Wanderer Puppchen

The Wanderer W1 5/12 hp, also called Wanderer Puppchen, is a subcompact car that brought out the Wanderer-Werke in Chemnitz in 1912. The little car was delivered as an open touring car with 2 seats one behind the other and had two doors on the left side of the vehicle.

The vehicle had front mounted against a controlled 4- cylinder in-line engine with 1.15 liters, which developed 12 hp and a 3- speed transmission with shift lever drive right inside of the rear wheels.

The following year, the wanderer W2 appeared 5/15 hp, which had a slightly larger engine (1.22 liters, 15 hp). In addition to the tandem arrangement of the seats (Model H ), there was also the two-seater with adjacent seats ( model N). All models with adjacent seats had only one door on the left.

1914 appeared the third embodiment, the walker W3 5/15 PS with again a larger engine (1.29 liters, 15 hp). In addition to the above-mentioned two-seaters, there was now a three- seater (model Nv ). In this configuration, the car was produced until 1919.

Only after the First World War, the hikers appeared W4 5/15 hp. Again, the displacement of the engine was slightly enlarged. With an output of 17 hp, the stroke volume was 1.3 liters now. It was also waived the standing exhaust favor contiguous copies. The tandem two-seater (model H) was no longer offered.

1925, the car was redesigned again. The Wanderer W8 5/20 hp, although retained the same engine, but this made ​​5 hp more. The two-seater model (Model N) was gone, but in addition to the three-seater, a four-seater was offered.

1926 turned to the production of the small car after about 9,000 copies without a successor.

Specifications

• T2T = 2 - seater touring car ( tandem )
• T2 = 2 - seater touring car
• T3 = 3 - seater touring car
• T4 = 4- seater touring car

Swell

• Werner Oswald: German cars from 1920 to 1945. All German cars of that time. 10th edition engine book publishing house, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-87943-519-7.