Wanderer · 1937–1940
Wanderer W24
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 (31 kW; 41 hp) 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 versions 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.
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Predecessor: Wanderer W21
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Specifications
- name
- Wanderer W24
- Manufacturer
- Auto Union
- Production
- 1937 – 1940
- Assembly
- Siegmar, Germany
- Length
- 4300 mm
- Width
- 1615 mm
- Height
- 1650 mm
- Wheelbase
- 2600 -
- sp
- uk
- Transmission
- 4-speed manual with floor-mounted shift
- Engine
- 1767 cc four-stroke inline-four
- Top speed
- 105 km/h
Specification summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Measured facts from Wikidata (CC0). Check the linked sources for citations.
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2548016CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderer_W24CC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1371116015 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wanderer_W24_1939.jpgCC BY-SA 3.0 · Photo: Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.