Private company
Maico
Logo: © 1971markus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
Former car manufacturer
Maicowerk A.G., known by its trading name Maico is the name of a family company in the Swabian town of Pfäffingen near Tübingen. Founded in 1926 by Ulrich Maisch as Maisch & Co, the company originally manufactured 98 and 123 cc Ilo two-stroke engines. After World War II, they began producing their own unit construction two-stroke engines, selling complete motorcycles.2 It ceased to exist in 1983.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryautomotive industry1
- HeadquartersPfäffingen1
- Founded inWurmlingen1
- Legal formAktiengesellschaft1
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Maicowerk A.G., known by its trading name Maico (pronounced [ˈmaɪko]) is the name of a family company in the Swabian town of Pfäffingen near Tübingen. Founded in 1926 by Ulrich Maisch as Maisch & Co, the company originally manufactured 98 and 123 cc Ilo two-stroke engines. After World War II, they began producing their own unit construction two-stroke engines, selling complete motorcycles. Maico made a brief foray into the automobile business with their own line of microcars in the late 1950s. Maico have also made go kart engines.2
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Links
- WikipediaMaico
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ481658
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- 1WikidataMaico on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaMaico on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsMaico logo by © 1971markus, CC BY-SA 4.0
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