This cabriolet was originally supplied as a Maybach Type 12 at the beginning of 1929. The side sections could be lowered completely to allow it to be used as a parade car. It was only in 1933 that it was converted into a Maybach Type Zeppelin DS 8 with a 200 hp engine. It was still being used as a luxury taxi in the 1970s and counted Germany's President Heuss and Chancellor Kiesinger among its most notable passengers. This Maybach Type Zeppelin DS 8 is one of the best-known surviving Maybach models.