Wanderer W24

The Wanderer W24 is a mid-size car of the brand hikers with 1.8 -liter four- cylinder engine and rear wheel drive. The Auto Union hired him in 1937 as the successor of the models W45/W51. Until 1940 22.488 Wanderer W24 were built in the Auto Union plant at Chemnitz Sigmar, of which 1,064 four-door convertible sedans. The model is thus the most built Wanderer cars.

The side-valve engine has an output of 42 hp at 3500 min -1 and is the shortened by two -cylinder version of the W23 - six- cylinder. Over a four-speed transmission with shift lever in the center of the car, the rear wheels are driven. Chassis and body of the W24 were used with four-cylinder two-stroke V- engine available in a DKW " special class ". On a wheelbase of 2.6 meters front double wishbone and rear derived from the DKW " floating axis" ( rigid axle with high mounted transverse leaf spring ) came for installation.

The W24 was offered as a sedan and convertible sedan with 2 or 4 doors, as four -seat touring car, or as a 2-door Convertible ( 4 windows ). Quantity for W24 Cabriolet: 3571st

Due to the war in 1941 stopped production of cars of the brand and hikers because of the liquidation of the "old" Auto Union after the Second World War not resumed.

Specifications

  • T4 = 4- seater touring car
  • L2 = 2 -door sedan
  • L4 = 4-door sedan
  • Cb2 = 2-door convertible

Swell

  • Werner Oswald: German cars from 1920 to 1945. Motorbuchverlag, 10th edition. Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3,879,435,197th
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