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DKW Schwebeklasse  

1934-1937, Germany

engines/performance

engines:
years cyl./valv. compr. displacement

power

  specific fuel torque  
34-35: V4+2/-V 5.8:1 990cc.(60ci)

26-hp

@3500rpm

26.3 hp/l 2stroke ?lb-ft. (?Nm)

@?rpm

35: V4+2/-V 5.8:1 1054cc.(64ci)

30-hp

@3500rpm

28.5 hp/l 2stroke ?lb-ft. (?Nm)

@?rpm

35-37: V4+2/-V 6.0:1 990cc.(60ci)

32-hp

@3800rpm

32.3 hp/l 2stroke ?lb-ft. (?Nm)

@?rpm

performance:
engine topspeed 0-50mph 0-62mph 0-100mph 0-124mph

1/4mile

mileage (US-gallon)
1.0l26hp: 90kph/56mph ?s ?s ?s ?s

?s@?mph/?kph

12.5 l/100km18.8 mpg
1.1l30hp: 93kph/58mph ?s ?s ?s ?s

?s@?mph/?kph

12.7 l/100km18.5 mpg
1.0l32hp: 95kph/59mph ?s ?s ?s ?s

?s@?mph/?kph

13.0 l/100km18.1 mpg

tyres/transmission

tyres front/rear: 5.00-17
transmission/drive wheel: 4-speed/RWD

dimensions/weight

length x width x height: 4300 x 1590 x 1560 mm (169.3 x 62.6 x 61.4 in)
wheelbase - tread f/r: 2850 mm - 1300/1250 mm (112.2 in - 51.2/49.2 in)
some calculations: base aera: 6.84 m² (73.6 sq.ft.) - frontal aera: ~2.05 m² (~22.0 sq.ft.) - LxWxH: 10.67 m³ (376.6 cu.ft.)
aerodynamics: coefficient of drag (cd): ? - drag area: ? m² / ? sq.ft.
weight: 1000 kg (2205 lb)
power/weight-ratio: 31.3 - 38.5 kg/hp (68.9 - 84.8 lb/hp) 26 - 32 hp/ton

price/production

base-price: 3,350 RM (1934-1935) 
production: 6,000

   

This DKW Schwebeklasse features a very unconventional engine.
It was a V4 cylinder stroke engine with 2 charge pumps (hence the V4+2).

Pictures taken in 2009 in the "museum mobile" in Ingolstadt, Germany
Pictures are used by courtesy of the "museum mobile".
 
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