Maybach Exelero

The Maybach Exelero is a special production of the Daimler Group belonging Maybach for Fulda tires.

Model

In the 1930s, already a collaboration of Fulda Maybach took place, during which a high-speed vehicle was built. Background has been the application of its own, very powerful rubber tires, which should be occupied by the permanent load with this vehicle. The precursor of the Exelero was a revolutionary streamlined car, which was made based on a Maybach SW 38 as unique from the coachbuilder Dörr & Schreck, with the 1938 high-speed tires were (at that time to 200 km / h) tested. This car was lost in World War II.

Development

With the launch of its new high-speed tire Fulda Carat Exelero was remembered at the Fulda works again on the historic project and again took contact with the Daimler- Maybach brand on. Subsequently, the single piece of a sports coupe was built based on a Maybach 57 S, whose body was designed by four students of Transportation Design at Pforzheim University. The final selected design is by Fredrik Burch Hardt. The structure was taken from Turin prototype builders stole.

With the tire sizes 315/25 ZR 23 high-speed testing of Klaus Ludwig on the Italian track of Nardo were carried out in which the Exelero the required 350 km / h exceeded at the second attempt. The vehicle reached 351.45 km / h in the FIA - standard test procedures. Noteworthy is also the acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h: 4.4 seconds at a curb weight of 2730 kg.

In 2007, stole before the Phalcon Coupe, which should be manufactured in a small series along with Brabus and Pirelli. It is a near-series development of the Exelero.

The vehicle is initially displayed at different locations. The last exhibition was in the Auto and Technik Museum Sinsheim (2010).

Use in television media

  • Alarm for Cobra 11 - The Motorway Police - Season 10, Episode Friendship

Motor

  • V- twelve-cylinder biturbo engine
  • 5908 cc
  • Power: 515 kW/700 hp at 5000 rpm
  • Max. Torque: 1020 Nm at 2500 rpm
  • Top of 351.45 km / h
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