Audi Tradition

Audi Tradition 30

Anniversary Dates 2020

DKW F5 Front Luxury Open Two-Seater (F5 Roadster)

85 years

At the Berlin Motor Show in February 1935, Auto Union also presented the new DKW Front type series F5. Within this new type series, the model range was completed with the presentation of both a roadster and a con- vertible, which were among the most elegant DKW models of the 1930s.

car that appealed primarily to young drivers with sporty ambitions. The body, which was created in the Horch design office, was built at the company Hor- nig in Meerane, Saxony, which at the time was an im- portant body supplier for Auto Union. A small batch of 407 units of this sporty front-wheel-drive car were built between 1935 and 1938.

The two-seater roadster catered for the wish from many customers to produce a small sporty two-seater