Wanderer W 25 K

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Wanderer W 25 K Roadster (1938)
Wanderer W 25 K Roadster (1938)
W 25 K / W 25
Production period: 1936-1938
Class : Sports car
Body versions : Roadster , convertible
Engines: Petrol engines :
2.0 liters
(29-62.5 kW)
Length: 4220 mm
Width: 1680 mm
Height: 1400-1550 mm
Wheelbase : 2650 mm
Empty weight : 1000-1070 kg
Wanderer W 25 K Roadster
Cockpit of the W 25 K
Wanderer W 25 Roadster (1937)

The Wanderer W 25 K is a sports car with a six-cylinder engine and rear-wheel drive from the Wanderer brand , which Auto Union brought out in 1936 as a competitor to the BMW 328 .

technology

The overhead in- line engine with 2 liter displacement , designed by Ferdinand Porsche for the Wanderer W 20 as early as 1931, was charged with a Roots compressor in the Wanderer W 25 K and developed 85 hp (62.5 kW) at 5000 rpm. The four-speed gearbox is operated via a gear lever in the middle of the car. The box-frame cars have the floating axle with transverse leaf spring adopted by DKW at the rear and were available as elegant two-seater sports convertibles or roadsters.

The supercharged motor was not particularly reliable and did not have high torque at low speed. As a result, many cars were later converted to six-cylinder naturally aspirated engines from Wanderer or Opel .

258 vehicles were built by 1938. The last 37 cars were sold without a compressor with an engine output of 40 hp (29.5 kW) as the Wanderer W 25 .

Technical specifications

Type W 25 K W 25
Construction period 1936-1937 1938
Superstructures Cb2, R2 Cb2, R2
engine 6 cyl. Row 4-stroke 6 cyl. Row 4-stroke
Valves top steering (OHV) top steering (OHV)
Bore × stroke 70 mm × 85 mm 70 mm × 85 mm
Displacement 1963 cc 1963 cc
Horsepower) 85 40
Power kW) 62.5 29.5
consumption 20 l / 100 km 13 l / 100 km
Top speed 145 km / h 100 km / h
Empty weight 1000-1070 kg 1000-1070 kg
Perm. total weight 1250-1310 kg 1250-1310 kg
Electrics 12 volts 12 volts
length 4220 mm 4220 mm
width 1680 mm 1680 mm
height 1400 - 1550 mm 1400 - 1550 mm
wheelbase 2650 mm 2650 mm
Front / rear track 1325 mm / 1330 mm 1325 mm / 1330 mm
Turning circle 12.4 m 12.4 m

Web links

Commons : Wanderer W 25  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ According to the information board in the museum mobile in Ingolstadt, 259 Wanderer W 25 K were built. In addition, it says, deviating from Oswald, Deutsche Autos 1920-1945 , that the output of 85 hp was achieved at 4000 rpm.