Wartburg (car)
Wartburg was the trading name of 1956 to April 14, 1991 at VEB automobile plant in Eisenach manufactured passenger car series in the manufacturer's IFA. The name is derived from the castle of the same at the production site Eisenach. Of the more than 1,600,000 vehicles produced were on 1 January 2013 in Germany, according to the Federal Motor Vehicle Office 7195 still permitted.
Series at a Glance
From 1956 to 1988, the Wartburg in mid-October 1988 ( Wartburg 1.3) was powered by a three-cylinder two -stroke engine was replaced by a developed by Volkswagen AG four-cylinder four -stroke engine.
Wartburg 312 (1965-1967)
Wartburg 313 (1957-1960)
Wartburg 353 (1966-1988)
Wartburg 1.3 ( 1988-1991)
Wartburg 355 (prototype)
In 1968 they worked on a further development of the Wartburg 353 There was a coupe with a body made GFP- elements ( glass fiber reinforced polyester resin). Was built a Renault engine with 1397 cm3 displacement and 54 kW. The prototype had a hatchback and front engine.
The development, anticipated the style elements of a few years later built VW Passat, came because of political decision but the prototype stage not get out.
The prototype is in the Dresden Transport Museum.
Stock in Germany
Credited the stock of Wartburg in Germany on 1 January of selected years, according to the Federal Motor Vehicle Office. Before 1 March 2007, the fleet comprised, in addition to the number of vehicles registered, the number of temporary closures. Since 1 March 2007, the vehicle population contains only the " flow of traffic " including the season mark.
After the final report of the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control Wartburg 248 were scrapped in favor of the scrapping premium between 27 January 2009 and 31 July 2010.
Production sites
Over the years ( since 1966 ) next to the AWE Eisenach four other companies were involved in the production:
- Karosseriewerk Dresden / Radeberg (KWD, former VEB body repair Dresden - KWD) - Tourist- body
- Truck plant Ludwigsfelde - Trans ( as a by- product in the VEB automobile works Ludwig field, the work in which the W50 and L60 - truck was manufactured ).
- VEB Gotha wagon - chassis for Wartburg 353 W and 1.3
The frames were delivered without a chassis number in the individual works. There, the figures for tourist or Trans were then added to the number SNE353, the tourist, this was for the normal version, the number 209 even came to the now car bodies dependent frame number, the specific VIN / frame number.
For the production of the tourist in Halle and Dresden parts (mechanics, frame and body panels that were similar to those of the sedan ) were supplied, the car then finally assembled with the locally made combi body.
Export
A significant proportion of Wartburg production was exported. 1975, the Wartburg production of 54 050 vehicles distributed as follows:
34,250 in the export, 8,941 for their own population, 7,300 for Genex, 556 for Invest carrier, 3,003 for State organs.
Major customers included Hungary and Poland. The Wartburg 311 sold in the non-socialist economic region well. That changed during the 1960s, and early 1970s was the Wartburg become almost unsaleable because of its two-stroke engine in the West, few Western countries such as Finland imported him at that time. Became known for the export of up to 1215 pieces of type 311 in the U.S. in 1960, for which there were also advertisements in Playboy. About the dealer Witkin in Los Angeles these vehicles at an introductory price of U.S. $ 1799 (: 2155 U.S. $, camping Convertible 2195 U.S. $ ) were offered.