DKW F10
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The DKW F10 was a car sold by DKW
of Ingolstadt
, West Germany
, during the early part of 1950 only. It was the first postwar car produced by the firm, though it utilized the F8
chassis
design of 1939-1942, albeit slightly modified. The Baur
coachbuilding firm of Stuttgart supplied the bodies, which were more modern than those normally seen on 1939-1942 F8 models.
A total of 22 F10 chassis were produced at the very end of 1949, with 174 being completed during the first half of 1950. The chassis were delivered to Baur starting in January 1950, and all cars were completed and sold that year. Serial numbers ranged from F 10 10002 to F 10 10197, which means a total of 196 cars were built. When production of the F89 began in Ingolstadt, in mid-1950, the F10 was taken out of production. Very few F10 cars were sold in Germany; most were exported.
After the F89 was introduced at Ingolstadt, the East German IFA concern, which had begun building the former DKW F8 (now known as the IFA F8) in mid-1949, after several prototypes were built and displayed during 1947-1948, procured Baur bodies for these chassis, and the cars looked very similar to the DKW F10. About 250 of these Baur IFA F8 cars were built from the latter part of 1950 to about 1952.
The Baur coachbuilding firm had presented its new F10 body as early as 1948 on a used prewar DKW F8 chassis, and from late-1948 to 1952, 1,110 of these new bodies were mounted on actual prewar F8 chassis whose wood-framed bodies had deteriorated, thus essentially turning them into new cars, and giving them a new lease on life.
DKW
DKW is a historic German car and motorcycle marque. The name derives from Dampf-Kraft-Wagen .In 1916, the Danish engineer Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen founded a factory in Zschopau, Saxony, Germany, to produce steam fittings. In the same year, he attempted to produce a steam-driven car, called the DKW...
of Ingolstadt
Ingolstadt
Ingolstadt is a city in the Free State of Bavaria, in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is located along the banks of the Danube River, in the center of Bavaria. As at 31 March 2011, Ingolstadt had 125.407 residents...
, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
, during the early part of 1950 only. It was the first postwar car produced by the firm, though it utilized the F8
DKW F8
The DKW F8 compact front-wheel drive two-stroke engined saloon was introduced by in 1939. The F8 was slightly shorter than its predecessor despite having a marginally increased wheelbase. The base model, known as the Reichsklasse, was manufactured only till 1940 but the Meisterklasse sedan...
chassis
Chassis
A chassis consists of an internal framework that supports a man-made object. It is analogous to an animal's skeleton. An example of a chassis is the underpart of a motor vehicle, consisting of the frame with the wheels and machinery.- Vehicles :In the case of vehicles, the term chassis means the...
design of 1939-1942, albeit slightly modified. The Baur
Baur
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coachbuilding firm of Stuttgart supplied the bodies, which were more modern than those normally seen on 1939-1942 F8 models.
A total of 22 F10 chassis were produced at the very end of 1949, with 174 being completed during the first half of 1950. The chassis were delivered to Baur starting in January 1950, and all cars were completed and sold that year. Serial numbers ranged from F 10 10002 to F 10 10197, which means a total of 196 cars were built. When production of the F89 began in Ingolstadt, in mid-1950, the F10 was taken out of production. Very few F10 cars were sold in Germany; most were exported.
After the F89 was introduced at Ingolstadt, the East German IFA concern, which had begun building the former DKW F8 (now known as the IFA F8) in mid-1949, after several prototypes were built and displayed during 1947-1948, procured Baur bodies for these chassis, and the cars looked very similar to the DKW F10. About 250 of these Baur IFA F8 cars were built from the latter part of 1950 to about 1952.
The Baur coachbuilding firm had presented its new F10 body as early as 1948 on a used prewar DKW F8 chassis, and from late-1948 to 1952, 1,110 of these new bodies were mounted on actual prewar F8 chassis whose wood-framed bodies had deteriorated, thus essentially turning them into new cars, and giving them a new lease on life.