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Horch 583
Car : Horch 583
Year : 1938
Engine : 8 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke :87×104 mm
Cylinder capacity : 4944 cc
Gears : 5 forward
Brake horse power : 105
Maximum speed : 84 mph
Wheelbase : 11 ft 6 ins (3.50 m) or 12 ft 3½ ins (3.74)
Suspension : front: independent suspension with transverse leaf- springs and
wishbones ; rear : axle with semi-elliptic leaf- springs and hydraulic
shock-absorbers

August Horch was just 30 years old and had small financial means when in 1899 he founded the firm that bore his name, setting its factory up in a Cologne stable. Horch concentrated on light vehicles with motocycle style transmissions and advanced mechanical solutions. In 1902 he moved to Reichenbach in Saxony and in 1903 to Zwichau. The first 4-cylinder was a great success.
However, after internal disagreements August Horch left the company in 1909 to found Audi. Despite Horch’s absence the firm continued to make a name for itself through the refinement of its products. After the war Paul Daimler , who had left Daimler became the technical director. Daimler, supported by the advice of Professor Schlesinger, gave Horch an even more distinctive approach by centering its production on multi-cylinders. There were not many variants of the 853 which was built between1936 and 1939. The engine had an overhead camshaft, pressure lubrication, a 12-volt electrical system, coil ignition and a 5-sped transmission (fourth being direct drive and fifth being over-drive). There was a choice of disc or wire wheels and it had four wheel hydraulic brakes.