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The DKW F102 is a car produced by German manufacturer DKW
DKW

Dampf Kraft Wagen or DKW is a historic automobile and motorcycle marque. In 1916, the Denmark engineer J?rgen Skafte Rasmussen founded a factory in Saxony, Germany, to produce steam fittings....
. It succeeded the Auto Union 1000
Auto Union 1000

The Auto Union 1000 was a compact car front wheel drive automobile manufactured by Auto Union between 1958 and 1963. It was the first model branded as an Auto Union by the manufacturer since the 1930s: it replaced the paradoxically named DKW 3=6, although the latter continued in production, reassuringly now branded as the DKW 900, for anoth...
 and 1000S models in 1963. It was the last model developed before Volkswagen
Volkswagen

Volkswagen Passenger Cars, also known as VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany and is the original as well as the largest brand by sales volume within the Volkswagen Group....
 acquired the Auto Union
Auto Union

Auto Union was an amalgamation of four Germany automobile manufacturers, established in 1932 in Chemnitz, Saxony, during the Great Depression. The company has evolved into present day Audi, as an independent subsidiary of Volkswagen Group....
 brands from Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coach es, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG , after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz....
 in 1964, and provided the base for the later Audi F103
Audi F103

F103 is the internal designation for a series of car models produced by Auto Union in West Germany from 1965 to 1972, derived from the earlier DKW F102....
 models (the "Audi" and later "Audi 72", plus 60, 75, 80, and Super 90). The F102 featured state-of-the-art two-stroke technology for its time and a unibody of modern design.






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The DKW F102 is a car produced by German manufacturer DKW
DKW

Dampf Kraft Wagen or DKW is a historic automobile and motorcycle marque. In 1916, the Denmark engineer J?rgen Skafte Rasmussen founded a factory in Saxony, Germany, to produce steam fittings....
. It succeeded the Auto Union 1000
Auto Union 1000

The Auto Union 1000 was a compact car front wheel drive automobile manufactured by Auto Union between 1958 and 1963. It was the first model branded as an Auto Union by the manufacturer since the 1930s: it replaced the paradoxically named DKW 3=6, although the latter continued in production, reassuringly now branded as the DKW 900, for anoth...
 and 1000S models in 1963. It was the last model developed before Volkswagen
Volkswagen

Volkswagen Passenger Cars, also known as VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany and is the original as well as the largest brand by sales volume within the Volkswagen Group....
 acquired the Auto Union
Auto Union

Auto Union was an amalgamation of four Germany automobile manufacturers, established in 1932 in Chemnitz, Saxony, during the Great Depression. The company has evolved into present day Audi, as an independent subsidiary of Volkswagen Group....
 brands from Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coach es, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG , after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz....
 in 1964, and provided the base for the later Audi F103
Audi F103

F103 is the internal designation for a series of car models produced by Auto Union in West Germany from 1965 to 1972, derived from the earlier DKW F102....
 models (the "Audi" and later "Audi 72", plus 60, 75, 80, and Super 90). The F102 featured state-of-the-art two-stroke technology for its time and a unibody of modern design. Nevertheless, the market of the 1960s shunned two-stroke engines as old-fashioned; the F102 in consequence sold below the company's expectations and was the source of huge financial losses. It remained in production until 1966; after that the name of DKW was abandoned.

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