The First Roll Over Crash Tests Were 80 Years Ago
In 1938, Auto Union AG became one of the first manufacturers in the automotive industry to conduct systematic rollover and crash tests. The first rollover tests took place on August 31 and Octo-ber 29, 1938, in Golm, a district of Potsdam. Various DKW models with sheet metal, wood and plastic bodies served as test vehicles.
The aim was to study the various kinds of behavior of these bodies during a rollover. The tests even included ramming experi-ments on the premises of the Central Testing Unit (ZVA) of the Auto Union in Chemnitz, with models from the competition also participating.
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