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DKW – Popular 2-Stroke Cars

Pictures of DKW motorcars and related documents in chronological order

© Original images from the Michael Schlenger collection

DKW_Typ_P_15_PS_Familie_Galerie — DKW Type P 15 HP roadster, built from 1928 until 1929

dkw_typ_p_15ps2-turiges_cabriolet_galerie — DKW Type P 15 h.p., 2-seater convertible, built from 1928 until 1929

dkw_typ_p_15ps_cabriolet_galerie — DKW Type P 15 h.p., 2-seater convertible, built from 1928 until 1929

dkw_typ_p_15ps_3-sitzige_cabriolimousine_galerie — DKW Type P 15 h.p., 3-seater convertible, built from 1929 until 1931

DKW_Typ_P_15PS — DKW Typ P 15 HP, 3-seater cabriolet, built from 1929-31

DKW_Typ_P_15_PS_05-1932_Galerie — DKW Type P 15 HP, 3-seater cabriolet, built from 1929-31, photo taken in May 1932

DKW_PS_600_Ausschnitt_1 — DKW PS 600 Sport, built from 1930-31, postwar photo taken in Berlin

DKW_V800_Cabrio-Limousine_vollbesetzt_Galerie — DKW V800, built in 1930/31, registration: Province of Brandenburg (East Germany)

DKW_V1000_Galerie — DKW V1000, built from 1931-32, prewar picture taken in Berlin

DKW_Sonderklasse_1001_Galerie — DKW Sonderklasse 1001, built from 1933-35, picture taken near Berlin

DKW_Sonderklasse_1001_von den Russen_geklaut_Galerie — DKW Sonderklasse 1001, built from 1933 until 1935, registration: Berlin

DKW_Sonderklasse_1001_Dierks_Galerie2 — DKW Sonderklasse 1001 (very rare rear view), built from 1933 until 1935; original photo from the collection of Klaas Dierks

dkw_schwebeklasse_galerie — DKW „Schwebeklasse“, Cabrio-Limousine, built from 1934 until 1937, prewar photo

DKW_Schwebeklasse_03-1940_Galerie — DKW „Schwebeklasse“, Cabrio-Limousine, built from 1934 until 1937, photo taken in March 1940

DKW_Schwebeklasse_Cabriolet — DKW „Schwebeklasse“ Cabriolimousine, built from 1934-37, postwar picture taken in Southern Germany (U.S. zone Wuerttemberg)

DKW_Sonderklasse_03-1950_Foto_Bamberg_Galerie — DKW „Sonderklasse“, built from 1937 until 1940; postwar photo taken in 1950 in Bavaria

dkw_f1_meisen_galerie — DKW F1, built from 1931 until 1932, prewar picture taken in Meißen (Saxony)

DKW_F1_05-1936_0_Galerie — DKW F2 convertible sedan, built in 1931/32, photo taken in May 1936

DKW_F1_05-1936_2_Galerie — DKW F1 convertible sedan, built in 1931/32, photo taken in May 1936

DKW_F1_07-1936_an_der_Pegnitz_Galerie — DKW F1 convertible sedan, built in 1931/32, photo taken in July 1936 in Bavaria

DKW_F1_Cabriolet_1_Galerie — DKW F1 2-seater convertible, built in 1931/32

DKW_F1_Roadster_Schneider&Korb_Galerie — DKW Front F1 Roadster, body by Schneider&Korb, built 1931/32, prewar picture taken in Saxony (Zwickau region)

DKW Front_F1_vorne_2 — DKW Front F1, built from 1931-32, van conversion, postwar picture

DKW_F2_Reichsklasse_Deutsches_Eck_Koblenz_Galerie — DKW F2 „Meisterklasse“, built from 1932-35, prewar picture taken in Koblenz („Deutsches Eck“)

dkw_f2_sonderkarosserie_galerie — DKW F2, built from 1933 until 1935, special body (probably by Hornig), prewar picture taken near Berlin

DKW_F4 — DKW F2, built from 1932-35 (this car: 1934), picture taken in 1954 in East Germany

DKW_F2_Kombi_Ausschnitt — DKW F2, van conversion, built from 1932-35 (hier: ab 1934), postwar picture taken in Berlin

DKW_F4 — DKW F4, built from 1934-35, photo taken in Bavaria (Oberfranken)

dkw_f4_fernpass_ostern_1938_1_galerie — DKW F4, built from 1934 until 1935, picture taken at Easter, 1938

DKW_F4_Garage_Galerie — DKW F4, built from 1934-35, prewar photo taken in Berlin

DKW_F4_Meisterklasse_Mädchen_Galerie — DKW F4 open-top sedan, built in 1934/35, registration „Glatz“ (German province of Lower Silesia, today part of Poland)

DKW_F5-Reichsklasse_1936_Ausschnitt — DKW F5 „Reichsklasse“, built in 1936, prewar picture with three Luftwaffe soldiers

DKW_F4_Tarnscheinwerfer — DKW F5, Cabriolimousine, built from 1934-38 (this car: 1936 or later); wartime picture

Tornax_Rex_Vorkrieg — Tornax „REX“ roadster on DKW F2 basis, built from 1934-36, picture taken on a ferry across the river Rhine

DKW_F5_Luxus-Cabriolet_1936-37 — DKW F5 „Front Luxus Cabriolet“, 2-seater, built from 1935 until 1937

dkw_f5_front_luxus_cabriolet_sitzig_winter_galerie — DKW F5 „Front Luxus Cabriolet“, 2-seater, built from 1935 until 1938

dkw_f5_front_luxus_cabrio_4-sitzig_bei-chemnitz_galerie — DKW F5 „Front Luxus Cabriolet“, 4-seater, built from 1936 until 1938

DKW_F5_Front_Luxus_Roadster_Galerie — DKW F5 Front Luxus Roadster, built from 1935-38

dkw_f7_meisterklasse_ab_1938_nachkrieg_modifiziert_galerie — DKW F7 „Meisterklasse“, built in 1938/39, postwar photo taken in the Rhineland under French occupation

dkw_f7_ab_1938_brandenburg_galerie — DKW F7, built from 1936 until 1939 (this car: not earlier than 1938), postwar picture taken in Eastern Germany ca. 1950

DKW_F7_Reichsklasse_Spezial — DKW F7 Reichsklasse Spezial, built in 1937

DKW_F7_1930er_Jahre — DKW F7 Cabriolimousine, built from 1937-39 (this car: 1938), postwar picture taken ca. 1950

dkw_f7_zweisitzer-cabriolet_1_galerie — DKW F7 „Reichsklasse“, 2-seater convertible, built in 1938

DKW_F5_Front_Luxus-Cabriolet_4-sitzig_Baur_Galerie — DKW F7 luxury cabriolet, built from 1937-39, postwar picture

DKW_F7_Dezember_1938 — DKW F7, built from 1936-39, picture taken on Christmas 1938

DKW_F8_Luxus Cabrio_Reklame — Advertisement of a Bavarian DKW and Wanderer dealer showing a DKW F8 luxury cabriolet, built from 1938-39

DKW_F8_Meisterklasse_WL_Galerie — DKW F8 „Meisterklasse“, 2-door sedan, built from 1939-42, used by the German Luftwaffe in WW2

DKW_oder_IFA_F8 — DKW F8, built from 1939-42, postwar picture taken in East Germany ca. 1950

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