Six years after the end of WWII, the German coachbuilder Spohn, together with what remained from the Maybach brand, tried to make a comeback on the market with a luxurious four-door sedan built for people with deep pockets.

After the company's founder, Mr. Hermann Spohn, passed away in 1932, the company was led by his partner, Mr. Josef Eiwanger, who continued the work until 1950. Among other creations of this small shop, the 1948 Maybach SW 38 Ponton Cabriolet stood apart due to its look and engineering solutions.

When WWII started, most carmakers had to adapt to new conditions, but Maybach considered that they had a mission to fulfill, and that was to produce exclusive vehicles.

The Maybach SW series included numerous versions of vehicles, including coupes, convertibles, and limousines. They shared the same chassis, but with different wheelbases. And some were very rare, such as the model 42.

Maybach was not in its best financial situation after the Great Depression, and it tried to attract deep-pocket customers with the SW 35/38 lineup and custom-made bodyworks made by Spohn.

Maybach was struggling to survive in the luxury market segment where Mercedes-Benz started to increase its presence, and the German carmaker developed the SW 35 lineup to survive.

Just a few years before WWII blew the world into pieces, Maybach built few very special models and chose the Spohn coachbuilder to build some of its extraordinary vehicles. The unusual result was the Stromlinien.

After the Great Depression, Germany started to get back on its feet, and Maybach struggled to survive in a market segment dominated by Mercedes-Benz. Still, it didn't want to give up.