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The Horch P240 or Sachsenring P240 was a luxury car built by the VEB Kraftfahrzeugwerk Horch Zwickau in East Germany between 1955 and 1959. The early preproduction models can be identified by the grill, which is divided in two and has vertical bars.
| Sachsenring P240 | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | VEB Kraftfahrzeugwerk Horch Zwickau |
| Also called | Horch P240 |
| Production | 1956-1959 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Luxury car |
| Body style | 4-door saloon 4-door cabrio 5-door estate |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 2407 cc Horch 6 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 4,736 mm (186.5 in) |
| Width | 1,780 mm (70.1 in) |
| Height | 1,600 mm (63.0 in) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Horch 830 |
| Successor | Audi 100[1] |
Despite a provision issued by the Comecon limiting production of luxurious cars in Czechoslovakia to no more than 300 per year, Tatra was manufacturing more units than the limit. This became an issue in 1957 and 1958, especially considering East Germany was producing the Sachsenring P240 as its own luxurious car. The Comecon decided that the two countries must reach a deal to decide which country would continue production to supply the other with luxurious passenger vehicles. In 1958 the Ministries of Interior of both countries took part in trials, which the East German Minister of Machinery personally attended. The Tatra 603 won, and subsequently East Germany's higher communist officials began to drive the T603, while lower officials had to drive imports from the USSR[2] (especially Volga).
Saloon
Estate
Cabriolet
Sachsenring P240
Sachsenring P240 Saloon (side view)
Sachsenring P 240 Repräsentant (1969)
References
- Horch was part of the Auto Union, which was in the mid-60s. was renamed to Audi. The next car of the same type and class after the P240 is the Audi 100.
- M, Jára (17 August 2009). "Tatra 603 – historie, vývoj, technika, sport". jarmik.pise.cz. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
External links
- UK-based official Wartburg, Trabant and IFA owners' club
- Photograph of a P240 sedan in the August Horch Museum in Zwickau
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[de] Sachsenring P 240
Der Horch P 240 „Sachsenring“ war ein repräsentativer Oberklasse-Pkw mit Sechszylindermotor, der vom VEB Horch Kraftfahrzeug- und Motorenwerke Zwickau von 1956 bis 1959 hergestellt wurde. Das Fahrzeug wurde zunächst als Horch P 240 vorgestellt und trug dann die Bezeichnung Horch P 240 „Sachsenring“. Nach Umfirmierung in die VEB Sachsenring Kraftfahrzeug- und Motorenwerke Zwickau im Februar 1957 hieß das Modell Sachsenring P 240.- [en] Sachsenring P240
[fr] Horch Sachsenring P240
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