Mike,
But that's in Germany where they could almost be
considered "common", at least back in the day! They
imported so few here (the USA) that the value would be
entirely based on the condition. To an NSU collector,
it would certainly be worth something no matter the
condition, however, to a regular person looking for a
vintage Euro car, probably not much, especially
considering that getting parts might be difficult.
Especially for the failure prone rotary engine!
I would love to have one. Unlike a Peugeot where
*everyone* knows what it is, hardly anyone would know
what it is and telling them that its an NSU wouldn't
help!
There is an old story about NSU drivers saluting
each other as they passed by holding up a hand with a
number of fingers extended. It seems that the number
of fingers extended represented the number of engines
they had been through! They had such problems with
them when new. NSU swapped many out under warranty!
Very nice cars for their time. Handled well, were
fairly powerful, if not thirsty. First production
passenger road car with a Wankel rotary engine, so
from that standpoint, quite significant!
Regards,
Ben Pender
Vintage car nut
Owner, Ben Pender's Vintage Imported Auto Repair
- p404c <tippett@shaw.ca> wrote:
> A restorable Ro80 runs about 1000 Euros in Germany,
> and a top quality
> restored example might cost 7000 Euros. Source:
> 2005+ 2006 issues of
> Oltimer Markt Magazine + Oldtimer Praxis.
>
> Mike Tippett
> 404 Coupé Injection
> 405 DL (8.2 L/100 km lifetime)
> smart fortwo cdi cabriolet (3.8 L/100 km lifetime)
>
>
>
>
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