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IFA 1949-1958 - East German DKW

Name: IFA F9 1951
Brand: IFA

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Roger Gloor

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IFA F9 (1954) - East German two-stroke, here as a three-cylinder sedan - Geneva Motor Show 1954

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IFA (1952) - chassis of the three-cylinder IFA with front-wheel drive and four gears

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There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. IFA, the Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau from Chemnitz (DE), can also be counted among them. This was founded from the "old" German Auto Union GmbH. From 1949, IFA produced the DKW models F8 and F9, which were available as a stylish convertible and as a station wagon. This was followed by the AWZ P70, while the F9 became the Wartburg. DKW models were not produced in the West until 1953.

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After the Second World War, eastern Germany was occupied by the Soviets. The GDR was formed there in 1949. Before the war, Auto Union, with its brands DKW, Audi, Horch and Wanderer, was the most important vehicle manufacturer on its territory. DKW had begun developing a three-cylinder model in 1939. While a number of Auto Union employees fled to the West to escape the Russians after the end of the war and founded the new Auto Union GmbH in Ingolstadt in 1949, the expropriated and dissolved Auto Union AG gave rise to the IFA (Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau, pronounced Ifa) Vereinigung volkseigener Fahrzeugwerke, Chemnitz, in the East.

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