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NSU Motorenwerke AG, or NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873. Acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969, VW merged NSU with Auto Union , creating Audi NSU Auto Union AG, ultimately Audi.
Feb 27, 2023 · With retroactive effect from January 1, 1969, AUDI NSU AUTO UNION AG was created with its headquarters in Neckarsulm, and Volkswagenwerk AG held a majority interest. The new company’s model range was greatly varied, even from a technical point of view.
Jun 13, 2023 · It was 150 years ago, in 1873, when Christian Schmidt and Heinrich Stoll founded a knitting machine workshop under the name “Mechanische Werkstätte Schmidt & Stoll.” That workshop later evolved into NSU Motorenwerke AG and then Audi’s Neckarsulm site.
Aug 5, 2011 · Annual production grew to more than 350,000 units in 1955, making NSU one of the world’s largest manufacturers of two-wheeled vehicles at the time. But by then, the company was already on its way to losing the distinction.
NSU was a motorcycle factory and produced only one cylinder engines with up to 600 ccm, which were not powerful enough for the Kettenkrad. To save the work and the time for the developing of an own engine, NSU took the reliable OPEL engine from the stock.
- 1.20 metres (3' 11")
- 1235 kg (2726 lbs)
- 3 metres (9 ' 10")
- 1 metre (3' 3")
Dec 20, 2023 · The Neckarsulm-based company, NSU, applied its early wind tunnel research into aerodynamics on the race track and in record-setting runs. In the final episode on the history of NSU to mark the brand’s 150th anniversary, Audi Tradition presents some of the heritage brand’s unique vehicles.
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Jun 26, 2023 · This exhibition will include the "aluminum egg," which is what the NSU type 8/24 PS car was called over a hundred years ago, as well as the very first Wankel engine. A special anniversary...
