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Innovation came early with the 1967 NSU Ro 80 and its rotary engine
In the late 1960s, when most sedans still looked and drove like rolling conservatism, NSU put a radical four-door on the road ...
Rotary engines (also known as Wankel engines and Wankel rotary engines) are quite different from piston or "reciprocating" engines. One of the distinguishing features is that they don't need valves to ...
For more than a decade the name Wankel has popped up whenever car enthusiasts start talking about advanced-design automotive powerplants. The theory of the Wankel engine goes back to 1954 when Dr.
If there's one thing forever associated with the Wankel rotary engine, it's Mazda. Powering production vehicles from the Cosmo's launch in May 1967 to the last RX-8 leaving the plant in June 2012, the ...
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You’ve likely never come across the 1967 NSU Ro 80 and its risky engine design
The 1967 NSU Ro 80 looked like it had driven in from the future, with a slippery body, a glassy, sparse cabin and a ...
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