NSU Model History

Germany · founded 1873

The pioneering German marque that put the Wankel rotary engine into production — maker of the Ro 80 and Prinz — absorbed into Audi in 1969 and retired in 1977.

Models

Prinz

NSU's post-war people's car — a rear-engined, air-cooled minicar that sold over a million units across fifteen years.

Subcompact car · 1958–1973
Typ 110 / 1200

A stretched Prinz 1000 with more interior room, sold as the Typ 110 from 1965 then rebranded the NSU 1200 from 1967.

Compact car · 1965–1972
TT / TTS

The hot-rod Prinz 1000 — a lightweight rear-engine screamer that won 29 national hillclimb and circuit championships.

Compact car · 1967–1972
Wankel Spider

The world's first production car with a Wankel rotary engine — a Bertone-bodied open two-seater, 2,375 built.

Roadster · 1964–1967
Ro 80

The 1968 Car of the Year and NSU's last model — a visionary twin-rotor Wankel executive sedan whose engine troubles ultimately ended the NSU marque.

Executive car · 1967–1977

Other makes