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Maybach DS8 Zeppelin Sport-Cabriolet body by Spohn

1937, Germany

engines/performance

engines:
years cyl./valv. compr. displacement

power

  specific fuel torque  
37: V12/24V 6.3:1 7978cc.(487ci)

200-hp

@3200rpm

25.1 hp/l 2x2bbl ?lb-ft. (?Nm)

@?rpm

performance:
engine topspeed 0-50mph 0-62mph 0-100mph 0-124mph

1/4mile

mileage (US-gallon)
8.0l200hp: 160kph/99mph ?s ?s ?s ?s

?s@?mph/?kph

26.0-28.0 l/100km8.4-9.0 mpg

tyres/transmission

tyres front/rear: 7.00-20
transmission/drive wheel: 5-speed/RWD

dimensions/weight

length x width x height: 5500 x 1845 x 1800 mm (216.5 x 72.6 x 70.9 in)
wheelbase - tread f/r: 3735 mm - 1520/1520 mm (147.0 in - 59.8/59.8 in)
some calculations: base aera: 10.15 m² (109.2 sq.ft.) - frontal aera: ~2.74 m² (~29.5 sq.ft.) - LxWxH: 18.27 m³ (644.9 cu.ft.)
aerodynamics: coefficient of drag (cd): ? - drag area: ? m² / ? sq.ft.
weight: 3400 kg (7496 lb)
power/weight-ratio: 17.0 kg/hp (37.5 lb/hp) 59 hp/ton

price/production

base-price: ?
production: ~190 (all DS7/8 Zeppelin 1930-1937)

   

DS stood for Doppel-Sechs (= double six). It was the successor to the Maybach 12 in 1930.
The 8-Litre V12 was an option in the beginning, and from 1934 the only engine.

Pictures taken at the "2011 Bremen Classic Motorshow" in Bremen, Germany
 
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