In 1929, Wilhelm Maybach passed away and left the carmaker without the main leader that the company needed. His son, Karl Maybach, tried to pick up the pace and prevent the brand from crumbling to the ground.

After the company's founder passed away in 1929, his son Karl followed as CEO and kept the brand alive during the Great Depression years, and in 1934 introduced the Typ W6.

After the company's founder, Wilhelm Maybach, passed away in 1929, his son, Karl, took the lead, and he faced the challenging times of the Great Depression during the early '30s when he tried to provide luxurious vehicles but at a lower cost.

Two years after the company founder passed away, his son understood that building expensive cars won't make them survive on the market, and he made the W6 model.

Karl Maybach faced the difficulty of continuing his father's legacy after Wilhelm Maybach passed away in 1929, and the first model built after the tragic event was the W6 lineup.