The name comes from the German region of the Rhineland. In total 5575 of them were made. The engine, taken from Model B, was a four-cylinder, four-stroke 3285 cc giving 50 hp (37 kW) at 2800 rpm.
This was the last model by Ford of Germany offering the big four-cylinder engine. After 1936, there was only the small Ford Eifel and the big Ford V8.