When everyone else had long since given up on the two-stroke engine, DKW stuck to its guns. In the mid-sixties, they had even developed it into an engine that was almost competitive again: quiet, high-torque, refined - if only it hadn't been for the enormous mixture thirst. The engine prevented a more successful career for the DKW F 102. In 1965, the test report stated that the small quality car would only be bought with a two-stroke engine despite its engine, but not because of it.