Evolution of DKW cars - Models by year of manufacture

DKW, from Dampf-Kraft-Wagen (German: "steam-driven car"), was a historic brand of motorcycles and cars. It was founded in 1916 by Danish engineer Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen, who established the factory in Zschopau, Saxony (Germany) to produce spare parts for steam engines. In the same year he tried to produce a steam-powered car, which he called "DKW". In 1919 he built a two-stroke, toy engine, without success; he called it Des Knaben Wunsch - "a child's wish". He put a slightly modified version of this engine into a motorcycle and called it Das Kleine Wunder - "a little wonder". This was the real beginning of the DKW brand, which in the 1930s was the world's largest producer of motorcycles. More Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@ntisnews Special thanks to the authors of the images: Images Credit: "File:1928 DKW P15 Roadster.jpg" by Luc106 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. "File:1929 DKW PS 600 sports roadster.jpg" by MPW57 is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1931 DKW F1.jpg" by Matej Batha is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1932 DKW F 2.jpg" by Luc106 is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1934 DKW F4.jpg" by Matej Batha is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1934 DKW F4 IHLE Roadster.jpg" by Alf van Beem is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1935 DKW F5.jpg" by Luc106 is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1935 DKW F5 Roadster.jpg" by Matej Batha is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1937 DKW F7.jpg" by Matej Batha is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1939 DKW F8.jpg" by Alf van Beem is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1949 DKW Schnellaster van.jpg" by Lothar Spurzem is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1950 DKW F10 .jpg" by Prispivatel is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1950 DKW F89.jpg" by Lothar Spurzem is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1953 DKW F91.jpg" by Calreyn88 is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1955 DKW F93/F94.jpg" by Lothar Spurzem is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1960 DKW F94U.jpg" by JasonVogel is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1956 DKW Monza.jpg" by Hamkraus is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1956 DKW Munga.jpg" by JasonVogel is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1959 DKW Junior.jpg" by Lothar Spurzem is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1963 DKW F 102.jpg" by Lothar Spurzem is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:1957 DKW Schnellaster pickup" by Bob Adams is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:DKW-SchnellLaster.jpg" by Přispívatel is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. "File:DKW Schnellaster (7873638886).jpg" by Andrew Bone is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. To view a copy of CC0 1.0 license, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 To view a copy of CC BY 2.0 license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 To view a copy of CC BY-SA 2.0 license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 To view a copy of CC BY-ND 2.0 license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0 To view a copy of CC BY 3.0 license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 To view a copy of CC BY-SA 3.0 license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 To view a copy of CC BY-SA 4.0 license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 To view a copy of CC BY 4.0 license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 To view a copy of CC BY-SA 4.0 license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 To view a copy of CC BY-ND 4.0 license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 Music source: Over Time - Vibe Tracks For copyright matters please contact us: ntis@post.com. I will be happy to meet your needs. Thank you for understanding. Disclaimer: The following video abides by the YouTube Community Guideline. Footage used in this video is for educational purposes. This YouTube channel is not affiliated with the businesses whose products are shown in this review. Any trademarks depicted are the property of their respective owners. The footage used in this video follows Fair Usage Policy “Under Section 107” of the “Copyright Act 1976”. If you have any copyright issues, please send us an email: ntis@post.com. We do NOT own the video materials and all credits belong to respectful owners. In case of copyright issues, please contact us immediately for further credits or clip delete.

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