Did you ever hear of a DKW car? It’s another little-known story from automotive history. It began in 1916, when a Danish engineer tried to build a steam-driven car he called DKW. It wasn’t successful, ...

The DKW 3=6 used a two-stroke engine to approximate the feel of a four-stroke motor. LOTHAR SPURZEM VIA WIKIPEDIA Current sleek, high-tech Audis have some interesting ancestors, among them the almost ...

When it comes to barn- and junkyard-found classic cars, we usually discuss vehicles with iconic nameplates. The reason is very simple: a 1969 Ford Mustang is more likely to be rescued than a 1960 ...

Auto Union saw the potential of the Brazilian car market long before many of its competitors and started building cars locally with local company VEMAG under the DKW brand in 1956. At the time, DKW ...

Last week, the flames in the Hell Garage licked up around the rusty flanks of a couple of vintage Toyota wagons. In a new and particularly cruel twist, I've abused the power of my role as a 24 Hours ...

There's a reason why Audi has a badge with four rings and that's because back in the days when it was called Auto Union, there were four different brands forming this conglomerate: Audi, DKW, Horch ...

Welcome back to Project Car Hell, where you must choose between two fascinating-yet-terrifying project cars! This time, we've selected a couple of Audi precursors, two great-grandaddies of today's ...