Stoewer V5 is a small car manufactured by Stoewer automotive company between 1931 and 1932. It has front-wheel drive with 1.2-litre four-cylinder engine and is available in saloon and roadster versions. This, together with the DKW F1, were Germany's first mass-produced front-wheel drive cars. The V5 was a departure for the Stoewer company, which had been focussed on larger, more luxurious automobiles heretofore, typically built to order. As the light, front-wheel drive V5 was deemed unsuitable for requisition by the German armed forces, the company's Nazi-controlled supervisory board demanded that Stoewer stop manufacturing this model. The Stoewer brothers were absolutely opposed to this idea, their aspiration being to manufacture modern cars for civilian use, and as a result both Emil and Bernhard Stoewer were forced out of their own company by 1934.