DKW F1
DKW F1 Limousine
The DKW F1 is a small car the DKW brand, the Zschopauer Motor Works JS Rasmussen in 1931 brought to the market. The car with two-cylinder two -stroke engine was the first DKW front-wheel drive. Like all other " front car" ( name protected ) belonging to the Auto Union from 1932 DKW F1 was built at the Audi plant in Zwickau, while the DKW cars with rear-wheel drive produced the work of Spandau.
History
In October 1930 appointed Jørgen Rasmussen Skafte the Audi design office in Zwickau, to develop a small car that should be driven by a DKW two-stroke motorcycle engine that produced Zschopauer engine works. Other specifications were front-wheel drive, independent suspension and a chassis with very low center of gravity. In addition, the car should be popular and cheap.
After a development period of just six weeks, the designers presented before a three -seat roadster, the full tank only weighed 450 kg and had excellent handling characteristics. The car with 500 - cc engine, a sub-frame of two steel U-section side rails as a chassis and open all-steel body was shown as DKW FA 500 in the spring of 1931 on the automotive exhibition in Berlin. In the same year went DKW Front F1 ( FA 600) with a stronger 584 - cc engine and leatherette -covered plywood body in series. The DKW F1 has front and rear independent suspension on transverse leaf springs and was available in two - and four -seater cabriolet or convertible sedan. The lowest execution cost around 1750 Reichsmarks.
Specifications
Except as a roadster, convertible sedan and limousine there was the F1 in various sports designs, including as a single-seater with the then fashionable boat tail. ( Maximum speed of the F1 single-seater at the Oldtimer Grand Prix of the 1970s on the home straight of the Nürburgring: 120 km / h)