It was a horse-drawn stagecoach constructed by another manufacturer, which they retrofitted with an engine of their design. By 1895 about 30 automobiles had been built by Daimler and Maybach, either on the Daimler works or in the Hotel Hermann, where they arrange shop after disputes with their backers. Benz, Maybach and the Daimler group appear to have been unaware of each other’s early work. They never labored together; by the time of the merger of the two companies, Daimler and Maybach have been no longer a part of DMG.
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