known as the Safari Rally ) in the hands of Eric Cecil and Tony Vickers. The DKW 3=6 was driven in motorsport, by many notable drivers including Jim Clark, Tony Brooks, Sarel van der Merwe and Juan Manuel Fangio (1965 Interlagos, Brazil). In South Africa, in particular, sales were bolstered by the motorsport successes of Sarel van der Merwe Snr (father of Sarel van der Merwe), Coenraad Spamer and Tom Campher. In 1957 alone, the list of South African motorsport events won by the DKW 3=6 was sizeable - including the 1957 Protea Trial, 1957 Lourenco Marques Rally and the 1957 Vaal Gold Cup Rally. The DKW Monza (based on the DKW 3=6), set five world records in 1956 in the displacement class up to 1.1 litres with an average speed of almost 140 km/h (86.9 mph). 4,000 miles with an average speed of 140.839 km/h (87.513 mph) 48 hours with an average speed of 140.961 km/h (87.589 mph) 5,000 miles with an average speed of 138.656 km/h (86.157 mph) 10,000 miles with an average speed of 139.453 km/h (86.652 mph) 72 hours with an average speed of 139.459 km/h (86.656 mph) The DKW 3=6 also enjoyed several famous owners, like the celebrated aviator Elly Beinhorn (who named her 3=6 "Alwine VII"), German boxing legend Max Schmeling (twice heavyweight World Champion) and film star Anita Ekberg (star of La Dolce Vita (1960)). In recognition of the model's significance, Audi Tradition maintain a 1954 DKW 3=6 Sonderklasse in their fleet, and this is occasionally brought out on historical motoring events. Many names DKW was one of four companies that had come together in 1932 to form the Auto Union based in Zwickau. The company was effectively refounded in West Germany in 1949, following the loss to the Soviets of its Zwickau assets. Three of the four businesses that had constituted Auto Union before the war seemed unlikely ever to reappear on either side of the Iron Curtain, but starting in 1949 the DKW name was used for the F89 assembled by Auto Union in the west: this was the model replaced by the 3=6. The name ‘Sonderklasse’ differentiated the car from the previous model which had been known as the ‘Meisterklasse’. Both names had also been used for commercially successful DKWs in the 1930s. Sonderklasse is a German verbal concatenation that does not translate comfortably into English: it is based on