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  NSU Motorenwerke AG
NSU began as a knitting machine manufacturer, established in the town of Neckarsulm in 1884 as the Neckarsulmer Strickmaschinenfabrik (Neckarsulm Knitting Machine Factory).
In the early years of the 20th century, NSU motorcycles appeared, as a natural continuation of the bicycle business.
NSU Type 32, prototypes produced in 1933-34, which eventually became the Volkswagen Beetle after NSU pulled out.
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  NSU Motorenwerke AG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NSU began as a knitting machine manufacturer, established in the town of Neckarsulm in 1884 as the Neckarsulmer Strickmaschinenfabrik (Neckarsulm Knitting Machine Factory).
NSU is primarily remembered today as the first licensee, and one of only three automobile companies, to produce cars for sale with Wankel engines.
The NSU Ro 80 was the second mass-produced two-rotor Wankel-powered vehicle, though it was known for its poor reliability.
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 NSU Prinz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The NSU Prinz was an automobile produced in Germany by the NSU Motorenwerke AG.
Both NSU 1000 and NSU 1000 TT had 4-cylinder aircooled OHC engines and were frequently driven as sports cars, but also as economical family cars as well.
When NSU was acquired by Volkswagen, the name was changed to Audi-NSU AG, and the small, rear-engined NSU models were quickly phased out, as they were far too competitive against Volkswagen's own Beetle.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NSU_Prinz   (338 words)

  
 NSU Motorenwerke AG information - Search.com
NSU Motorenwerke AG (normally just NSU) was a German manufacturer of cars and motorcycles and a predecessor to what is now Audi.
NSU is primarily remembered today as the first licensee, and one of only three automobile companies, to produce cars for sale with Wankel engines.
The NSU Ro 80 was the second mass-produced two-rotor Wankel-powered vehicle, though it was known for its poor reliability.
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 NSU Motorenwerke AG: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
NSU Motorenwerke AG (normally just NSU) was a German[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] manufacturer of cars automobile quick summary:
NSU is primarily remembered today as the first licensee, EHandler: no quick summary.
The nsu ro 80 was a technologically advanced large sedan-type automobile produced by the german firm of nsu motorenwerke agnsu from 1967 until 1977....
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 Audi, AUDI AG, A3, A2, A4, A6, A8, quattro, TT, allroad
Die AUDI AG mit Hauptsitz in Ingolstadt ist ein deutscher Automobilhersteller, der dem Volkswagen-Konzern angehört.
1985 schließlich wurde der Sitz unter der erneuten Namensänderung in "AUDI AG" von Neckarsulm nach Ingolstadt verlegt.
Nach dem Krieg wurde die in der sowjetisch besetzten Zone gelegene Auto Union AG aufgelöst. Der ehemalige Betrieb produzierte als VEB Automobilwerk Zwickau den P70, und wurde 1958 mit den früheren Horch-Werk vereiningt.
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 AUDI AG > Company > 1960-1974   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In September 1967, NSU presented a completely new model in the upper mid-size category, the NSU Ro 80.
The NSU caused a major sensation, but was unable to help the Wankel principle make the breakthrough hoped for.
NSU had been working together with Felix Wankel on a new engine concept since the beginning of the 1950s: instead of a reciprocating piston, a rotor compressed the fuel/air mixture (rotary piston engine).
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 1965 NSU/FIAT Autobianchi Panorama
At that point the name NSU was created, just taking three letters from the name Neckarsulm, the town they were located in.
In 1905, the first NSU cars were built, and some were even used (succesfully) in racing.
The FIAT company "NSU Automobil AG" started building NSU cars again in 1957, at the same time the then called NSU Werke AG did the same with the (then) new Prinz.
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 Heritage: 1966 - 1980 - Audi of South Africa
NSU presents a completely new model in the upper mid-size category, the NSU Ro 80.
A major sensation with its outstanding features of a 115-bhp twin-rotor rotary piston engine and modern body, the Ro 80 is ahead of its time and sets the precedent for body design several years later.
NSU Motorenwerke AG, which had just been taken over by VW and the Ingolstadt-based Auto Union GmbH merge to form Audi NSU Auto Union AG.
www.audi.co.za /vorsprung/heritage/1966.php   (161 words)

  
 NSU Motorenwerke AG
NSU Motorenwerke AG (normally just NSU) was a German manufacturer of cars and motorcycles which was founded in 1873, and was acquired by Volkswagen in 1969.
NSU began as a knitting machine manufacturer in the town of Riedlingen on the Danube in 1873, and moved to Neckarsulm, where the river Sulm flows into the river Neckar, in 1884.
Ironically enough you can still find NSU as a brand name on very mean bicycles which are neither produced to former NSU standards nor have any spirit of the once 1st address for quality and innovation on 2 wheels.
www.allworldauto.com /blogs/2007/06/22/nsu-motorenwerke-ag   (876 words)

  
 NSU Motorenwerke AG: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
NSU Motorenwerke AG (normally just NSU) was a German (A person of German nationality)
NSU is primarily remembered today as the first licensee, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
NSU Ro 80 (The nsu ro 80 was a technologically advanced large sedan-type automobile produced by the german firm of nsu...)
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 NSU, Online Directory only at myEweb.com
NSU offers both graduate and undergraduate programs, and also...
NSU Motorenwerke AG (normally just NSU) was a German manufacturer of cars and motorcycles and a pr...
The NSU Shepard Broad Law Center offers a variety of programs including criminal law programs and health law programs in Florida.
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 NSU-Historische alte Aktien und Wertpapie
Von dieser wurd das Werk in Heilbronn übernommen und in "NSU Motorenwerke AG" umgenannt.
1938 erfolgte eine Umbenennung in "NSU Werke AG".
Besonders bekannte Automobiltypen von NSU wurden die Prinz-Serie und das erste Drehkolben-Auto (Wankelmotor) der Welt, der Ro80.
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 History
Die Firma NSU ist 1873 in Riedlingen an der Donau von den beiden schwäbischen Mechanikern Christian Schmidt und Heinrich Stoll gegründet worden.
Die Wanderer Werke AG in Chemnitz verfügte über ein breit gestreutes Produktionsprogramm, welches über Fahrräder, Motorräder, Büromaschinen und Werkzeugmaschinen bis hin zum Automobil reichte.
Folglich wurde die Automobilbauabteilung der Wanderer Werke AG in die seit 1930 laufenden Überlegungen zur Fusion der sächsischen Automobilhersteller mit einbezogen.
www.auto-union-veteranen-club.de /history.html   (1703 words)

  
 History of the Four Rings - Part 4 - Audi & Auto Union
Daimler-Benz AG, increasingly going at arm's length to a subsidiary that was proving too difficult for comfort, for all its pedigree, decided that the best solution was what turned out to be a spectacular commercial transaction: the sale of Auto Union to Volkswagen.
Ownership of Auto Union GmbH was transferred to VW AG in several stages, from 1964 on.
The establishment of the new company with the name Audi NSU Auto Union AG was backdated to January 1, 1969.
www.seriouswheels.com /art-four-rings-4.htm   (1226 words)

  
 -www.AudiStory.de- Jens' Audi Page: History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
NSU is most widely known for its motorcycles, the Prinz (meaning Prince) and the misfortuned rotary engines, called Wankelmotor.
NSU was a pretty old company, having had success even before WWII.
NSU had also developped a four door sedan without the rotary engine.
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 Audi Creation @ ChannelsAndNetworks.com (Channels and Networks)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In 1969, Audi merged with NSU, based in Neckarsulm near Stuttgart.
In the 1950s NSU had been the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles but had moved on to produce small cars like the NSU Prinz (the TT and TTS versions are still popular as vintage race cars).
In 1967, the new NSU Ro 80 was a space-age car well ahead of its time in technical details such as aerodynamics, light weight, safety, et cetera, but teething problems with the rotary engines put an end to the independence of NSU.
www.channelsandnetworks.com /encyclopedia/Audi   (2905 words)

  
 The History of the Four Rings - GermanCarFans.com
Following the merger, Auto Union AG was the second-largest motor vehicle manufacturer in Germany.
NSU was founded in 1873 in Riedlingen, on the Danube, by the two Swabian mechanics Christian Schmidt and Heinrich Stoll.
The new company bearing the name Audi NSU Auto Union AG, with its head offices in Neckarsulm, was created retrospectively as of January 1.
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 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Weekend   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He wasn’t too successful and in 1919, the company, under the name of Zschopauer Motorenwerke, began making small two-stroke engines, that made DKW a force to reckon with.
However, in March, 1969 the company, NSU Motorenwerke AG by now, merged with Auto Union GmBH to form Audi NSU Auto Union AG, based in Neckarsulm.
NSUs continued to be produced until 1977 after which the company only manufactured Audi cars.
www.telegraphindia.com /1041120/asp/weekend/story_4006625.asp   (1094 words)

  
 CYBERSTEERING - Spot the Car Contest ANSWER
NSU [Neckarsulmer Strickmaschinen Union (Neckarsulm's Knitting machine Union)] started out at the turn of the 19th century in Neckarsulm, a small factory town in southern Germany, producing knitting machines.
In 1964, NSU produced the Wankel Spider: a Sport Prinz convertible powered with the world's first non-reciprocating petrol engine: the revolutionary "Wankel", making it the world's first car with a Rotary Combustion Engine.
A total of 2,375 NSU Wankel Spiders were produced until 1967.
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 BBC - h2g2 - Auto Union Racing Cars
NSU only re-enter this story much later, but Porsche and Wanderer would soon become very important to Audi.
In March 1969, NSU Motorenwerke AG (remember them?), which had just been taken over by VW, and the Ingolstadt-based Auto Union GmbH merged to form Audi NSU Auto Union AG, which had its head office in Neckarsulm.
NSU had built the lowest-ever-drag motorbike (capable of 400km/hour on a 100cc engine) and was once the world's largest motorbike manufacturer.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A839090   (2255 words)

  
 The Audi Neckarsulm plant - From knitting machine factory to leading car manufacturer :: car.kak.net :: your source to ...
In 1946, "NSU Werke AG" rebuilt the factory that had been destroyed during the war and started to build cycles and motorcycles again.
A fully-owned subsidiary of AUDI AG, it was established in 1983.
The significance of this specifically for the Neckarsulm plant is that it became the first premium-segment German plant to submit itself voluntarily for accreditation as part of the EU Eco-Audit and Management Scheme in 1995.
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 NSU: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
NSU Motorenwerke AG (NSU Motorenwerke AG: nsu motorenwerke ag (normally just nsu) was a german manufacturer of cars and motorcyc...
[follow hyperlink for more...]) in 1969 and thus made part of the Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen Group: more facts about this subject), vehicles continued to be produced under the NSU name until 1977.
Northeastern State University (Northeastern State University: northeastern state university (nsu) is located in tahlequah, oklahoma, with branches...
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 AutoWeb - A Year of Celebration for the Audi Brand
This was a very significant event in the company history of AUDI AG, proving to be the rebirth of the Audi brand with the launch of a brand new car.
In the middle of the 1960s the German car manufacturing industry was in a state of upheaval and Auto Union GmbH in Ingolstadt was experiencing a crisis with its DKW two-stroke cars.
In autumn 1964, Volkswagenwerk AG took over the Ingolstadt company, and the work at hand was completed under the supervision of VW.
www.autoweb.com.au /cms/A_105084/newsarticle.html   (670 words)

  
 Marc's NSU Car Pages: General Information
The last car produces by NSU was the Ro 80.
This model was one of the first luxury cars with a wankel engine; this, and several other items, made the car one of the last 26 contenders in the Car Of The Century Celebration.
If you want to know all there is about NSU, you should visit the Deutches Zwei-rad und NSU museum.
www.geocities.com /MotorCity/2529/general.html   (553 words)

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