The Smallest German 6 Cylinder Car
The automotive expositions in Amsterdam and Copenhagen of winter 1928 witnessed the premiere of the latest NSU model, the 6/30 hp. The smallest German six-cylinder car drew 30 hp of power from its nearly 1,600 ccm displacement. A large variety of body designs, from the chassis to the four-seat convertible, were available at prices ranging from 5,500 to 7,000 Reichsmarks.
Despite the advance praise, sales of the small 6-cylinder engined car were sluggish, due to growing pains with the engine. Not even 1,000 6/30 models were manufactured before production was discontinued in favor of the successor model, the 7/34.
Jörgen Skafte Rasmussen, founder of the Zschopauer Motorenwerke, had been toying with the idea of manufacturing cars since the First World War. But first Zschopau concentrated on motorcycle construction – with great success. The first DKW two-cylinder motorcycle made a comparatively powerful two-stroke engine available whose water-cooled version (500 ccm, 15 hp) drove the first DKW car. Rudolf Slaby, head of the DKW plant in Berlin, developed this conventional rear-wheel drive model.
The overall body was unitary in wood and covered by colored artificial leather. The DKW car made its debut under the designation “P 15” at the spring trade fair in Leipzig in March 1928, and quickly found an enthusiastic clientèle. First DKW car 90 years.
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