Kommandeurwagen
Tamiya

The Steyr 1500 A was quite popular. It was propelled by a Steyr V8 engine with a size of 3.5 litres and a power output of 85 HP and it had all-wheel drive. The Steyr 1500 A/01 with internal spare wheel was manufactured from September 1941 to around August 1942.
The large clearance of 27.5 cm, the wading depth of 70 cm and the air-cooling made the Steyr 1500 A an ideal cross-country vehicle. Around August 1942, the superstructure was changed. The spare wheel was moved outside of the car body. This model was manufactured until March 1944. Steyr made 12,450 vehicles of the Steyr 1500 A from September 1941 to March 1944.
The roomy but simply constructed car body was perfectly suitable for the usage as personnel carrier. The relatively large payload of 1675 kg in proportion to the dead-weight of 2500 kg was favourable, too. For comparison, the s. gl. Einheits-Pkw had a dead-weight of 3200 - 3300 kg in relation to a payload of 1000 - 1100 kg. The rear fenders were omitted around mid 1943.
Late in 1943, the chassis was strengthened by adding additional leaf springs to the rear axle. Production was stopped by heavy bombing raids in March 1944. Not before August 1944 production was continued now under the designation Steyr 2000 A. Until February 1945, 6,400 examples of the Steyr 2000 A were made. In addition, about 5,600 exemplars of the Steyr types 1500 A and 2000 A were made by Wanderer.