Company overview
Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau, or IFA, was a German vehicle construction association. It operated in East Germany and included several manufacturers involved in producing bicycles, motorcycles, light commercial vehicles, automobiles, tractors, vans, and heavy trucks. Companies associated with IFA included Barkas, EMW (producing Wartburg cars), IWL, MZ, Multicar, Robur, and Sachsenring (making Trabant cars). Vehicle production began with designs based on pre-war DKW models. The F8 and F9 cars were produced in the former Horch factory in Zwickau. Production of these vehicles ceased in 1956, with the IFA badge removed from cars. Later, F8s became Zwickau P70s and the F9 was transformed into the Wartburg, shifting production to Eisenach.
