Classic Cars: NSU Ro 80

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This Car is a bit unusual for a number of reasons. The NSU Ro 80 was built from 1967 through 1977 in a single generation and it's coach work would not be out of place for Cars of a more recent vintage. Also uncommon for Cars of the 60's, it has 4 wheel independent suspension with McPherson Struts up front, trailing arms in the rear, rack and pinion steering and front wheel drive. This combination of features only became a standard in the 80's. That's not where the unusual way of thinking ended, it was also equipped with a 3 speed semi automatic transmission that lacked a clutch but retained the familiar H pattern shift gate. To top of the list of unusual items is the Engine, which was a twin rotor Wankel or rotary motor. Unfortunately the engine had a metallurgical issue with it's rotor seals that ruined the companies reputation before they fixed it a year later.

NSU was bought by VW and was merged with Auto Union to form Audi.

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Hola amigo @onnovocks, el carro se ve muy conservado, parece que lo usan un poco, cuidate cariños y besos.

Hola @celinavisaez, creo que es posible este carro fue reparado porque los paneles del cuerpo (capó y nariz) no se alinean como deberían y la puerta del conductor es de un color ligeramente diferente. Abrazos!

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No fui un accidente fuerte, pero sufficiente.

El color de la puerta lo note, lo del capo no, eres bien detallista, cariños y besos.

So, the Audi was once unusual. With arms and racks and I think you wrote that it strutted too.... And to think I might have walked passed that Car, unimpressed by its colour and Wankly bits, thinking it was just another ... well upon closer inspection, indeed, I dunno what... but not a rare NSU, which must stand for Now for Something Unusual. I don't think I'd get the most out of living in Hengelo.

Sir Winston Churchill's Cigar remains elusive, I found this NSU in Boekelo about 5 miles dead south of Hengelo. I like the rewriting of the story; that it was strutting down the street and wankling the rack and pinion with its arms and such. I almost walked past this one myself, except I had never seen one in person before so it was the "what the hell is that" that drew my attention away from a Motorcycle with sidecar.

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