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Das-Kleine-Wunder, English: "the little wonder" or Des-Knaben-Wunsch, English: "the boy's wish", from when the company built toy two-stroke engines) was a German car - and motorcycle - marque. DKW was one of the four companies that formed Auto Union in 1932 and thus became an ancestor of the modern-day Audi company. [2]
- 1916
- Dr Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen, founder of DKW
Feb 16, 2011 · Learn how DKW, a German car brand acquired by Audi in 1928, pioneered front-wheel drive technology and became a best-seller in the 1930s. Discover the history and legacy of DKW models from 1931 to 1968.
- Audi. One of the keys to the success of the still-young Auto Union was the allocation of a specific market segment to each of the individual brands in order to create a coordinated model range.
- DKW. On 29 June 1932, when the four companies – Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer – merged to form the Auto Union, Zschopauer Motorenwerke/DKW was chosen to be the parent company for legal reasons.
- Horch. The Horch Werke in Zwickau had never departed from the principle laid down by company founder August Horch, namely only to build good, powerful cars.
- Wanderer. Wanderer Werke AG in Chemnitz had a diverse production programme at a very early stage: bicycles (from 1885), motorcycles (from 1902), office machines (from 1904), machine tools (from 1898) and cars (from 1913).
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DKW in racing. DKW, founded by Jörgen Skafte Rasmussen in Zschopau, contested races successfully with two-stroke motorcycles from 1921. Victory in the ADAC Reich long-distance run in October 1921 was the start of a magnificent series of motorsport successes. DKW touring cars began their motorsport career in 1929 with modest 600cc twin-cylinder ...
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Learn how DKW, one of the predecessors of Audi, introduced the world's first volume-produced car with front-wheel drive in 1931. Discover the history and legacy of DKW models from Germany, Argentina and Brazil.
