With the renewal of the Maybach name as another sub-brand under Daimler-Benz, we thought it would be good to highlight just how important the Maybach name is to the automotive industry. In fact the names Daimler and Maybach have been connected for over a century in one form or another. Wilhelm Maybach was born in 1846 in a small town in southern Germany, which later became … [Read more...]
Maybach to Return
Maybach is scheduled to make a return to the market as an …. SUV! The market has seen a flurry of activity in recent years in the ultra luxury SUV market with Lamborghini building the Urus on the Audi Q8 platform, as did Bentley with the Bentayga. Rolls-Royce brought out the Cullinan, Aston Martin has their DBX heading towards the market and have relaunched the Lagonda marque … [Read more...]
Nikolaus Otto
Nikolaus Otto is an engineer who probably did more to get the industry moving than anyone during the early days. Otto’s claim to fame is the Otto Cycle that the majority of internal combustion engines use as the process to create power. Otto was born in the Rhineland, Germany in 1832 the same year his father died. He did the usual schooling for the time and although he … [Read more...]
Drum Brakes
Drum brakes were the first type of speed reduction on an automobile (apart from engine braking). The design came from the clasp brake that railway locomotives used - the difference being that a clasp brake applies pressure on the outside of the wheel and the drum brake applies it on the inside of the mechanism. It is a very simple design and concept, to reduce speed, the brake … [Read more...]
