The Maybach Zeppelin was the Maybach company's Repräsentationswagen model from 1928 to 1938. Named for the company's famous production of Zeppelin engines prior to and during World War I, it was an enormous luxury vehicle which weighed approximately 3,000 kg (6,600 lb). This weight was so great that German drivers required an additional goods vehicle licence (needed for vehicles over 2½ tons).[2] Along with the Voisin, and behind the Daimler Double Six, this was Europe's joint second luxury V12 car in production.
DS7
The DS7 (Doppel Sechs 7) version featured a 7.0 L (6,971 cc) V12 engine that produced 150 hp at 2,800 rpm.[3] It was available from 1929 to 1930. Work began in 1928 on a model simply called the "Maybach 12" which went on sale in 1929. In 1930 it was re-branded as the DS7 and the "Zeppelin" badge appeared on a bar between the headlamps; although adopted universally as the "Maybach Zeppelin", this was never the car's official model.
Karl Maybach's engine was a