Friedenfelser Berg-Classic 2015 NSU Prinz 1000 TT
The first post-war car NSU Prinz I was launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1957 accompanied by the slogan Fahre Prinz und Du bist König, Prince walk and you are a king 4 After a pilot test of 150 pre-production cars , volume production started in March 1958 5.
The Prinz I was available in sedan 2-door 6 with an upright roofline and seating for four people The doors open wide enough to allow reasonable access even to the rear seats, although the leg was severely limited if the attempt reflect four full-size adults 2 in addition to a luggage compartment accessed through a hatch at the front of the car and shared with the wheel load and spare fuel, there was a narrow width space but deep behind the rear seat sufficient to accommodate a vacation suitcase 2.
The noisy pairwise cylinders 600 cc 20 PS 15 kW; 20 hp engine is located at the back where he drove the rear wheels, first by a box crash speeds newer versions won a four all-synchromesh gearbox speeds Contemporaries were impressed by the brevity of maintenance schedule, with the engine, gearbox and final drive functioning as a single room and all lubricated by means of oil, added through a filling agent in the lid of the rocker box 2 There were only two grease requiring attention, positioned on the pivot steering coupling 2, the engine was also commended in contemporary reports for its fuel economy and durability 2 Although noisy, the engine provides impressive flexibility, recalling the highlights of NSU as a motorcycle manufacturer 2.
The Prinz II a deluxe version 7 was released in 1959 with a better finish and all gearbox synchronizer 8 A 30E export version was equipped with a 9 October 1960 was launched 8 Prinz III engine 30 hp with a new stabilizer bar and 30 hp motor 8.
NSU has received government approval to build the Prinz in Brazil in the 1950s, but nothing came of the project 10.
Sport Prinz was a variant coupe 2 seats 11 It was designed by Franco Scaglione at Bertone studios in Turin 20831 were manufactured between 1958 and 1968. 11 The first 250 bodies were built by Bertone in Turin The others were built in Neckarsulm in a company called Drautz which was later bought by NSU.
Sport Prinz originally was powered by the 583 cc 35 6 cu in Prinz 50 cylinder in-line 2, but a maximum speed of 160 km h 99 mph nevertheless been claimed at the end of 1962, a 598 cc 36 5 cu in engine 11 was fitted.
One of the revelations of the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1961 14 15 Prinz 4 replaced the original Prinz His new body closely resembled the Chevrolet Corvair then in fashion, but of course was much smaller as the Prinz of originally, it was powered by a two air-cooled engine cylinder at the rear Prinz 4 was much improved and continues to be a well designed vehicle, like its predecessors the motor carried by the shaft tradition cam driven by the eccentric pin inherited NSU motorcycle engines and interestingly had a combined starter Dynastart generator integrated in the crankcase later four-cylinder engines adopted the pre-engaged starter motor more separate conventional and a alternator.
In 1968, Britain Road Autocar tested Super Prinz They tested a Prinz 4 in 1962, and commenting on how the car had changed in the six years since joked some of their road testers seem have gained more weight than the light Prinz commendably in this period of 12 the test car has a top speed of 113 km h 70 mph and accelerated to 97 km h 60 mph in 7 seconds 35 12 the home grown Mini 850 reaches 97 h 60 000 km to 29 5 seconds a recent test equivalent and also managed to beat the top speed of the NSU, only about 3 12 to that time, the UK car market was heavily protected by tariffs and the recommended retail price Prinz British manufacturer was 597, which was more than could be below the citation of the necessary costs 561 requested 850 cc Mini, but certainly not completely out of touch Ave. It ec 12 testers concluded their report that the car was at a competitive price in its class and adequately performed 12 They felt, carefully, he offered no m ore than the rest, but the have something important missing.
The NSU Prinz evolved into the somewhat larger handicap NSU Prinz 1000 Typ 67a, presented at the Frankfurt Show 1963 16 17 At NSU sports 1000 TT with an engine 1 of 1 liter also appeared, which was then developed in the NSU 1200 TT NSU TTS 18 and 19 models all had the same body with OHC inline-four engine air cooled and were often hunted like sports cars but also cars of the economic family and the engines have been very lively and very reliable Coupled with the low total weight, excellent handling and cornering, both NSU 1000 and most under NSU voltage over 1200 TT TTS outperformed many sportscars Prinz 1000 lost Prinz part of the name in January 1967, becoming the only NSU 1000 or 1000 C depending on the equipment it has 40 PS DIN 29 kilowatts, while the 1200 TT 65 PS DIN 48 kilowatts and most powerful TTS version 70 PS 51 kilowatts DIN from only one liter 13 1 000 has the re çu large oval headlights, while the more sporty TT versions have dual headlights mounted within the same frame The first TT 1000 55 PS 40 kilowatts DIN and uses the engine first introduced into the NSU Typ 110 greater.
The NSU Prinz 1000 TT was built in 14,292 examples between 1965 and 1967, when it was replaced by the larger twin-engined TT This, with a 1 Engine 2 liters, was built until July 1972 a total of 49.327 examples the TT can be recognized by its wide black strip between the headlights TTS was built specifically for the competition, the success in the two hill climbs and circuit races It has an oil cooler mounted in front and was built in 2402 examples of February 1967 to July 1971, was briefly called the Prinz 1000 TTS when first introduced there was also a TTS competition model available for sale, with 83 PS 61 kilowatts 16 production type 67a NSU 1000 stopped in December 1972.
In 1965, added an even larger model, first called Typ 110 and 1967 NSU 1200 It offered more space, so it was a better family car, but was not as sporty as the smaller models therefore, the NSU 1200TT used the 1200 cc engine 1200 in the smaller body USN 1000.
When NSU was acquired by Volkswagen in 1969, it was merged with Auto Union AG Auto Union had already been taken over by VW in 1964 and produces midsize cars, raising the Audi brand name of the new company changed Audi NSU Auto Union AG the small rear engine NSUS were eliminated in 1973 as they were too competitive with Volkswagen same type 1 citation needed and the production capacity was required for larger and more profitable the Audis successor to the NSU Prinz was front wheel drive Audi 50 later rebadged Volkswagen Polo.
Licensed, Prinz was manufactured in Yugoslavia Sarajevo Pretis Preduzeće Tito Sarajevo.
The Prinz was also manufactured in Argentina by making Autoar mainly models Prinz Prinz II and III 30 A total of 2432 units were built between 1959 and 1963 It is said that some 40-45 Prinz Sportprinz and IV were less than 10 imported citation needed.
Ramses was the first car produced in Egypt, and was the result of cooperation between the new Egyptian Egyptian car company light transport Manufacturing Company and NSU The factory was located right next to the Great Pyramids plans were to produce about 10,000 Car year, most of the manual labor work 20.
The air-cooled engine Prinz 4-cylinder has also been adopted by famous Friedl Münch in 1966 for the high hand Münch Mammoth motorcycle, the fastest time and the most expensive production motorcycle.
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