DKW-Vemag Candango

The Candango is a Brazilian automobile produced by Vemag under license from the German DKW factory between 1958 and 1963. 5607 units, but some sources say in 7868 or 4400 units were produced unidades.

The name was given in honor of the workers who participated in the construction of Brasília, inaugurated in 1960 , called candangos.

Was derived from the German off roader Munga, which was produced between October 1956 and December 1968. Munga The name was created from the expression in German: "Universal Mehrzweck Geländewagen mit Allradantrieb", which means "universal car use for any terrain four-wheel drive."

The Munga was sold to the German police and the armed forces of several NATO member countries, the Organization of the North Atlantic Treaty, and has been successful in applications related to agriculture and all kinds of activity that requires movement on roads with low quality. The same success was expected in Brazil, but production was ended prematurely Candango mainly due to lack of interest by the military. In total, about 46,750 copies of Munga were produced.

History
In October 1956 started production of the DKW Munga in the Auto Union factory in Ingolstadt, Germany.

In 1957 Munga is officially launched at 38th International Motor Show in Frankfurt.

In 1958 the sedan ( the "Great DKW Vemag " ), the truck (the " turkey DKW " ), derived from the F -94 German, and Jeep Candango, derived from the German Munga jeep, with large domestic content are presented. These models were equipped with the 900 cc engine. From 1959 shall be equipped with 1000 cc engine.

In 1961 the "Great DKW-Vemag" and a "Turkey DKW-Vemag" shall be termed as Belcar and Vemaguet.

In 1963 the production of Candango closed, mainly because the military showed no interest in their acquisition.

In September 1967, Volkswagen of Brazil acquires Vemag promising not to shut down production of its vehicles. In December, however, following a global trend of withdrawing two-stroke engine market, the production line is closed.

In December 1968 closed the production of Munga, after delivery of about 46,750 units.