Sachsenring P240

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
Overview
ManufacturerVEB Kraftfahrzeugwerk Horch Zwickau
Also calledHorch P240
Production1956-1959
Body and chassis
ClassLuxury car
Body style4-door saloon
4-door cabrio
5-door estate
LayoutFR layout
RelatedKuva P240
Powertrain
Engine2407 cc Horch 6
Dimensions
Length4,73M
Width1,72M
Height1,60M
Chronology
PredecessorHorch 830
SuccessorAudi 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
  1. 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.
  2. M, Jára (17 August 2009). "Tatra 603 – historie, vývoj, technika, sport". jarmik.pise.cz. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
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