolute advantage of his brand, he began to develop a 12-cylinder sedan engine in the late 1920s. Relying on the multi-cylinder engine manufacturing experience accumulated in the aviation industry, Carl Maybach built the Maybach "Type 12" in 1929 with a 150-horsepower 7-liter V12 engine. This was the DS 7, the predecessor of the famous Maybach "Zeppelin" DS 8 in the mid-1930s, which used the same engine and dual overdrive transmission as the "Zeppelin". What is of special significance is that the "Zeppelin" car was a gift from Karl Maybach to his father. In 1929, William Maybach's health was deteriorating, but he still had a persistent dream in his heart - to create a powerful top-end luxury car. In order to let his father realize his long-cherished wish, Karl Maybach, who had a strong relationship with his father, continued to improve the engine originally used for airships, and finally developed the Zeppelin sedan before his father died.
In 1931, the "Zipparin" DS 8 came out. It was about 5.5 meters in length and used an 8-liter engine with a power of 200 horsepower. As Maybach's flagship model, the "Zeppelin" sedan represented the pinnacle of luxury sedans and was the most prestigious German sedan at the time: it conquered the world with its unparalleled elegance and power performance. Of course, owning a "Zeppelin" requires a strong financial foundation. The car's price is as high as 36,000 German marks. In the early 1930s, this cost was enough to buy three detached houses. However, Karl Maybach was not satisfied with the status quo. He once said: "For those customers with extraordinary taste, when customizing their frames, suspensions, engines, transmissions, radiators, front apron and other components, the perfect Technical details are very important. "Therefore, whether in terms of body manufacturing, interior decoration and body painting, Maybach always insists on cooperating with only the best supporting factories and experts in this field to meet the needs of consumers and provide and consume. An excellent product that complements the user's own image.
In 1941, Maybach was forced to cease production due to the war and entered a 60-year dormant period. As of 1941, about 1,800 of this high-end sedan had been produced, and its body was carefully designed and equipped according to customer requirements. At that time, Maybach's works of art products included stately luxury sedans, noble Pullman sedans, dynamic 2 to 7-seat sports cars, stylish convertibles, and sports convertible top sedans. The interior of each Maybach sedan is unique, including exquisite leather and fabric upholstery, selected woods and paints, and numerous exquisite accessories, which make every sedan with the "MM" logo look unique. Each is different.
Now, this once-prominent super brand has made a comeback with the strong support of the Mercedes-Benz Group. Unlike the fashion-leading Mercedes-Benz brand, Maybach is presented to the world as the highest-end brand in the group's vast product pyramid. Although it has been dormant for more than 60 years, the revived Maybach has not only retained its charm, but also added a bit of mystery.
Professor Schmidt, Executive Vice President of Global Marketing and Sales of Mercedes-Benz Car Group, said: "The Maybach brand represents unparalleled quality, ingenious production technology, continuous breakthroughs in technological level, and excellence. This legendary brand reappears in the market and is bound to become a new model in the field of super luxury cars."
After half a century of silence, this vicissitudes of luxury brand re-entered people's horizons at the end of 2002. . Today, the Maybach brand has gone far beyond the meaning of top luxury cars and is sweeping the luxury car field with unrivaled momentum.
Competing with Rolls-Royce for the market
Some people define the revived Maybach as "Germany's Rolls-Royce". This statement makes sense but is not exact. Because Rolls-Royce, the pride of the British automotive industry, will soon be affiliated with the German BMW Group and become an "authentic" German product. Another ultra-luxury brand, Bentley, has also joined the German Volkswagen Group. Currently, the BMW Group is busy with the replacement of Rolls-Royce and may launch a new Rolls-Royce in the next few years. In this context, the Daimler Group, which is unwilling to lose to its "old rival", launches the Maybach car at this time is obviously a strategic consideration. It will use Maybach as a sharp knife in the ultra-luxury car market without letting BMW Exclusively own this market.
In terms of the products themselves, Rolls-Royce and Maybach should be equally matched. Moreover, for this type of car, the appeal and influence of the brand will be far more important than the quality of the car itself.
According to the plan, Maybach's annual output will be limited to about 1,000 vehicles, of which 40% will be sold in the United States, 25% in Europe, and the rest in Asia, Australia and other regions. It is reported that DaimlerChrysler Group China Investment Co., Ltd. is currently investigating the sales prospects of Maybach in China. Perhaps, we will be able to get a glimpse of the Maybach sedan on the streets of China next year.
The legendary brand logo consists of two crossed M's surrounded by a spherical triangle. The new car will still use this classic logo, the only difference is that the previous two M's are The abbreviation of Maybach Motorenbau, and now the two M's are the abbreviation of Maybach Manufaktur. (End)
Bugatti (BUGATTI) cars are one of the most popular classic cars. Models under the Bugatti brand can be seen in many famous car museums around the world, and they have high performance. The body shape is novel and smooth, and even the configuration of the engine is unique.
Bugatti's logo is composed of the first letters "EB" of the name of Ettore Bugatti, the founder of Bugatti Automobiles.
Ettore Bugatti was born in Milan, Italy in 1881. His father was a painter and a famous furniture designer. Ettore Bugatti studied at an art school since he was a child. He is particularly fond of driving cars and has participated in racing activities since he was 17 years old. At the age of 18, he joined the company of Printetti & Stucchi and learned the design and manufacture of three-wheeled vehicles. During this year, he won the automobile racing championship.
In 1909, a factory was built in Molsheim, Alsace. While designing the "Peugeot Bebe" small car, it also manufactured the T10 car equipped with an in-line four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1208ml. . In 1914, the T17 car, which featured a horseshoe-shaped radiator grille and wire-spoke wheels, was developed, with a speed of 110km/h.
During World War I, Ettore Bugatti designed and manufactured an in-line eight-cylinder, 410HP aero engine for the Dusenberg Motor Company in the United States. After the First World War, starting in 1920, the T22 and T23 racing cars equipped with four-cylinder 16-valve (the founder of the four-valve mechanism) small engines were successively developed, and competed in the Le Mans 24 Hours Automobile Competition in France. and won the Brescia race.
In 1922, Bugatti developed the T30 racing car equipped with an in-line eight-cylinder engine.
The 1925 T35 (after the T30 racing car) was active on the European car racing circuit with its high performance and excellent body shape. In particular, the T35B was equipped with a Roots-type supercharger and could reach a top speed of 210km/h, so Selling well all over the world, it still has a large number of copies. Starting with the T38 car in 1927, it began to produce convertible top sports cars and two-seater racing cars. The 1933 T41 was known as Lovayard's luxury large touring sedan. The engine was an in-line eight-cylinder, with a displacement of up to 14,700ml, a speed of 180km/h, and a large body weight of 3,000kg. Only 6 were produced, and they are still preserved today. .
In 1937, Ettore Bugatti’s son Jean Bugatti (1909-1939) participated in the design work. With its refined windows and novel and unique body as its main features, it became a car A proud man. Unfortunately, Jean Bugatti died in a traffic accident in 1939. In the world economic recession, Ettore Bugatti factory is having difficulty operating. At the beginning of World War II, the German army occupied the Ettore Bugatti factory in France. But Bugatti himself did not succumb to the intimidation of the invaders and insisted on Italian nationality, thus being persecuted. A generation of famous car designers who dominated the car industry for nearly half a century passed away quietly in 1947, and the Bugatti company also ceased production. However, he has always been admired by future generations, and most of his Bugatti cars have become collections of the Mulhouse Museum in France. Bugatti cars can still be seen driving on German roads.
BUGATTI, a French sports car brand with a history of more than 100 years, has experienced ups and downs in the past century. Since it ceased operations in 1947 due to the death of its founder Ettore Bugatti, BUGATTI, a time-honored French brand, was resurrected in the early 1990s through the efforts of Italian Romano Artioli, a fanatical car fan and industrialist, and launched A popular supercar-level production car like the EB110. Unfortunately, BUGATTI, which was finally revived, declared bankruptcy in 1995 due to the company's financial difficulties, leaving only 139 EB110s in mass production and the stillborn EB112 concept car.
In 1998, VAG, a German automobile giant, bought the trademark rights of BUGATTI and officially incorporated BUGATTI into the VAG Group, under the jurisdiction of VW itself (another supercar under VAG) The brand LAMBORGHINI is under the jurisdiction of AUDI). After being taken over by VAG, BUGATTI has almost never been absent from major international auto shows. It has launched several concept cars in succession, but there has been no action in mass production. Therefore, the pre-production prototype of the EB16-4 Veyron revealed at the Geneva Motor Show can be said to be the first mass-produced car to bear the BUGATTI oval red factory emblem since the EB110. It is also the second resurrection of BUGATTI. The official pioneering work later!