The car was powered by a four-cylinder four-stroke engine of 1767 cc driving the rear wheels via a four-speed gear box.

Claimed maximum power output of four cylinder Flathead engine[1] was 42 PS (31 kW; 41 hp) achieved at 3,400 rpm.

At the back it employed a swing axle arrangement copied from the popular small cars produced by sister brand DKW of Auto Union.

At a time when some of the manufacturer's larger models featured a twelve-volt electrical system, the W24 still made do with a six-volt arrangement.

By 1940 when the increasing intensity of the war enforced an end to passenger car production, approximately 23,000 Wanderer W24s had been produced.