Luchterhand & Freytag was founded in Berlin in 1899. Luchterhand & Freytag quickly developed into a commercial vehicle specialist and producer of advertising vehicles. The company also built bodies for postal vehicles, ambulances and funeral vehicles. After the end of the Second World War, they specialised in the sale of conversions or conversions into motorhomes or delivery vehicles. On 20 January 2012, the company was acquired by M-Color Karosserie Lackiererei GmbH and removed from the commercial register.