General Information

Serial #

380017279

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BODY HAS CHROME TRIM/ IMITATION LEATHER UPHOLSTERY

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

494.0 cm

Width

166.0 cm

Height

161.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

1400.0

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Automotive vehicles

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NSU

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Neckarsulm

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1969-1973

Canada

Purchased and used in Canada. The car purchased by a man living in Montreal in early 1969 from 'European & Domestic Car Ltd.' in Westmount. It was sold in 1972 and driven very little for the next ten years. It has not been started since 1977.

Function

Owner driven passenger vehicle for general transportation.

Technical

The RO-80 was the second car designed with the Wankel rotary engine. The first was the NSU Spider in 1963. The ro-80 was introduced at the Frankfurt auto show in September 1967 . The R0-80 had design features very different from other cars of the 1960's with an aerodynamic front and wedge-shaped body, curved windshield, large side windows and thin pillars. It has also advanced technology for the era-four-wheel that are independently suspended via struts and coils springs, four-wheel disc brakes and power rack-and-pinion steering, three-speed semi automatic transmission and of course, the Wankel rotary engine. Unfortunately, the engine will have problems. The firm will be purchased by Wolkswagen in 1969. The Wankel continued to be perfected and the No80 continued to be made for 10 years,. The last one was made in 1977. From 1967 to 1977, 37,204 were made.(or 47, 400) The NSU company goes back to 1873. They started producing automobiles in 1905 but stopped in 1931. They returned to building cars in 1957 with the Prinz model.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'NSU' PLATE ON TOP FRONT OF CAR, BELOW HOOD OPENING/ 'RO-80' CHROME PLATE ON LOWER RIGHT OF TRUNK DOOR/ BEARS ONT. LICENSE PLATES 'EMZ710'

Missing

NONE EVIDENT/ LEFT REAR DOOR ANDHOOD APPEAR JAMMED From CA of 08/27/1997 by Serge Ouellette: No - Complete

Finish

SMOOTH, GLOSSY EXTERIOR FINISH

Decoration

'TARGA ORANGE' BODY FINISH/ BLACK INTERIOR