Tag: NSU
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World’s First Wankel: 1965 NSU Spider
Mazda may own the volume rotary engine production story, but NSU put them into production first. So, in a sense, Audi has rotary heritage. We’ve not heard of any plans to bring one back, however. All that said, this is a second-year NSU spider, which has a rear-engine, rear wheel drive layout and makes the…
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Go Electric or Go Original? Semi-Converted NSU Prinz 30
We’ve featured the NSU Prinz 30 before, so we’ve briefly explained that it was a German brand acquired by VW and rolled into Audi in the 60s. These tend to pop up as projects, and today’s feature is no exception. Our last Prinz 30, which was attached to a pallet, makes this “rescued-from-the-hedge-but-complete” example look great!…
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NSU Plus Pallet Equals Major Win!
Here we have an NSU Prinz project with no wheels or tires attached to a wooden pallet. It was previously in a barn fire, so it has street cred. The seller was apparently going to make it into a junior rat rod with a Yanmar diesel engine in place of the original inline two cylinder…
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Would you like a small, German Wankel?
This little car was the first production car powered by a Wankel rotary. Yes, it’s true, NSU was there long before Mazda. Of course, NSU was absorbed into Audi, while Mazda lives on and currently doesn’t sell a Rotary. Which fate is better? I guess we should ask Ducati. This is a project car, as…
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NSU Sport Prinz
Here’s a rare little beast from NSU, one of a few brands bought by Volkswagen and rolled into what we now know as Audi. The ad text below gives plenty of info which we won’t repeat, but suffice it to say this is a cool little Italian-designed sportster. This is likely to be awesomely slow,…