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The DKW was a German manufacturer of cars and motorcycles founded in Chemnitz in 1916 inSassonia. The founder was the Danish engineer Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen who founded a factory to produce steam fittings. In the same year, he attempted to produce a steam-driven car, called the DKW.
Who-is-Who in MMS, Mechanics of machinery, machine design, construction of machines, mechanics of vehicles History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design,.automobile
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variant spelling:
DKW
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History
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* 1916
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Chemnitz
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foundation by Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen
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1919
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DKW made a two-stroke toy engine
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1920 - 1930
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DKW was the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer
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1932
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DKW merged with Audi, Horch andWanderer, to form the Auto Union
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† 1966
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End of production
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