In the wake of the gloomy post-war years, the people in the fifties came to love the beaming radiance of the vehicle’s colourful paintwork. This is why DKW shipped scores of their speed vans with a sky blue design. From 1955 to 1962, the transporter van was built with a three cylinder 896 cc engine delivering 32 HP. The DKW speed van 3=6 was firstly conceived as a box van, thereby creating a bridge to the years of postwar reconstruction. The DKW van was a versatile vehicle for the first transport tasks in local delivery and distribution traffic. The prototype was designated “3=6” because, according to a quite daring advertising copy from Auto Union at the time, its engine provided “three power pulses per crankshaft rotation, just like a four-stroke six cylinder engine”. The contemporary transporter sprouted roots in WIKING’s product range early, which is evident in the fact that the distinctive speed van was available as an unglazed WIKING model from 1953 to 1960.

Body sky blue, interior brown. Chassis and steering wheel black. Door handles, ornamental strips and front DKW rings painted silver. DKW lettering 3=6 imprinted silver. Window frames in black. Door handles and ornamental strips in silver. Tail lights imprinted red.