The poison dwarf - NSU 1200 TT (historical test)

The poison dwarf - NSU 1200 TT (historical test)

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Created on September 1, 1972

Text:

Herbert Völker

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NSU 1200 TT (1968) - in full dynamics - Illustration from the 1968 sales brochure

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NSU TT (1970) - Advertising for the TT in 1970

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NSU TTS (1972) - 70 hp and with additional oil cooler

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NSU TT (1970) - Advertising for the TT in 1970

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NSU TT (1970) - NSU against Alfa and Abarth - at the Swiss Championship race in Hockenheim in 1972

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NSU TT (1968) - Starting grid of the small touring cars at the 1969 Gaisbergrennen

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NSU 1000 TTS (1970) - 300km Nürburgring 1970

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NSU 1000 TT (1970) - 300km Nürburgring 1970

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NSU Prinz 1000 TT (1966) - side view - from right

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NSU Prinz 1000 TT (1966) - Driver and passenger seat

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NSU Prinz 1000 TT (1966) - Trunk and spare wheel

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NSU Prinz 1000 TT (1966) - transverse engine in the rear - plugs, distributor and carburetor are easily accessible, the oil dipstick is difficult to insert

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NSU TT (1966) - impressive carburetor factory with open intake tract

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Summary

From 1965 to 1972, NSU built the TT, first as the Prinz 1000 TT, later as the 1200 TT. Over 63,000 of these fast compact sports cars were produced and were tailor-made for people who commuted to the office during the week and wanted to take part in hill climbs or slalom races at the weekend. At least that was Herbert Völker's opinion in the test for Autorevue and he also gave a few practical tips. This article reproduces the original wording of the test report at the time and shows the car in historical photographs.

This article contains the following chapters

Everyday car as sports instrument
Minor restrictions in everyday use
Compact and almost inconspicuous - or orange
Little storage volume
Practice-oriented
Elastic torsion in the rear
Thirsty, but reliable
Very sporty
Long gearshift travel - correctable
For the discerning sports rider
The NSU TT compared to the competition

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Poisonous gnomes keep us young in everyday traffic. Not the garishly painted screamers, they make us nervous. A quiet, gentle car with a modest little people's body that even the wife can drive without getting dirty, a little car that looks 15 blues cheaper than it is - if such a little car can suddenly spit fire when it leaves the expensive fat cats behind, that's the little joys on gray, smelly roads. The TT is a car with very strongly accentuated advantages and disadvantages, it fits into the model series of the NSU bourgeoisie just as little as the Ro 80 - despite the outward near-identity with the Model 1000.

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