NSU Prinz 4 - in the realm of the Erlkönig
Summary
In 1961, the Neckarsulm-based car manufacturer NSU presented the Prinz 4, a small car with plenty of space and proven technology, which was built in its basic structure until the 1970s and in performance levels up to the TTS. Even before the official launch, 'hobby' test driver Heinz Kranz was given the opportunity to gain his first impressions during the test drives. This article reproduces the original wording of the report at the time and shows the NSU Prinz 4 in many historical photographs.
This article contains the following chapters
- Through night and fog in the north of Baden-Württenberg
- An astonishing amount of space
- On good and bad roads
- From the everyday life of the test driver
- Practical, but also beautiful?
- Heating with vapors
- Good to drive
- Sluggish steering
- Driving performance at mid-range level
Estimated reading time: 6min
Preview (beginning of the article)
When the Prinz 4 was still 'top secret', hobby editor Heinz Kranz drove a shift in the test department with the test cars. Here is the 'protocol' of the test drive: In the middle of the night the alarm clock rattled, the hands were at 3:15 a.m., but as I was about to turn over to the other side, grumbling, I remembered boiling hot that I had an 'early shift' in the NSU test department today. An early shift as an NSU test driver was the only and best way to study the new Prince in detail before the official presentation. When I arrived in Neckarsulm, the leader of the convoy of seven Prinzen 4s immediately took me under his wing, and off we went towards Würzburg and the surrounding area.
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