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NSU origin as Mechanische Werkstätte zur Herstellung von Strickmaschinen, 2 a knitting machine manufacturer established in 1873 by Christian Schmidt, a technically astute entrepreneur in the city of Riedlingen on the Danube 3 The company moved in 1880 in Neckarsulm 3 He followed a period of rapid growth and in 1886, the company began producing bicycles the first of them a high roller or brand Penny-farthing as Germania 4 in 1892, bicycle manufacturing had completely replaced the production of knitting machine was at this time, the name NSU appeared as a brand.
The first NSU motorcycle appeared in 1901, followed by the first 5 NSU car in 1905.
In 1932, under pressure from their bank Dresdner Bank, NSU has acknowledged the failure of their attempt to enter the automobile production volume, and car plant recently built in Heilbronn was sold to Fiat 6 who used the factory for assembling Fiat models for the German market Since 1957, the NSU-Fiat cars took the name of the Neckar brand.
During World War NSU produced the Kettenkrad NSU HK101, a half-track motorcycle with the engine of the Opel Olympia They also made 251 motorcycle OSL wartime 7.
In December 1946, Das Auto has reported that the company had resumed the manufacture of bicycles and mopeds in Neckarsulm 8 For Germany, this was a time of new beginnings in July 1946 a new board was appointed, headed by General Director Walter Egon Niegtsch, who earlier in his career had spent 17 years at Opel 8.
NSU motorcycle production restarted in a completely destroyed factory with pre-war designs like the Quick, OSL Konsul and motorcycles; Moreover, the HK101 continued to be sold by NSU as an all-terrain vehicle in a civilian version of the first post-war model was the NSU Fox in 1949, available in versions 2-stroke and 4-stroke in 1953 the NSU Max followed, a 250 cc motorcycle with a unique head with rods camdrive All these new models has an innovative monocoque frame in pressed steel and a central rear suspension unit Albert Roder chief engineer behind the success story , allowed that in 1955 NSU became the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world NSU also holds four world records for speed 1951, 1953, 1954 and 1955 in August 1956, Wilhelm Herz at the Bonneville Salt Flats Utah became the first man driving a motorcycle faster than 200 mph 322 km h.
In 1957, NSU re-entry into the automotive market with the new Prinz Prince, a small car with a doubled NSU Max engine, a two-cylinder engine air cooled 600 cc 37 cu in 20 hp to 15 kW output motorcycle continued until 1968 last motorcycle production NSU was the 50 September 10 fast.
In 1964 NSU offered first Wankel engine car world Wankelspider in project development, NSU built the Prinz Sport with a 129 hp 96 kilowatts DC 995 60 7 2-cubic-inch rotor 11 In the same year 1000 and Prinz its derivatives such as TT and TT S followed TYP called 1200SC 110 was launched in 1965 as a family car later with a more spacious body design the last NSU cars with conventional four-stroke engine was air-cooled OHC four-cylinder common car has been marketed in the UK as NSU TYP 110 and Karobes a major supplier of car accessories, provided a headrest specially for this new car which can be mounted without screws, and can be adjusted 12 back and forth.
In 1967, NSU four Ro 80 doors with 115 hp 86 kilowatts version of the 2-rotor 11 was presented to the public a weight of 1200 kg 2,600 lb, there was a C to 0 36, independent suspension, disc brakes and FWD by Fichtel Sachs Saxomatic three-speed transmission 11 is quickly won several design awards such as the car of the year 1967, when the drivers enjoyed 11 performances almost all the world's major automakers NSU bought licenses to develop and produce the motor rotation, with the notable exception of BMW 13.
Despite his success with the public, sales of the Ro 80 was disappointing Transmission drew complaints and the engine has undergone many failures, even at low mileage 11 competing automakers except Mazda chosen to take an advance in the development and marketing of the Wankel technology, and expected income associated with these royalty agreements failed to materialize.
The development of the rotary engine was very expensive for small business problems with the joints of the top rotor of the motor significantly damaged the reputation of the brand among consumers in 1969, the company was taken over by Volkswagenwerk AG, which merged NSU with Auto Union brand the owners of Audi, Volkswagen had acquired five years before the new company was named Audi NSU Auto Union AG and represented the effective end of the NSU brand with all future production to bring the Audi badge well retaining the four circles of the Union Auto lock the management of the new combine harvester was first based at the Neckarsulm plant, but when small rear engine models NSU Prinz 4, 1000, 1200 were eliminated in 1973 Ro 80 was the last car still wearing the badge NSU production Audi ever made use of the NSU brand again after April 1977, lor sk last Ro 80 was sold 11 in 1985, the name of the company was reduced to Audi AG and management returned to Aud i s headquarters in Ingolstadt.
Even as the production of Ro 80 continued in the Neckarsulm plant, the production of larger models like Audi 100 and 200 started the Porsche 924 and later Porsche 944 were also assembled in Neckarsulm These models have common projects risk of Porsche and VW, Porsche but did not have the internal capacity to build the 924 and 944 currently Neckarsulm production plant for topline Audi A6 vehicles such as A8 and R8 It is also the home of Aluminium- und Leichtbauzentrum where the bodies of space frame is aluminum Audi are designed and engineered.
NSU is best known today as the first owner and one of the three automakers to produce cars for sale with rotary Wankel NSU engines invented the principle of the modern Wankel engine with an inner rotor The NSU Ro 80 was the second in two mass-produced vehicle rotor Wankel-powered Mazda Cosmo after in 1967, NSU and Citroën have created a joint venture, increased locomotor build engines for Citroen and other automakers Norton made motorcycles using motors Mazda Wankel only continued to develop the Wankel engine and made several other cars with NSU Wankel engine developed their latest car in a conventional arrangement recognized, front wheel drive front engine, water-cooled -This was the NSU K70, Volkswagen has adopted their new car Volkswagen K70, transmission was used in the citation golf cars need the VW Golf GT engine I, etc. All used the same USN, probably used in modern form in later models citation needed.
In the early 1970s, NSU made a small vertical crankshaft engine to be used as a power supply unit of the lawnmower 14.
A museum in Neckarsulm, Deutsches Zweirad- und NSU-Museum has many NSU products on display.
The first bike Neckarsulmer Motorrad was produced in 1901, using a Swiss 1 3 4 hp Zedel AIV drum motor of the automatic inlet valve to the ignition of the coil of the battery, fixed to the underside of a frame heavy bicycle manufacturing NSU, with the housing slightly below and in front of the pedal crank specialized racing motorcycles have been 1905 campaign events in Europe, the United Kingdom and United States in 1907, the British director Martin Geiger is mounted in a NSU inaugural Isle of Man TT, fifth place 22 NSU had several successes in Man TT races on the island in the 1950s in 1908, a V-twin NSU attended the races the recording speed of Ormond-Daytona beach for cars and motorcycles, ridden by Eugene Gaestral, who returned with an improved machine next year.
During the 1930s and mid-1950s, NSU was the largest producer of motorcycles in the world, in its record year in 1955 producing 350,000 machine 23 NSU holds four world records for speed 1951, 1953, 1954 and 1955 In 1956, NSU has a team of six motorcycles of different displacements in Bonneville, Utah, to set the World Land speed records They had success in all categories, including raised the speed record absolute motorcycle 211 mph Wilhelm Herz driving the DelphinIII, a motorcycle fully rationalized with a supercharged 500cc Rennsport-cylinder DOHC 24 This machine is still at Audi Museum in Stuttgart, Germany.
NSU was soon the most popular moped his citation of time It was produced between 1953 and 1966 to over 1,000,000 examples and still stands today worldwide over 60 were exported.
Bicycle production started in 1900 and continued in the early 1960s 25.
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