[Shown at Hall A]
Pandering to wealthy individuals, often with input from the clients themselves, each of these cars was a work of art. In those days, most manufacturers supplied engines and chassis, and the client could then commission coachbuilders to make special bodies and interiors. In the 1930s, a top-of-the-range Maybach Zeppelin was in the price range of a house with a large garden in an exclusive part of town. That has not changed today, as only around 150 Maybach survive.