We featured another car of the same series few months ago (see related), but then it was a two door sedan version. This one is the more seducent cabriolet which is also much scarcer as well. Indeed it’s the first time we see one for sale, and we must say that also the color is… Read More Those sweet eyes: 1953 DKW F91 Sonderklasse Cabriolet
This barchetta is said to have been built on a DKW in 1953, but the seller doesn’t specify on what model nor who built it. As a 1953 car, it should be based on a DKW 3=6, but in the meantime he says that the engine is a 1000 c.c. unit instead of 900 c.c.… Read More Iron-side: 1953 DKW Barchetta
3=6 was the equation used by DKW to explain that, because of its two stroke engine and so, twice as many power impulses as a four stroke, the 896 c.c. inline-three sounds – and feels – like an inline-six engine. The truth is that this engine sounds like a mean lawn mower during acceleration and… Read More The other bug: 1954 DKW 3-6 Auto Union F91 Meisterklasse
