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| motor vehicle manufacturers of germany | |
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Dampf-Kraft Wagen (, Horch and Wanderer to form the Auto Union , and all brands continued until World War II . After the war, Auto Union changed ownership a couple of times, first passed into the hands of Daimler-Benz in 1957, and was finally purchased by the Volkswagen Group in 1964. AUTOMOBILES MADE BEFORE WWII DKW cars were made from 1928 until 1966. They always used Two-stroke engines and, from 1931, the company was a pioneer in Front-wheel Drive and transverse mounting. The most well-known cars made before World War II, bearing model names F1 through F8 (F for Front), had front-wheel drive and a Transversely Mounted two-cylinder engine. Displacement was 600 or 700 cc, power was 18 to 20 hp. These models also featured an innovation with a generator that doubled up as a self-starter, which was mounted directly on the Crankshaft . This was known as a Dynastart. They also produced a less well-known series of rear-wheel drive cars called Schwebeklasse and '''Sonderklasse''' with V4 Two-stroke Engine s. Displacement of this engine was 1000 cc, later 1100 cc. These engines had two extra cylinders for Forced Induction , so they really appeared like V6 es but without Sparkplug s on the front cylinder pair. In 1939, they made a prototype with the first Three-cylinder Engine . The engine had a displacement of 900 cc and produced 30 hp. With a streamlined body, the car could run at 115 km/h (72 mph). This prototype was to be put into production only after the war, first as an IFA F9 (later to become Wartburg ) in Zschopau , East Germany , and shortly afterwards in DKW-form from Düsseldorf as the 3=6 or F91. DKW engines were used by Saab , as a model for their two-stroke engines in their new automobile manufacturing venture, in 1947. |
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