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    The DKW F1 was a small car produced by DKW (part of the Auto Union) between 1931 and 1932. It was launched at the Berlin Motor Show in February 1931. The...
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    WSK. DKW Typ P (1928–1931) ≈2,000 units DKW Typ 4=8 (1929–1940) ≈24,000 units DKW F1 (1931–1932) ≈4,000 units DKW F2 (1932–1935) ≈17,000 units DKW F4 (1934–1935)...
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    engine and drivetrain with its DKW F1 predecessor, but offered a longer wheelbase and a larger body. Although the DKWs offered a fully enclosed body on...
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    terms of market positioning a more direct successor to the DKW Type P was probably the DKW F1 produced in Zwickau from 1931. Initially, in 1929, very few...
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    the previous model, the gear ratios still unchanged from the days of the DKW F1. However, the F2 Meisterklasse, during its final year of production, had...
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    cars using the FWD layout include the 1925 Alvis, 1929 Cord L-29, 1931 DKW F1, the 1948 Citroën 2CV, 1949 Saab 92, the 1957 Trabant P50, and the 1959...
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    two years before the launch of the DKW F1, the Bucciali TAV-6 featured front-wheel drive. Both German makers DKW in 1931 and Adler in 1933 bought Tracta...
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    Amongst the first cars to use CV joints were the 1926 Tracta, the 1931 DKW F1 and the 1932 Adler Trumpf, all of which were front-wheel drive and used...
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    axle. The first successful transverse-engine cars were the two-cylinder DKW F1 series of cars, which first appeared in 1931. During WWII, transverse engines...
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    front-wheel drive car to be derived from the company's innovative DKW Typ P. The result was the DKW F1, developed and to be produced at Zwickau, priced at approximately...
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    of the Citroën Traction and more than two years before the launch of the DKW F1, the Bucciali TAV-6 featured front-wheel drive. Another innovative concept...
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    two similarly sized cars in the same year, one of which followed the 1931 DKW F1's then innovative front-wheel drive layout, and the other model using the...
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  • by Ford in the 1950s), until the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1931 the DKW F1 was launched. This was the first successful mass-produced front-wheel drive...
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    Zwickau plant had been producing the DKW F1, replaced in 1932 with the DKW F2. The small front-wheel drive DKWs proved popular, and completely utilised...
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    The DKW Typ P was the first motor car made by DKW. It was a light-weight design with a unit body made of wood and imitation leather. It was powered by...
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  • system appeared to have been shamelessly copied from the DKW F1 and the Stoewer V 5. The DKW was small and (deceptively) simple to look at, while Stoewer...
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    front-wheel drive had been introduced to small inexpensive cars with the German DKW F1 in 1931, and made more widely popular with the British Mini. As engineered...
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    the Audiwerke) founded by engineer August Horch. Two other manufacturers (DKW and Wanderer) also contributed to the foundation of Auto Union in 1932. The...
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    V8 era F1 car echoing in the grounds of Goodwood House. 1934 Mercedes-Benz W25 starting the hillclimb. A Spyker C8 Aileron pulling away from the start...
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    first time the exhibition included front-wheel drive vehicles like the DKW F1. The 23rd IAA was held from 11 to 23 February 1933, a few days after the...
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    him achieving success in several UK rallies driving a factory sponsored DKW Junior. The next year saw a return to Triumph and Elford achieved impressively...
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  • Commander (motorcycle) Norton F1 Norton Interpol 2 Norton RCW588 Suzuki RE5 Van Veen (motorcycle) Hercules W-2000 (a.k.a. DKW) Yamaha RZ201 Kawasaki X99...
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    and Indianapolis, IN, US. Cosworth has collected 176 wins in Formula One (F1) as engine supplier, ranking third with most wins, behind Ferrari and Mercedes...
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    broaden the range and claim a share of a growing market which DKW were creating with their F1 model, and its successors, for small inexpensive front wheel...
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  • category Australian Formula 1000 North American Formula 1000 Championship DKW F1000 L, a panel van light commercial vehicle Ford F-1000, a pickup truck...
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    tracks were becoming increasingly dangerous for the latest generation of F1 cars. In 1967, a chicane was added before the start/finish straight, called...
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    F1 races, as Berlin's AVUS had been chosen for 1959, and in 1960, the German Grand Prix was run on the Südschleife to F2 rules which would become F1 rules...
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  • had a spectacular crash with it ...as well as an Austro Daimler ADM 1924, DKW F1 racing car 1930, Rolls-Royce 20/25 from 1934, Mercedes-Benz 300 SL from...
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    suitable engines in Italy; elsewhere the 1000 cc Mini engine as well as the DKW and the Saab three-cylinder two-stroke engines were obvious choices, as was...
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    Arthur Geiss, DKW 1929: Kurt Friedrich, DKW 1930: Otto Kohfink, Montgomery 1931: Arthur Geiss, DKW 1935: Arthur Geiss, DKW 1936: Arthur Geiss, DKW 1937: Ewald...
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