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NSU Wankel Spider NSU Type: Typ 56 Years: 1964 - 1967 Production Number: 2,375 General Info: Engine: Single rotary piston Wankel engine, equivalent to 500cc capacity Output: 96 hp at 12,000 rpm Launched in 1964, the NSU Spider, an open top version of the Sport Prinz bodyshell designed by Bertone, was the first production car in the world to use a Wankel rotary piston engine. The Spider soon demonstrated the revolutionary engine's potential in competition: In 1966, Karl-Heinz Panowitz/Rainer Strunz won the German GT Rally Championship; the following year, Siegfried Spiess won all classes of the German Hill Climb Championship. The production Spider engine developed 50 hp, but the factory almost doubled this for its Rennspiders (Race Spiders), which were capable of 106 to 124 mph, depending on gearing. NSU Wankel Spider - [Dutch] 1965 NSU Wankel Spider - information and many photo's NSU Wankel Spider Club Deutsland e.V. - [German] 1965: Monaco Wankel Spider Show Der Erste: NSU Spider - [German] CarroZine Jens Josefsson's spider Wankel Rotary Engines: NSU Spider New URL: Z-GAS: 1963 NSU Wankel Spider NSU Spider - NSU Club Belgium NSU Wankel-Spider - [Finnish] The NSU Rotary page - GeGe's WankelRockets: The Little Wankel Motorbase: Wankel Spider - Vehicle Profile Fredy's NSU Page - image and info [German] A Brief History of the Rotary Engine Images: Wankel Spider - B/W drawing, small RO80, Wankel Spyder, Sport Prinz, and an NSU 1000 - Picture taken during 13th Treffen Schrott in Deutsland - pictures taken on a junk yard Wankel Renn-spider A US Spider Clubs See "Clubs"-page
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