The IFA W 50 is a medium-duty truck built by the East German IFA conglomerate at their Ludwigsfelde plant from 1965 until 1990. A total of about 572,000 were built in Ludwigsfelde, with an unknown additional number of special-use vehicles assembled at other plants. It was meant to be succeeded by the IFA L 60 but outlived it by several months. IFA ended all truck production on 17 December 1990, following the reunification of Germany.
IFA W 50 L
W 50 trucks from IWL on a quayside at Rostock in March 1982, being loaded onto a ship for export.
W 50 in Treuhand service, Berlin, 1991
W 50 LA/Z (four-wheel-drive with balloon tires)
Industriewerke Ludwigsfelde
Industriewerke Ludwigsfelde is an automotive factory in Ludwigsfelde in Brandenburg, just south of Berlin in Germany. The factory is part of Daimler AG and since 1991 it has made Mercedes-Benz vans. It is also the producer of the Multicar line of automobiles.
Daimler-Benz DB 603 engine, partly sectioned to show internal working.
Pirna 014 jet engine at the Spring Leipzig Trade Fair in March 1958
Multicar M21 being used in the rebuilding of Leninplatz, Dresden in about 1966, photographed by Richard Peter.
A complete sequence of IWL motor scooter models in historical order. From left to right: Pitty, SR 56 Wiesel, SR 59 Berlin and TR 150 Troll 1.