Wanderer for sale
You've no doubt noticed that the Audi automotive brand's logo consists of four interlocking gold rings. Well, you might not know that those rings represent the four companies united in 1932 to form the Auto Union, which later became Audi. They are: DKW, Horch, Audi and a little-known company called Wanderer.Wanderer started out as a bicycle repair shop called Winklhofer & Jaenicke, established in 1896 in Chemnitz, Germany. Beginning in 1902, they made motorcycles and then in 1903 started making automobiles and "Wanderer" became their brand name. Early models included small two- and three-seaters with four-cylinder engines. In 1926, the company introduced the Typ 10, which was very successful, generating a production rate of 25 cars a day, which necessitated a second plant in Siegmar.
The early Wanderer became a household name in Germany after it was featured in a popular operetta by Jean Gilbert called "Puppchen," which loosely translated means "darling." From then on, the little Wanderer two-seater was known fondly as "Puppchen."
Following the Great Depression, the Wanderer branch of the company was sold to form part of Auto Union, which was an attempt to head off financial difficulties in the automobile sector at that time. Wanderers continued to be sold in the mid-priced, technologically advanced sector. One of the Auto Union's most successful Wanderer models was a lightweight, six-cylinder automobile designed by the famous engineer Ferdinand Porsche. The W25 was introduced in 1936 and sold through 1938. Thanks to a supercharger, it had 85 hp. In terms of styling, it had two seats, a long front end, low-slung doors and a split windshield, which was typical of cars of that period.
World War II came on and once again greatly changed the entire automotive industry in Germany. Wanderers were made during the reign of the Third Reich with a distinguishable characteristic: a radiator in the shape of a crest or shield. In 1941, companies stopped making cars for civilian purposes altogether and changed to military vehicle production. Slave labor from concentration camps reportedly was used at both Wanderer manufacturing plants.
During the war, the Wanderer plants were demolished by allied forces and after the fall of the Nazi regime, Wanderer production never resumed. Today, Wanderers are extremely hard to find. A W25 Roadster reportedly sold for around $100,000 at a California auction in 2006. The Audi Corporation also maintains and displays several Wanderers at its public museum in Ingolstadt.
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