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 In my year of contruction,  1936, turbulent times were going on:

The "Silberpfeil race cars" (silver arrows) were speeding from victory to victory, driven by Hans Stuck, Bernd Rosemeyer and other fearless hotshots. Troops had been stationed in the demilitarised Rhineland, and the peoples of the world watched as deedless as astonished.

I'm a DKW type F5, the "5" in my designation relates to the year of my presentation in 1935, and the "F" means "front car", which was a protected mark and a reference to its front wheel drive - a real sensation in theese days - even invented by a French.

1934 the body of the former "F2" had been reworked and marketed as "F4", but the older F2 model (presented in 1932) was sold for another year under the old name. Then, in 1935, both versions were replaced by the F5, but my bigger brother was called "F5 Meisterklasse (masters class)" and was equiped with a 20 horsepower engine, while me by myself was called "F5 Reichsklasse (class of empire)", basically a "capped F2" (apart from a few details). And as I have been an economic version, powered by 18 hp only.