Audi Type K

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The Audi 14/50 hp Type K is a passenger car of the middle class, the Audi Werke AG Zwickau and was the first production car with left-hand drive in the German Reich. Designed by Audi - founder August Horch car was unveiled in the autumn of 1921 at the Berlin Motor Show. Until 1926 192 K-type were produced in Zwickau. Successor was the mass-produced from 1925 Audi Type M with 70 - hp six- cylinder engine.

The Audi 14/50 hp has a built-in front -line four cylinder engine with OHV valve timing and a 3.6 liter displacement. The engine block made ​​of an aluminum alloy having cylinder liners pressed. The engine develops 50 hp at 2200 min-1 and drives a four-speed transmission with shift lever in the center of the car the rear wheels. The car has two leaf-sprung rigid axles. He was a four-seater touring car ( Phaeton ), four-door sedan or two-door convertible available.

1923 knew the engineer Paul Jaray a car with an ultra-modern streamlined body, with amazing results. With the unchanged engine of the car was 130 km / h, while the production car only 95 km / h managed. Nevertheless, the Jaray car remained a one-off.

Specifications

  • T4 = 4- seater touring car
  • L4 = 4-door sedan
  • Cb2 = 2 -door coupe -cabriolet

Swell

  • Oswald, Werner: German cars 1920-1945, Motorbuchverlag Stuttgart, 10th edition (1996 ), ISBN 3879435197
Car classification Family car Curb weight V6 engine Engine displacement Beam axle
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