Germany · founded 1948

IFA Model History

East Germany's state vehicle conglomerate (1948–1991) — the IFA badge covered postwar DKW-derived compacts and a quarter-million medium-duty trucks before reunification ended production.

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F8
IFA's first passenger car — a two-cylinder, two-stroke compact directly descended from prewar DKW designs, built at Zwickau from 1948 to 1956.
Compact car · 1948–1956
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F9
IFA's three-cylinder compact — a more modern sibling to the F8, using a prewar DKW prototype body and 910 cc engine; its underpinnings went on to underpin the Wartburg 311.
Compact car · 1950–1956
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W 50
East Germany's most prolific truck — nearly 572,000 built at Ludwigsfelde between 1965 and 1990 in over sixty factory variants.
Medium-duty truck · 1965–1990
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L 60
IFA's final truck — a modern forward-control successor to the W 50, with a six-cylinder diesel and Volvo-inspired cab, built only from 1987 until reunification ended production in 1990.
Medium-duty truck · 1987–1990
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F8

F9

W 50

L 60