War castle 313
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 Wartburg 313-1 Roadster with hardtop
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| 313 | |
| Production period: | 1957-1960 |
| Class : | Middle class |
| Body versions : | Roadster |
| Engines: |
Otto engine : 0.9 liters (37 kW) |
| Length: | 4360 mm |
| Width: | 1570 mm |
| Height: | 1350 mm |
| Wheelbase : | 2450 mm |
| Empty weight : | 930 kg |
The Wartburg 313 was a passenger car of the Eisenach Automobile Plant , which was manufactured from 1957 to 1960. This 2 + 2-seater roadster , also known as the Wartburg Sport , was based on the Wartburg 311 .
The Wartburg, with its apparently long bonnet and indicated ventilation slots on the side, stood out clearly from the ordinary Wartburg 311. The vehicle caused a sensation from the outside. At the Imported Car Show in New York in 1958, the Wartburg 313 was named “Most Beautiful European Passenger Car”. Prominent owners were Manfred von Ardenne , Eberhard Cohrs , Otto Grotewohl and Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler . The engine output was increased from the 37 HP of the standard version of the Wartburg 311 to 50 HP, with which the car reached a top speed of 140 km / h.
The Wartburg 313 marks the high point of possible diversity in the Wartburg vehicle range at that time. It was always delivered with a removable hard top , and from 1958 a folding top was also available. The sports car was a real 2-seater as standard. The vehicle was initially manufactured in Eisenach (1957/1958), in 1959 in the bodywork factory in Dresden and again in 1960 in the main Eisenach plant. A total of 469 units were produced, 143 were exported, and eight even to the USA .
literature
- Lars Leonhardt, Michael Schubert: Sporty, fast, beautiful. 50 years of Wartburg sports cars. Verlag Kraftakt, Reichenbach u. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-938426-05-0 .
- Wartburg type - a new car from Eisenach. In: Motor Vehicle Technology 2/1956, pp. 55–58.
Footnotes
- ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung, Sept. 10, 2007, p. 19: Lovers' meeting in Leipzig, where the car had its trade fair premiere in 1957 - a dream sports car: Wartburg 313 turns 50
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