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NSU Ro 80  

1967-1977, Germany

engines/performance
engines:
years cyl./valv. compr. displacement

power

   specific fuel torque  
67-77: r2/-V 9.0:1 995cc.(61ci)

115DIN-hp

@5500rpm

 115.6 hp/l 2x1bbl 116lb-ft. (157Nm)

@4000rpm
performance:
engine topspeed 0-50mph 0-62mph 0-100mph 0-124mph

1/4mile

 mileage (US-gallon)
1.0l115hp: 181kph/112mph ?s 14.0s ?s ?s

?s@?mph/?kph

 15.0-16.0 l/100km14.7-15.7 mpg

tyres/transmission
tyres front/rear: 175SR14
transmission/drive wheel: 3-speed semi-automatic/FWD

dimensions/weight
length x width x height: 4780 x 1760 x 1410 mm (188.2 x 69.3 x 55.5 in)
wheelbase - tread f/r: 2860 mm - 1480/1434 mm (112.6 in - 58.3/56.5 in)
some calculations: base aera: 8.41 m² (90.6 sq.ft.) - frontal aera: ~2.05 m² (~22.0 sq.ft.) - LxWxH: 11.86 m³ (418.9 cu.ft.)
aerodynamics: coefficient of drag (cd): 0.355 - drag area: 0.727 m² / 7.82 sq.ft.
weight: 1250 - 1290 kg (2756 - 2844 lb)
power/weight-ratio: 10.9 - 11.2 kg/hp (24.0 - 24.7 lb/hp) 89 - 92 hp/ton

price/production
base-price: 14,150 DM (1967) 
22,700 DM (1976) 
production: 37,398

   

The NSU Ro 80 was a large advanced designed sedan with several unconventional features like
the rotary engine, a semi-automatic transmission and front wheel drive. It sold not as good as NSU hoped.
Pictures taken at the "2009 Retro Classics meets Barock" in Ludwigsburg, Germany
 
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Pictures taken at the "2009 Technoclassica" in Essen, Germany
 
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Pictures taken in 2003 in Braunschweig, Germany
 
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