Introduction
Dampf-Kraft Wagen (German: steam-powered vehicle) or DKW is a historic car and motorcycle marque. In 1916, the Danish engineer Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen founded a factory in Saxony, Germany, to produce steam fittings. In the same year, he attempted to produce a steam-driven car, called the DKW. Although unsuccessful, he made a two-stroke toy engine in 1919, called Des Knaben Wunsch — "a boy's desire". He also put a slightly modified version of this engine into a motorcycle and called it Das Kleine Wunder — "a little marvel". This was the real beginning of the DKW brand: by the 1930s, DKW was the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer. In 1932, DKW merged with Audi, Horch and Wanderer to form the Auto Union, and all brands continued until World War II. After the war, Auto Union changed ownership a couple of times, first passed into the hands of Daimler-Benz in 1957, and was finally purchased by the Volkswagen Group in 1964.
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1920 DKW 1ps |
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1928 DKW 200 Blutblase |
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1931 DKW Block 200 |
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1934 DKW SB 350 |
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1937 DKW SB 500 |
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| 1938 DKW ULD 250 |
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| 1938 DKW SB250 |
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| 1939 DKW 250 Production Racer |
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1940 DKW RT125 |
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| 1954 DKW RT 175 |
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| 1956 DKW RT200 |
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| 1958 DKW 175 |
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| 1960 DKW Hummel Super |
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| 1958 DKW 175cc |
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| 1965 DKW RT200/2 |
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| 1955 DKW 175 VS |
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| 1956 DKW RT 250 S |
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1968 DKW 502, 47cc |
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1968 DKW 139-004, 49cc |
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1968 DKW 139-004, 49cc |
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1970 DKW RT 139 |
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1970 DKW 125 |
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| 1975 DKW 175cc |
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