Wanderer W24
title: "Wanderer W24" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["wanderer-vehicles", "compact-cars", "sedans", "auto-union", "rear-wheel-drive-vehicles", "cars-introduced-in-1937", "1930s-cars"] topic_path: "general/wanderer-vehicles" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderer_W24" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Wanderer W24 |
| image | Wanderer W24 Limousine Horch Museum (cropped).jpg |
| manufacturer | Auto Union |
| production | 1937 – 1940 |
| assembly | Siegmar, Germany |
| length | 4300 mm |
| width | 1615 mm |
| height | 1650 mm |
| wheelbase | 2600 - |
| sp | uk |
| caption | 1937 Wanderer W24 Limousine in the August Horch Museum Zwickau |
| transmission | 4-speed manual with floor-mounted shift |
| engine | 1767 cc four-stroke inline-four |
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| name = Wanderer W24 | image = Wanderer W24 Limousine Horch Museum (cropped).jpg | manufacturer = Auto Union | production = 1937 – 1940 | assembly = Siegmar, Germany | predecessor = | successor = | class = | length = 4300 mm | width = 1615 mm | height = 1650 mm | weight = | wheelbase = 2600 - | platform = | related = | sp = uk | caption = 1937 Wanderer W24 Limousine in the August Horch Museum Zwickau | transmission = 4-speed manual with floor-mounted shift | engine = 1767 cc four-stroke inline-four The Wanderer W24 is a middle market car introduced by Auto Union under the Wanderer brand in 1937. The car was powered by a four-cylinder four-stroke engine of 1767 cc driving the rear wheels via a four-speed gear box. Claimed maximum power output of four cylinder flathead engine was 42 PS achieved at 3,400 rpm.
The W24's structural basis was a box frame chassis. At the back it employed a swing axle arrangement copied from the popular small cars produced by sister brand DKW of Auto Union.
At a time when some of the manufacturer's larger models featured a twelve-volt electrical system, the W24 still made do with a six-volt arrangement. The car was offered as a four-seater saloon with two or four doors. In addition, approximately 300 cabriolet versions were produced. Today, few of these cabriolet version survive: those that do are prized by collectors.
By 1940 when the increasing intensity of the war enforced an end to passenger car production, approximately 23,000 Wanderer W24s had been produced. A model belonged to Sisir Kumar Bose, the nephew of Indian nationalist Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Subhas Chandra Bose escaped from home arrest riding this car making his way for Germany.
Gallery
File:Wanderer W24 1937.jpg|1937 Wanderer W24 Cabriolet File:Wanderer W24C Cabriolet 1937 (7428774870) (cropped).jpg|1937 Wanderer W24 Cabriolet rear File:Wanderer W24 1939.jpg|1939 Wanderer W24
References
References
- "Auto Hunstock - Oldtimer Restauration - Wanderer W24 Cabrio".
- IndianAuto. "Netaji’s Wanderer W24 Sedan - Here’s All You Should Know".
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