The F102 closed an era: it's the car that ended two-stroke engines in West German automobile manufacturing for good.
Lead trim: F102 (1,175 cc two-stroke I3, 60 PS)
DKW F102F102 · 1963–1966
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FactThe F102 closed an era: it's the car that ended two-stroke engines in West German automobile manufacturing for good.
The DKW F102 is a passenger car produced from August 1963 to 1966 by Auto Union (53,053 produced; by March 1966, 52,753 or possibly 53,053), superseding the Auto Union 1000; it was the last model branded as a DKW and one of the last West German production cars with a two-stroke engine, the last being the Goggomobil. Presented in September 1963, it was available as a two-door sedan from March 1964 with four-door cars joining in January 1965 (new price of the two-door DM 7,200). Unlike its predecessor, whose design came from the late 1930s, it was a newly designed unibody with large glass surfaces and little chrome, front double wishbones with torsion bars and a rigid rear axle on trailing arms sprung by a transverse torsion bar, located by a Panhard rod, with the fuel tank behind it in the boot floor. It had a two-stroke straight-three (1,175 cc, 44 kW (60 PS) at 4,500 rpm, 400 cm3 per cylinder, which had reached the end of its development possibilities) with the new Bosch "fresh oil system" that mixes the lubricant automatically from a separate oil tank; problems with that system (seizures after cold nights or prolonged coasting) and customers finding the two-stroke inconvenient and outdated meant sales fell short and caused Auto Union serious economic problems. A Müller-Andernach two-stroke V6 (1,288 cc, 80 PS) built by Heinkel was tried in a few demonstration cars in 1966 but never went into series production. The era of two-stroke engines in West German automobile construction ended with the F102, the DKW brand disappeared, and under Volkswagen control it provided the basis for the Audi F103. Length 4,280 mm (169 in), width 1,618 mm (63.7 in); the infobox and table disagree on wheelbase (2,499 vs 2,480 mm) and height (1,449 vs 1,459 mm), so neither is entered.
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F102 (1,175 cc two-stroke I3, 60 PS) | 1963–1966 | 1.2 L Inline-3 | 59 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
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