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| − | '''KdF-Wagen. 1940–5 (prod. 630). 2-door saloon. R/R, 985, 1131 cm³ (4 cyl.).''' Developed by Ferdinand Porsche with admitted inspiration from Tatra, Volkswagen—or, as Chancellor Adolf Hitler insisted from 1938, the Kraft durch Freude-Wagen (named after the German Labour Front’s [or DAF’s] leisure section) entered production at KdF-Stadt in 1940. Prototypes in 1938–9 built by Daimler-Benz AG. RM 990 purchase scheme never honoured due to WWII, and production mostly went to high-ranking Nazis. Considered progressive at the time with streamlined bodyshell. Larger engine introduced April 1943, shared with KdF-Wagen-based Schimmwagen, or Typ 166. | + | '''KdF-Wagen. 1940–5 (prod. 630). 2-door saloon. R/R, 985, 1131 cm³ (F4 OHV).''' Developed by Ferdinand Porsche with admitted inspiration from [[Tatra]], Volkswagen—or, as Chancellor Adolf Hitler insisted from 1938, the Kraft durch Freude-Wagen (named after the German Labour Front’s [or DAF’s] leisure section)—entered production at KdF-Stadt in 1940. Prototypes in 1938–9 built by Daimler-Benz AG. RM 990 purchase scheme never honoured due to WWII, and production mostly went to high-ranking Nazis. Considered progressive at the time with streamlined bodyshell. Larger engine introduced April 1943, shared with KdF-Wagen-based Schimmwagen, or Typ 166. |
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| − | ''Successor:'' [[Volkswagen Käfer]] | + | ''Manufacturing location:'' KdF-Stadt, Germany |
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| | + | ''Successor:'' [[Volkswagen Typ 1 (1945–53)]] |
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| | ''q.v.'' [[Volkswagen Käfer]] | | ''q.v.'' [[Volkswagen Käfer]] |
Latest revision as of 12:21, 16 August 2021
KdF-Wagen. 1940–5 (prod. 630). 2-door saloon. R/R, 985, 1131 cm³ (F4 OHV). Developed by Ferdinand Porsche with admitted inspiration from Tatra, Volkswagen—or, as Chancellor Adolf Hitler insisted from 1938, the Kraft durch Freude-Wagen (named after the German Labour Front’s [or DAF’s] leisure section)—entered production at KdF-Stadt in 1940. Prototypes in 1938–9 built by Daimler-Benz AG. RM 990 purchase scheme never honoured due to WWII, and production mostly went to high-ranking Nazis. Considered progressive at the time with streamlined bodyshell. Larger engine introduced April 1943, shared with KdF-Wagen-based Schimmwagen, or Typ 166.
Manufacturing location: KdF-Stadt, Germany
Successor: Volkswagen Typ 1 (1945–53)
q.v. Volkswagen Käfer
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