NSU Typ 110 (1965 – 1967) NSU 1200 (1967 – 1972) | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | NSU Motorenwerke AG |
Production | 1965–1972 |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | 2-door sedan |
Layout | RR layout |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 1,085 cc (66.2 cu in) air-cooled four-cylinder (1965 – 1967) 1,177 cc (71.8 cu in) air-cooled four-cylinder (1967 – 1972) |
Transmission | 4-speed manual all-synchromesh with hydraulically operated single plate dry clutch[1] |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,440 mm (96 in)[1] |
Length | 4,000 mm (160 in)[1] |
Width | 1,490 mm (59 in)[1] |
Height | 1,390 mm (55 in)[1] |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | none |
Successor | Audi 50 |
The NSU Typ 110 is a small car that was made by NSU between 1965 and 1972 (branded as the NSU 1200 after 1967). It was first presented at the 1965 Frankfurt Motor Show, widening NSU's range in the process. It was based on the NSU Prinz 1000 but with a longer wheelbase and a front overhang which increased available space both in the passenger cabin and in the luggage compartment. With an external length of four metres the car took NSU into the lower rungs of the middle class saloon sector, as it existed at that time in West Germany. It was to distance the model from the small car sector that for this model NSU abandoned the Prinz name which had till then been carried by their passenger cars.