DKW was one of the four companies that formed Auto Union in 1932 and is hence an ancestor of the modern day Audi company.
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12 Facts About DKW
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In September 1924, DKW bought Slaby-Beringer, saving them from Germany's hyperinflation economic crisis.
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The DKW trademark is currently owned by Auto Union GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Audi AG which owns the rights to other historical trademarks and intellectual property of the Auto Union combine.
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DKW cars were made from 1928 until 1966, apart from the interruption caused by the Second World War.
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Between 1929 and 1940, DKW produced a less well remembered but technically intriguing series of rear-wheel drive cars called Schwebeklasse and Sonderklasse with two-stroke V4 engines.
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DKW engines were used by Saab as a model for the Saab two-stroke in its Saab 92 car manufacturing venture, in 1947.
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DKW was registered in West Germany as Auto Union GmbH in 1949, first as a spare-part provider, but soon to take up production of the RT 125 motorcycle and a new delivery van, called a Schnellaster F800.
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In 1956, the very rare DKW Monza was put into small-scale production on a private initiative, with a sporting two-seater body of glassfiber on a standard F93 frame.
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From 1956 to 1967, DKW cars were made in Brazil by the local company Vemag .
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From 1949 to 1962, DKW produced the Schnellaster with a trailing-arm rear suspension system with springs in the cross bar assembly.
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