Wilhelm maybach biography of williams

Wil­helm May­bach – (Feb­ru­ary 9^th 1846 – Decem­ber 29^th 1929) was a Ger­man engi­neer, design­er, and indus­tri­al­ist. In 1883, he designed the first hi-speed inter­nal com­bus­tion engine and con­vinced Got­tlieb Daim­ler to put it into a vehi­cle, result­ing in Reit­wa­gen – the world’s first motor­cy­cle.

Wilhelm maybach biography of williams

They went on to install sim­i­lar engines with vary­ing dis­place­ments on the oth­er mobil­i­ty appli­ca­tions such as coach­es (cars), boats, and air­ships. Wilhelm’s work her­ald­ed a new era in auto­mo­tive design and tech­nol­o­gy and brought him the recog­ni­tion of the “king of designers”. 

A true admir­er of Wil­helm May­bach and his craft­man­ship, Emil Jellinek, a suc­cess­ful Aus­tri­an deal­er and rac­er on the French Riv­iera, com­mis­sioned Wil­helm May­bach to build a state-of-the-art rac­ing car.

If Wil­helm May­bach achieved this con­sid­er­able engi­neer­ing feat, Emil would fur­ther com­mis­sion him with an order for 36