NSU Ro 80 : beaux livres - histoire et modèles

NSU Ro80 - Brooklands Portfolio

Un livre de Brooklands consacré aux voitures NSU Ro80.

• Les 23 articles, parus à l'époque dans la presse automobile anglo-saxonne, sont une bonne source d'information sur l'histoire, l'évolution des modèles et la technique.
• Cet ouvrage contient aussi des impressions de conduite, des tests routiers et comparatifs, des données techniques, etc.

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NSU Ro 80 - The Complete Story

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Launched in 1967, the NSU Ro80 had modern aerodynamic styling, a technologically advanced Wankel rotary engine and was voted Car of the Year in 1968. However, after the initial positive reception, the car developed a reputation for unreliability, with problems arising as early as 15,000 miles and many vehicles required a rebuilt engine before 30,000 miles.
Despite the company resolving these reliability issues in both existing and new vehicles, and offering a generous warranty, the damage to the car's reputation was done.

The NSU Ro80 is the most celebrated motoring lost cause of the second half of the twentieth century, outranking the likes of the Edsel and the DeLorean because, unlike those statements of misplaced optimism and ego, it was a good car. Not just good: the NSU Ro80 is one of the great saloons. Launched in September 1967, the Ro80 was an all-new four-door five-seater from a West German company that - post-war - had never made anything other than economy runabouts, motorcycles and mopeds.

That alone should have been enough of a risk, but this was also the world's first purpose-built Wankel-engined family saloon. This compact, refined and elegantly simple power unit was the first really new concept in the realm of internal combustion engines to achieve mass production for ninety years.
A car like the Ro80 could only really have come from Germany, where there was a passion for research and a pride in engineering not found elsewhere in Europe. With front-wheel drive, superb power steering and four-wheel disc brakes, the car had top handling and driver appeal. Quite simply, it was a masterpiece, considered by many to be the finest vehicle of its type in the world. But with one fatal flaw: its engine.
With over 300 archive photographs, drawings and diagrams, this book tells the story of the NSU.

NSU Ro 80 - Die Geschichte des Wankelmotors

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La Ro 80 symbolise l'utopie des années 1960 comme aucune autre voiture, mais son enthousiasme initial s'est rapidement estompé. Le moteur révolutionnaire, dont le prototype comportait pour la première fois un piston rotatif le 13 avril 1954, a échoué en raison du rejet des clients, de la résistance de l'industrie automobile établie, des crises de l'époque et finalement du manque d'intérêt des nouveaux propriétaires de NSU pour le concept.

L'auteur et témoin Dieter Korp a créé une chronique NSU Wankel complète et unique grâce à sa documentation détaillée sur les prédécesseurs et prototypes, les études de design et la technologie du moteur rotatif, ainsi que des images inédites.