 wanderer was a german manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles, vans and other machinery. established as winklhofer & jaenicke in 1896 by johann baptist winklhofer und richard adolf jaenicke, the company used the wanderer brand name from 1911, making civilian automobiles until 1941 and military vehicles until 1945. ==history== left|thumb|wanderer w 23 cabriolet 1938 right|thumb|wanderer w 24 1937 right|thumb|wanderer w 24 limousine 1939 right|thumb|wanderer w25k (1936â1938) thumb|wanderer w51s winklhofer & jaenicke, the business that became eventually known for its wanderer cars, was established in 1896 in chemnitz. they built motorcycles from 1902 and automobiles from 1903. the wanderer brand was chosen in 1911 for overseas exports and was soon adopted for domestic sales. the first two- or three-seater models used four-cylinder 1145 cc and 1220 cc engines. the 1220 cc model lasted until 1925. the first six-cylinder model appeared in 1928. by 1926, when wanderer introduced a successful typ 10, the company was making 25 vehicles a day; parts were made at the old plant in chemnitz and assembled at the 1927 built new site in siegmar, delivered by rail right to the assembly line. motorcycle production continued in chemnitz alone. during the great depression, in 1929, the company owner, dresdner bank, sold the motorcycle business to frantiÅ¡ek janeÄek, and in 1932 divested the rest of wanderer. the car division with its siegmar factory became part of auto union together with horch, audi and dkw. in this quartet, horch was positioned as the luxury brand, dkw built cheap two-stroke cars, audi and wanderer competed in different segments of mid-priced, technologically advanced small cars (heaviest, 6-cylinder wanderers reached 1.5 tons dry weight). wanderers of nazi period acquired a trademark radiator design, shaped as a heraldic shield. the next model w17 7/35 ps was propelled by a new 1692 cc ohv four-cylinder engine developed by ferdinand porsche. in 1933 the new audi front was equipped with the wanderer w22 engine, a 1950 cc ohv six-cylinder, also a construction of f.&nbsp;porsche. the top model from 1936 to 1939 was w50, propelled by a 2257 cc six-cylinder engine. from 1937 on there were also sporting f
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