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Friday Lady goes Wandering
The car in this picture is a Wanderer W52, a splendid luxury model with a six-cylinder, 62bhp engine. It would not have been an unworthy rival to the BMW 320, but only 834 were ever built so it was a rare sight even when new.
It was a luxurious, powerful and exclusive car, so the opportunity to go for a brisk drive in one with the roof down on a bright, sunny day ought to put a smile on anyone’s face. The young Fraulein about to step inside doesn’t look too happy, though. Why ever not?
It would have been unusual for a woman to own such an expensive car in the 1930s, so we suppose it probably isn’t hers. It most likely belongs to her father, husband or boyfriend, who had to leave it behind when they left for work in the morning. Young Margarete was very much looking forward to taking it for a spin while he wasn’t looking. She’d go for a relaxed saunter along the country roads, meet a friend for lunch and return the Wanderer just as he left it, and he’d be none the wiser. Alas, the expression on her face suggests he came home early…
Words: Zack Stiling; picture: Audi Media Centre
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mercoledì giugno 5th, 2024
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peter thorogood
17 Ottobre 2022, 07:08
I wish to sell my W25 Sports roadster. Please sen me the appropriate form so that I can submit details.
thank you
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thank you
Steve Diggins
09 Ottobre 2022, 22:08
Are you sure that is a six cylinder engine?
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Joop Terpstra
10 Ottobre 2022, 11:57
After seeing the photo I was thinking exactly the same Steve.
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Mike Clark
09 Ottobre 2022, 19:35
Here are pictures of such a car taken at The Circuit des Ardennes in 2011.
Note supercharged 6 cylinder over head valve engine. Not sure whether this is original as a plaque on the firewall says Nouveau Moteur 8.01.2001.
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Note supercharged 6 cylinder over head valve engine. Not sure whether this is original as a plaque on the firewall says Nouveau Moteur 8.01.2001.
Tony K
09 Ottobre 2022, 14:01
In the 30s, Wanderer was part of the "Auto-Union", like Audi, DKW and Horch. In Zwickau, in the former Audi factory, there is a beautiful museum called "Horch Museum" with a fantastic collection of cars, race cars (Silber Pfeilen) and some DKW motorcycles. I can strongly recommend a visit to this fantastic museum!!
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Joop Terpstra
07 Ottobre 2022, 16:32
Michael I envy you that you own one of those few survivors.
In the early 90's I could buy a decent example of the W25K and if I remember correctly the price they asked was 250.000 DM.
Not even in my wildest dreams could I collect that kind of money. Oh well....
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In the early 90's I could buy a decent example of the W25K and if I remember correctly the price they asked was 250.000 DM.
Not even in my wildest dreams could I collect that kind of money. Oh well....
Michael Schlenger
09 Ottobre 2022, 09:46
Just to put that straight, Joop: The image is from my collection of prewar-car photos - not the Wanderer itself...
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Michael Schlenger
07 Ottobre 2022, 09:14
Since Joop mentioned the Wanderer W25K as the more attractive alternative, I've attached a photo from my collection showing this nice roadster.
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Joop Terpstra
09 Ottobre 2022, 19:15
Good Michael that you made that clear. Now we can both dream of such a Wanderer W25K ; -)
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Michael Schlenger
10 Ottobre 2022, 00:03
Indeed, Joop! Luckily, there are so many prewar cars to dream of...
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Joop Terpstra
07 Ottobre 2022, 08:55
If they would have spend a big amount of Reichsmark on a Wanderer I would have made the choice for the beautiful W25K built between 1936 and 1939. A real sportscar but again the engine was the archilles heel and the last few W25K even had a 6 cylinder Opel (!) engine. because the kompressor engine of Wanderer had all kind of problems.... Only 258 were built and is now very sought after. *Photo is lend from the Book Deutsche Autos by Werner Oswald
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Michael Schlenger
07 Ottobre 2022, 01:17
A beautiful shot, yet this Wanderer W52 from 1937/38 was hardly a "splendid luxury model". It was an upper mid-range car, the luxury department in the Auto-Union group was represented by Horch. The W52 wasn't particularly powerful or agile either. Its conventional side-valved engine enabled the same top-speed as the six-cylinder engine of a pretty basic Hanomag "Sturm" or the much smaller six-cylinder of the Fiat 1500 (both featuring over-head valves, by the way). As for the photo situation, this was probably just a publicity shot with a random model.
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The objective of my communication is to ask for help from you regarding the 1937 W52 Cabriolet Wanderer that I have to restore, an all original car with the majority of its parts and I have as a reference one of the same model ready for sale in Germany for 298,000 euros...
Thank you for your attention