Audi Truck-
Louis-Alain Richard
laraa at sympatico.ca
Thu May 28 07:41:03 PDT 2009
Yes the Iltis was indeed built by Bombardier (of Ski-Doo snowmobile fame)
for the Canadian Army. We see them once in a while. There is even one
painted orange with flowers that comes to see one of my neighbours each
summer. Cool little 4x4, but was it the real ancestor of the Q7 ? I don't
know yet. The Munga is closer to Audi than the Iltis, in my view.
The 200/5000 Avant is probably the real first AWD people-mover from Audi,
but I used it for the A8 ancestor already, albeit in sedan form. A the Typ
43 hatchback, a 1930's Horch or a even an hypothetical big luxury sedan from
Wanderer could also fill the bill.
Keep'em coming !
Louis-Alain
-----Message d'origine-----
Pantelis,
I presume you're thinking of the Morris Traveler. I'm fairly familiar
with them as my mom used to drive one....long before I came along
though. They had no relation to the DKW that I know of. They are from
the same period of time and do share some styling cues though.
The Iltis was a military vehicle that got its start with the Munga so it
would be the younger of the two. Louis-Alain is probably more familiar
with them than most of us as the Canadian military used them for many
years after the Germans stopped. Production (and, I believe naming)
moved from Volkswagen to Bombardier.
~Mark
Pantelis Giamarellos wrote:
> Mark Hi,
>
> The "woody" wagon looks extremely similar to a vehicle that was made in
the
> UK at around the same time.
> We all know that the German automobile heavy industry was kickstarted
> adopting a few things from the British right after the war. So is there
any
> chance that this "woody" is the same as the UK one but made in Germany?
(I
> think it was a Morris)
>
> But I think it is a two wheel drive.
>
> On the other hand the iltis is a four wheel drive but it is an open top
> (even with a fabric hood/roof) and only carried four persons......
>
> Take care
> Pantelis
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
On
> Behalf Of Mark J. Besso
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 12:05 AM
> To: Louis-Alain Richard
> Cc: urq at audifans.com; 'Audilist'
> Subject: Re: Audi Truck-
>
>
> Audi's own DKW van in display at Museum Mobile:
> http://5000tq.com/audifanspics/Ingolstadt/DSCN3031
>
> What about the DKW Meisterklasse "woody" wagon:
>
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/DKW_F89_Universal_Meister
> klasse_Heck_1951.jpg
>
>
> (I hope the links survive the reply)
>
> ~MB
>
>
>
> Louis-Alain Richard wrote:
>
>> LOL !
>>
>> The DKW Van is amusing ? No, better, hilarious ! I even find it a
>> similarity with the Q7, that inflated fish look...
>>
>> For now, it's my favourite shape-wise. The Q7 is a people mover before
>> beign a 4x4 SUV, no ?
>>
>> Louis-Alain
>>
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>>
>> This is pretty amusing-
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKW_van
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKW_Munga
>> http://cgi.ebay.de/DKW-Auto-Union-F91-4-Munga-Bj-1967_W0QQitemZ2803481
>> 86770Q
>>
>>
>
QcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobile?hash=item41460dd892&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkpa
>
>
rms=72%3A1229%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7
>
>> C294%3A50
>> Take it home!
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