a DKW NZ 350, and the remains of two German soldiers, were recovered in Budapest because the Danube river is so low, exposing the WW2 machine (Thanks to Sam Joe!)

the Hungarian Institute and Museum of Military History recovered the machine on 2 August at Batthyány Square, opposite parliament. The motorcycle is almost completely intact, because it was under water and mud since WW2

In this saddle bag were the following artifacts:

 a Bosch W 175 T 1 type sparkplug, oil canister, grease tube, insulation tape, cylinder head and sparkplug sockets, small screwdriver, air pressure gauge, inner tube repair kit, glue and stain material, a chain link, a pair of screwdriver heads, a hammer head, and Y-shaped screws

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1442012087738281&set=pcb.1442014854404671

In recent days, further parts of the original equipment have been found in the dried-up riverbed of the Danube alongside the Wehrmacht motorcycle, including a petrol can, a Y-strap and a bayonet frog.

A Y-strap was a leather harness worn over the shoulders and joined at the front and back with additional straps. It was used to attach equipment to the body, such as bread bags, ammunition pouches or canteens. The name "Y" comes from the shape of the shoulder straps.

The mortal remains of two German soldiers were discovered beneath the motorcycle. Their fully preserved identity discs could, for the first time in more than 80 years, provide information about who they were and what happened to them

In 1932, DKW merged with Audi, Horch and Wanderer to form Auto Union AG.

https://www.facebook.com/hadtorteneti.muzeum/posts/pfbid0b8hu5d4KvoECZ5hEuzSX9AuJMNDJxoTErTQ8Lkbk8XYNbRAEt1oK8WzFxayeKkA1l
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/08/11/striking-images-wehrmacht-motorcycle-from-danube-looks-almost-new

https://honvedelem.hu/hirek/komplett-vilaghaborus-motorkerekpar-kerult-elo-a-dunabol.html

Have I been looking at too much art, or can this be the work of Bernd Rueters?

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5939432006085155&set=g.192440614694620

Led balloon

a higher resolution version can be found online at https://archive.org/details/audi-led-balloon  

For a reason I do not understand, Audi took down the amazing video that they had made

I had no idea this video would pay respects to the Auto Union, Horch, DKW, Wayfarer, etc. I think that is awesome

https://www.motor1.com/news/527502/audi-films-led-balloon/

1956 DKW van, only one restored in America, first time at a car show

a variety of advertising cars

mobile showroom. astonishing

 1899 Woods Electric truck, made by the Woods Motor Vehicle Company of Chicago, Illinois.  It was delivered to the B. Dreher's Sons Company of Cleveland, Ohio on December 31, 1899
Thanks Steve!

all from http://www.autopuzzles.com/

1958 DKW "Universal" Kombiwagen

The buttons under the radio? Commentor IXXI was very nice and shared the following info

The Buttons under the Radio is a Shortwave Band Spreader. The Numbers represent the "Band" in MHz or "Meter". The Band Spreader worked as preselector mostly the User also bought an extra long Antenna (1,25m) with Crank drive height adjustment (Bosch, Kathrein, Hirschmann) for optimal fine tuning. 
Most Shortwave Spreaders allowed to store one station for each Band. Most sought after Spreaders are the Becker Auto Super units with clockwork driven automatic search and storage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortwave_radio#Frequency_allocations 
The "longer" bands where also called "marine bands" as they can pic up signals fom all around the world depending on the weather so even in the US you coud listen to european SW Stations like BBC, RIAS, ERF, RTL, AFN oder Deutschlandfunk. On the other hand mostly not while driving... Still today you can buy new SW Radios with Band Spreader

the paper in the window that describes the car descibe the car as having an optional Marine Band radio, is that what the numbered buttons are? Seems most likely