Finally - DKW Junior from 1959 in the exam
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Summary
Rarely in the history of the automobile has a proven model had to wait so long for its successor, has an 'interregnum' (as it would be called in history) lasted so long. A few thousand veterans from the heyday of the little DKW have survived the years and are still clattering more or less doggedly on the roads today, holding up the aged banner. Now, however, they can finally go to their well-earned rest. The 'late-born' is here, the succession is assured! In 1959, Hobby magazine had the opportunity to drive and test the DKW Junior. And they were impressed by what was on offer: the DKW Junior was a very good performer. The DKW Junior was described as a carefully constructed and fully equipped car. More detailed observations can be found in the full version of this test report from 1959.
This article contains the following chapters
- Question no. 1: What does your engine do?
- Question no. 2: How do you lie on the road?
- Question no. 3: How much space do you have?
- Question no. 4: what do you need and how much do you cost?
- Technical profile
Estimated reading time: 8min
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You come late, but you come..." I was reminded of this classic Schiller quote when I recently got my hands on the long-awaited, much-heralded small DKW, which has now finally gone into production. But it was also high time that Auto Union, a company steeped in tradition, remembered that there was an era in which the name DKW was more than just a car name, in fact it was almost something like a 'racial designation' in the world of four wheels. Because if you used the word "small car" in the twenties or thirties, then the idea of small car = DKW automatically arose. There may be a thousand plausible reasons why this small car tradition did not continue homogeneously after the war. What remains incomprehensible, however, is the fact that almost a generation had to pass before it was decided to sail on this wave of trust and tradition, as represented by the enormous mass of satisfied - I would almost say sworn - DKW drivers.
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