australian publications
RED BOOK SERVICE MARKET REPORT FROM 1ST DECEMBER 1968 - INDUSTRY PAMPHLET TELLING OF THE REALEASE
OF THE RO80 INTO THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET NEXT YEAR ! ( I LAUGH AT ROTOR TIP SEALS ONLY NEEDED EVERY 60,000 MILES ! )
OF THE RO80 INTO THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET NEXT YEAR ! ( I LAUGH AT ROTOR TIP SEALS ONLY NEEDED EVERY 60,000 MILES ! )
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER ADS FROM 1969 - 1973
SOME INTERESTING READING HERE - WORTH A GOOD READ!!
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD,WED, JUNE 11, 1969 PAGE 7
THE AUSTRALIAN - THURSDAY, JULY 24 1969 - PAGE 5
THE AUSTRALIAN - FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1969 - PAGE 5
THE AUSTRALIAN - Thursday, SEPTEMBER 11, 1969 - PAGE 9
THE AUSTRALIAN - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1969 - PAGE 5
THE AUSTRALIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1969 - PAGE 11
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12,
THE AUSTRALIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 5,1970 - PAGE 7
THE AUSTRALIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1970 - PAGE 13
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, MONDAY MARCH 12, 1973 - PAGE 5
modern motor september 1967
PICTURES OF PRE PRODUCTION RO80 BEFORE IT WAS RELEASED IN GERMANY
MODERN MOTOR OCTOBER 1967
FIRST PRE-RELEASE TEST FROM GERMANY ! SENSATIONAL RO80 COULD START NEW MOTORING ERA ( LITTLE DID THEY KNOW!!)
wheels october 1967
THE COVER CAR HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN RETOUCHED TOO MUCH!!
wheels february 1968
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ASKS : HAS NSU BLUNDERED INTO BANKRUPTCY??
wheels october 1968
THE NEUTRAL-HANDLING WHISPERER ( IS THAT BECAUSE IT DOESNT GO??)
WHEELS FEBRUARY 1969
ITS HERE : EUROPE'S TOP CAR : NSU Ro80
WHEELS ROAD TESTS number 18
YEAR UNKNOWN , BUT 1969 OR 1970
MOTOR MANUAL SEPT 1969
LOTS OF INTERESTING STUFF HERE : 2 TESTS - RO80 $6640 AND THE FAR CHEAPER R100 $2790
AUSTRALIAN MOTOR SPORTS & AUTOMOBILES SEPT 1969
A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE WANKEL BY PHIL IRVING and road tests on the Ro80 and the Mazda R100 , but not a comparison !
modern motor december 1969
The luxuriously-eqipped twin-rotary from Germany is an exciting preview of motoring in the 1970s!!
CARS NOTHING BUT CARS / 1969
A comprehensive guide to cars sold in Australia, with full illustrations and data
motor manual October 1984
CAR AUSTRALIA MARCH 1987
NSUs Ro80 - forerunner to the Audi 100?
THE AUSTRALIAN MAGAZINE SEPT 5 -6 1992
The car in the article was owned by Brian Woodward ( deceased ) who ran an NSU Ro80 club in Sydney. The car is no longer with us either - it was found in Sydney a few years ago as a rusting wreck and has now been disposed off!. The car has some interesting features : side indicators on the front guards, front bumper overriders .
AUSTRALIAN CLASSIC CAR NOVEMBER 1995
HEROIC FAILURE : NSU's Ro80
RESTORED CARS NUMBER 120 JAN-FEB 1997
THE ROAD REPORTS OF THE DAY CLAIMED THE RO80 COULD CRUISE AT 100 MPH WITH EASE AND SAFETY
WHEELS AUGUST 1997
THE ROTARY ENGINED NSU WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME , BUT ENGINE PROBLEMS CONDEMNED IT TO AN EQUALLY EARLY GRAVE
UNIQUE CARS AUGUST 1997
HEAVEN SENT !!
unique cars november 2007
CHIC MAGNET??
AUSTRALIAN CLASSIC CAR DECEMBER 2012
THE BEST NSU RO80 IN AUSTRALIA ??
OVERSEAS PUBLICATIONS
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SPORTING MOTORIST JULY 1963
AN ARTICLE ON THE EARLY DAYS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SINGLE ROTOR ENGINE DESTINED FOR THE NSU SPIDER ( RELEASED SEPT 1963 )
AUTOCAR ROADTESTS SPRING 1966
A VERY COMPHENSIVE TEST OF THE NSU WANKEL SPIDER
AUTOCAR AUGUST 1967
THE MAZDA COSMO - RELEASED AT THIS TIME - THE RO80S DIRECT COMPETITOR , BUT ONLY ABOUT 1200 EVER MADE!
AUTOCAR SEPTEMBER 1969
WHEN THE RO80 WAS RELEASED...... BUT THERE IS NO ARTICLE IN THE MAGAZINE !!!!
AUTOCAR FEBRUARY 1968
WELL! THIS ISSUE ACTUALLY CONTAINS A ROAD TEST ....5 MONTHS AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE CAR!
english 'car' magazine from march 1968 , a world panel of judges gave it 'car of the year ' - they had not yet discovered the trouble with the revolutionary wankel rotary engine!
GREAT ARTICLE ON THE RO80 - VERY COMPREHENSIVE
cars and car conversions april 1969
AUTOCROSSING AN RO80 !!
AUTOCAR AUGUST 1969
A LOOK AT THE NSU COMPANY AND THEIR PRODUCTS
CAR'S MOTOR SHOW SPECIAL 1969
MERCEDES C111 - MERCS ANSWER TO THE ROTARY , BUT NEVER COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED !! - 3 ROTOR & 4 ROTOR VERSIONS WERE MADE !