19 Aug 2020

quattro Magazine Q3_2020: NSU 1200TT: Father of the Current Day Audi TT

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50714"] words: Per Eliasen, photos: Per Eliasen, George Achorn Editor’s note: This article originally ran in the Q3_2020 issue of quattro Magazine. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, join Audi Club here. It all started while attending a vintage car event in Copenhagen back in 2007. “Dad, you should get one of those NSUs and start racing!” “Son, I am a gearhead but I have never heard of any NSUs making it to the USA�...
Wed, Aug 19 , 2020 Bill
30 Jan 2020

Audi Anniversary Dates 2020

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="42573"] source: Audi Tradition Audi Tradition has released its latest "Anniversary Dates 2020" digital booklet which provides you with the most important dates concerning Audi's company and product history. This year, there are around three dozen anniversary dates to keep in mind. 40 years ago, the company with the four rings presented the Audi quattro and in doing so caused quite a stir at the Geneva International Mo...
Thu, Jan 30 , 2020 Bill
28 Jan 2019

Find of the Day: 1954 NSU Max

words: Bill, photos: Hemmings.com It's rare that we put a motorcycle as our Find of the Day...so rare that we've never done it. Also, yes I know that NSU wasn't even in the Volkswagen Group until 1969 but this was too cool not to include. The Max was one of the most popular 250cc motorcycles of the 50s and 60s. It was manufactured from 1952 to 1963. The motor was rated at a whopping 17hp. Here's the ad: The NSU motorcycle is a bike that comes from a company with a fantas...
Mon, Jan 28 , 2019 Bill
15 Jan 2018

BILSTEIN Brilliantly Keeps the NSU Ro 80 on the Road

source: Bilstein When the NSU Ro 80 first hit the roads back in 1967, it made a futuristic impression with its streamlined bodywork and exotic 115-hp rotary engine. Even so, the not entirely deserved reputation to be technically unreliable ensured that the car was by no means a bestseller until the production finally stopped in 1977. Consequently, demand for the remaining vehicles is particularly high among fans of classic cars. As spare parts are scarce, the "Ro 80 Club International", b...
Mon, Jan 15 , 2018 Bill