4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1960–68
NAMED MODELMilitary · The NetherlandsGermany

Munga, Royal Netherlands Army.

About 2,000 Mungas went to the Royal Netherlands Army; many were sold on to Britain in the late 1970s.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEMunga (F91, 1956–68)BUILT BYAuto Union, IngolstadtIN SERVICE1960–68OPERATED INNetherlands, United Kingdom, The NetherlandsPRODUCTIONAbout 2,000LAYOUT4 wheels · 79″

The record

The Dutch cars are the reason the Munga is better known in Britain than its German-only sales would suggest — they arrived second-hand and cheap just as the vehicle was becoming collectable.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1960s
ENGINE896 cc and 981 cc two-stroke three-cylinderDKW 896 cc two-stroke three · DKW 981 cc two-stroke three
PRODUCTION RUNAbout 2,000
COUNTRY OF ORIGINGermany
OPERATED INNetherlands, United Kingdom, The Netherlands
STATUSout of service
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEMunga
FAMILYMunga
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE79″
BODY STYLEsoft
CATEGORYMilitary · The Netherlands

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • Gelboliv

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

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Sources

  1. 1DKW Munga ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched