Wanderer W 23

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Wanderer W 23 Cabriolet (1938)
Wanderer W 23 Cabriolet (1938)
W 23 / W 26 / W 52
Production period: 1937-1941
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine , Pullman limousine , station wagon , cabriolet
Engines: Otto engine :
2.65 liters (45.6 kW)
Length: 4600-4800 mm
Width: 1680-1700 mm
Height: 1650-1750 mm
Wheelbase : 2900-3150 mm
Empty weight : 1790-1940 kg
Previous model Wanderer W 45 / W 51
Wanderer W 23, built in 1939, at the ADAC Mittelrhein Classic 2011
Wanderer W 26 Pullman (1939)

The Wanderer W 23 is a car of the upper middle class of the brand Wanderer with 2.65-liter six-cylinder - inline engine and rear-wheel drive . The Auto Union presented him in 1937 as a successor to the models W 45 / W 51 before. Around 7,900 W 23 Wanderers had been sold by 1940. At the end of 1941 / beginning of 1942 another 100 convertibles were built for the Reich Labor Service .

The W 23 built in the Auto Union plant in Siegmar near Chemnitz had a newly designed engine with a displacement of 2651 cm³ and an output of 62 hp at 3300 min −1 , which compared to its predecessors with OHV valve control was only side-controlled , but seven PS offered more power. The rear wheels were driven via a four-speed gearbox with a shift lever in the middle of the car. The chassis with the wheelbase shortened by 10 cm to 2.9 meters had a " floating axis " (rigid axle with raised transverse leaf spring) at the rear instead of the complex swing axle. In addition, the on-board electrical system voltage was reduced from 12 to 6 volts. These changes - which were actually setbacks - were necessary for price reasons. A four-door sedan , a two-door convertible and a station wagon with wooden struts on the outside of the body (called “Woody” in the USA) were offered. In Dresden , Glasses built the convertible bodies onto the W 23 chassis delivered from Siegmar .

At the same time, the Wanderer W 26 with the same engine and a longer wheelbase of 3.15 m was built as a touring car and a Pullman limousine , each with six seats. The rear "swing axle" ( pendulum axle ) of the W26 predecessor, the W 50, was retained because the high-lying spring package of the floating axle took up too much space.

As a sister model of the W 23, the Wanderer W 52 with the same engine, 10 cm more wheelbase (3 m) and a rear swing axle was also part of the Auto-Union program, so that customers who wanted modern chassis technology could also make an offer. However, there were only about 1,400 buyers, and so this model disappeared again at the end of 1937. The car was available as a four-door sedan (6 windows) and a two-door convertible (4 windows).

Due to the war, the production of Wanderer brand cars was discontinued in 1941 and was not resumed after the Second World War due to the liquidation of the "old" Auto Union .

Technical specifications

Type W 23 W 26 W 52
Construction period 1937-1941 1937-1940 1937
Superstructures L4, Cb2, K5 T6, PL4 L4, Cb2
engine 6 cyl. Row 4-stroke 6 cyl. Row 4-stroke 6 cyl. Row 4-stroke
Valves standing (sv) standing (sv) standing (sv)
Bore × stroke 75 mm × 100 mm 75 mm × 100 mm 75 mm × 100 mm
Displacement 2651 cc 2651 cc 2651 cc
Horsepower) 62 62 62
Power kW) 45.6 45.6 45.6
consumption 15 l / 100 km 15.5 l / 100 km 15 l / 100 km
Top speed 115 km / h 105 km / h 115 km / h
Empty weight 1390-1450 kg 1470 kg 1440-1500 kg
Perm. total weight 1790-1850 kg 1940 kg 1840-1900 kg
Electrics 6 volts 6 volts 6 volts
length 4600 mm 4800 mm 4700 mm
width 1700 mm 1700 mm 1680 mm
height 1650 mm 1750 mm 1650 mm
wheelbase 2900 mm 3150 mm 3000 mm
Front / rear track 1420 mm / 1450 mm 1350 mm / 1350 mm 1350 mm / 1350 mm
Turning circle 12 m 14.3 m 12 m

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