Totally NAC Mazda offering

[Ben Doughney]

On 08/08/2004, at 1:40 PM, cobram at juno.com wrote:

> Mandatory Audi Content:  NSU was the first company to produce "viable"
> Wankel powered vehicles, NSU was then swallowed up by VW/Audi.  When 
> the
> Germans abandoned the engine concept because of reliability and sealing
> problems , Mazda stepped up to the plate, bought the NSU rights and
> know-how, then kept at it for a few decades until they got it right.

VW / Audi did end up finally fixing all of the sealing problems, after 
about '71. Unfortunately by that stage the Ro80 was seen as quite 
unreliable. I do know of some of the later ones that have done a couple 
of hundred thousand miles without being torn down.

Audi content: it is amazing how much these cars are like the earlier 
Audi's. I have a couple of them and I have noticed quite a few things 
that Audi must have 'borrowed' from them after they bought them.

Ben Doughney

'71 1600TL
'65 1500N - Val
'70 411L Variant
'70 NSU Ro80
'71 NSU Ro80
'85 Audi 90 2.3E Quattro
'83 Audi Coupe GT 5S

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