DKW Luxus - 1931
In 1930 the DKW was the largest motorcycle factory in the world, in 1932 it joined Audi, Wanderer and Horch, creating the Auto Union. The unmistakable feature of the Luxus was the bright red tank. The engine of this 1931 model, a fan-cooled two-stroke engine, was equipped with a two-speed gearbox. As soon as DKW was able to switch to the production of pressed steel frames, the first motorcycle to fit one was the Luxus. The displacement differences are due to the different circulation taxes in force in the countries where the Luxus was exported.
About DKW
DKW was a German car and motorcycle marque. DKW was one of the four companies that formed Auto Union in 1932 and thus became an ancestor of the modern-day Audi company. In 1916, Danish engineer Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen founded a factory in Zschopau, Saxony, Germany, to produce steam fittings. That year he attempted to produce a steam-power car; German: Dampfkraftwagen, from which the acronym DKW is derived. That steam car was unsuccessful, and in 1919 he made toy two-stroke engines under the nam...
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