{{More citations needed|date=February 2018}}{{Infobox automobile | image = DKW Sedan 1938.jpg | caption = DKW F7 saloon | name = DKW F7 Reichsklasse / Meisterklasse | manufacturer = Auto Union AG | production = 1937–1938 | assembly = Germany: Zwickau<br />Austria | predecessor = DKW F5 | successor = DKW F8 | engine = 584 cc & 692 cc <br />two stroke straight-2 | class = Subcompact family car (C) | body_style = 2-door saloon<br />2-door cabriolet saloon<br />2-door coupe cabriolet <br /> coupe utility <br /> van | layout = FF layout | transmission = 3-speed manual | length = {{convert|3985|mm|in||abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|1480|mm|in||abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|1500|mm|in||abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|750|kg|lb||abbr=on}} approx | wheelbase = {{convert|2610|mm|in||abbr=on}} | track = | related = Toyota EA | designer = }}
The '''DKW F7''' is a front-wheel-drive, two-stroke, subcompact family car produced by Auto Union’s DKW division from 1937 to 1938, succeeding their DKW F5 range. In the F7 update, the slightly smaller entry-level 'Reichsklasse' body was dropped – instead all F7s, including the base trim, now got the slightly longer body previously reserved for the 'Meisterklasse' model.
Some 80,000 of these front-wheel drives were sold until the 1939 DKW F8 successor was released.
== The body == The entry level 'Reichsklasse' saloon now shared the hitherto slightly longer body of the 'Meisterklasse' saloon. Otherwise, changes between the F5 and the F7 were mostly at a detail level.
From launch, a 2-door saloon and a 2-door cabriolet saloon, with fixed sides, were offered. In 1938 a full cabriolet 2{{nbh}}door, the 'Front Luxus Cabriolet', was added to the range.
== Engine and running gear == The car has the two cylinder two-stroke engine of its predecessor. The Reichsklasse engine was of 584 cc with an output of {{convert|18|bhp|kW|abbr=on}}. The Meisterklasse’s 692 cc engine had an output of {{convert|20|bhp|kW|abbr=on}}. Respective claimed top speeds were {{convert|80|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} and {{convert|85|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Odin>Odin, L.C. ''World in Motion 1939 – The whole of the year's automobile production''. Belvedere Publishing, 2015. ASIN: B00ZLN91ZG.</ref>
Like all the small DKWs of the 1930s, the F7 had front-wheel drive,<ref name= Odin /> which in its era was still very innovative, but in subsequent decades would become the default drive layout in the majority of cars around the world.
== Commercial == The popular F7 was replaced by the DKW F8 in 1939. By this time, approximately 80,000 F7s had been built.<ref name="conc_1937">{{Cite web |title=1937 DKW F7 - conceptcarz.com |author=Daniel Vaughan |work=conceptcarz.com |date= |access-date=27 November 2020 |url= https://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z17078/dkw-f7.aspx}}</ref>
<gallery widths="200px" heights="150px"> File:DKW Sedan.jpg|DMW F7 saloon File:1937 DKW F7 Reichsklasse pic6.JPG|DKW F7 cabriolet saloon File:DKW Cabriolet.jpg|The DKW F7 Front Luxus Cabriolet, introduced in 1938, shared the 692 cc engine of the Meisterklasse. File:DKW F7-Van.JPG|DKW F7 van </gallery> {{-}}
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