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DKW F7

Field	Value
image	DKW Sedan 1938.jpg
caption	DKW F7 saloon
name	DKW F7 Reichsklasse / Meisterklasse
manufacturer	Auto Union AG
production	1937–1938
assembly	Germany: Zwickau
Austria
predecessor	DKW F5
successor	DKW F8
engine	584 cc & 692 cc
two stroke straight-2
class	Subcompact family car (C)
body_style	2-door saloon
2-door cabriolet saloon
2-door coupe cabriolet
coupe utility
van
layout	FF layout
transmission	3-speed manual
length	3985 mm
width	1480 mm
height	1500 mm
weight	750 kg approx
wheelbase	2610 mm
related	Toyota EA

Austria two stroke straight-2 2-door cabriolet saloon 2-door coupe cabriolet coupe utility van

The DKW F7 is a front-wheel-drive, two-stroke, subcompact family car produced by Auto Union’s DKW division from 1937 to 1938, succeeding their DKW F5 range. In the F7 update, the slightly smaller entry-level 'Reichsklasse' body was dropped – instead all F7s, including the base trim, now got the slightly longer body previously reserved for the 'Meisterklasse' model.

Some 80,000 of these front-wheel drives were sold until the 1939 DKW F8 successor was released.

The body

The entry level 'Reichsklasse' saloon now shared the hitherto slightly longer body of the 'Meisterklasse' saloon. Otherwise, changes between the F5 and the F7 were mostly at a detail level.

From launch, a 2-door saloon and a 2-door cabriolet saloon, with fixed sides, were offered. In 1938 a full cabriolet 2door, the 'Front Luxus Cabriolet', was added to the range.

Engine and running gear

The car has the two cylinder two-stroke engine of its predecessor. The Reichsklasse engine was of 584 cc with an output of 18 bhp. The Meisterklasse’s 692 cc engine had an output of 20 bhp. Respective claimed top speeds were 80 km/h and 85 km/h.

Like all the small DKWs of the 1930s, the F7 had front-wheel drive, which in its era was still very innovative, but in subsequent decades would become the default drive layout in the majority of cars around the world.

Commercial

The popular F7 was replaced by the DKW F8 in 1939. By this time, approximately 80,000 F7s had been built.

File:DKW Sedan.jpg|DMW F7 saloon File:1937 DKW F7 Reichsklasse pic6.JPG|DKW F7 cabriolet saloon File:DKW Cabriolet.jpg|The DKW F7 Front Luxus Cabriolet, introduced in 1938, shared the 692 cc engine of the Meisterklasse. File:DKW F7-Van.JPG|DKW F7 van

Sources

References

Odin, L.C. ''World in Motion 1939 – The whole of the year's automobile production''. Belvedere Publishing, 2015. ASIN: B00ZLN91ZG.
Daniel Vaughan. "1937 DKW F7 - conceptcarz.com". conceptcarz.com.

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