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Audi Front - elegant pre-war convertible with in-line six-cylinder engine

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Created on June 16, 2012

Reading time 6min

Written by:

Jürg Wick

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Vesa Eskola

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Vesa Eskola

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Audi Front (1936) - Das Verdeck lässt sich in kurzer Zeit öffnen

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Audi Front (1936) - elegantes Fahrzeug für den Herrenfahrer

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Audi Front (1936) - Sportliche Silhouette - lange Motorhaube und kurze Überhänge - Fahrgestellnummer 88691

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Audi Front (1936) - Das Verdeck türmt sich hinter der Besatzung hoch auf - üblich für die damalige Cabriolet-Generation

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Audi Front (1936) - Immerhin 1,65 Meter breit, dabei gleichzeitig für heutige Begriffe recht hoch gebaut

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Audi Front (1936) - Bequeme Sitze und leichter Einstieg durch hinten angeschlagene Türen

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Audi Front (1936) - Zweckmässige Instrumentierung ohne Firlefanz

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Audi Front (1936) - Tank-Uhr, Öldruckmesser und Zeituhr

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Audi Front (1936) - Bis 120 km/h zeigt der Geschwindigkeitsmesser

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Audi Front (1936) - Reihensechszylinder - Motornummer 220896

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Audi Front (1936) - das Saugrohr

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Audi Front (1936) - Geschwungene Kotflügel im Stil der Zeit

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Audi Front (1936) - Die Scheibenwischer sind in der Scheibe montiert, da diese ausklappbar ist

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Audi Front (1936) - Dünnwandiges Lenkrad

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Audi Front (1936) - Die Türen sind hinten angeschlagen

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Audi Front (1936) - Türöffner innen

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Audi Front (1936) - viel Chrom am Audi

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Audi Front (1936) - Eindrucksvoller Kühlerverschluss

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Audi Front (1936) - die vier Ringe sind schon da, das Audi-Zeichen von damals

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Audi Front (1936) - Rückspiegel

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Audi Front (1936) - Technologie sichtbar

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Audi Front (1936) - praktische Verdeckskonstruktion

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Audi Front (1936) - Gebaut bei Karosserie Gläser in Dresden

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Audi Front (1936) - Hinter dem fast senkrecht stehenden Kühlergrill arbeitet ein Reihensechszylindermotor mit 55 PS

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Summary

A saloon with an in-line six-cylinder engine and front-wheel drive was not the norm in the 1930s. Nevertheless, the Audi Front chose precisely this design and created an elegant and powerful vehicle. Commercial success was modest with around 2,800 vehicles sold, but today the survivors are sought after and cherished. In light of current events, this report goes in search of traces and portrays an Audi Front from 1936 in detail in words and pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

A look back
Rarity front-wheel drive
Discreet and vibration-free power delivery
Wood and leather inside
Opened in thirty seconds
The rise to technology pioneer
Technical data

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

This Audi Front, a car produced before the war years and from the stock of the Swiss car importer Amag, is a vehicle with rarity value. The 1936 Audi Front Cabriolet was the first vehicle to enter the new opera house parking garage in Zurich. In the passenger seat was the pleasantly reserved Martin Haefner, son of Amag founder Walter Haefner. Today, Amag operates the Opernparkhaus, the seventh of its kind in the city. In the back of the open car, waving joyfully, is city councillor and Chief Financial Officer Martin Vollenwyder, one of the minority who has little say in the city council. Switzerland's largest city has long been governed by a left-wing and ideologically rather anti-car government. Nevertheless, buyers do not allow their enjoyment of cars to be completely spoiled. A new vehicle can also be a so-called premium product. That's why an Audi fits the bill at least as well as a VW Beetle Cabriolet. Although the brand has clearly overtaken its arch-rival BMW throughout Switzerland, the Munich-based brand is still ahead in the city and in the immediate vicinity on the so-called "Gold Coast" as well as on the no less tax-friendly "Pfnüsel Coast". This has not gone unnoticed by those responsible at the VW Group. They push wherever the opportunity arises, and have been highly successful in recent years. The triad of a strong image, sport and history works worldwide.

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