NSU-Sport-Prinz in a merciless test - Time travel to the year 1960
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Summary
The NSU Sport-Prinz had already been announced in 1958 and was actually available to buy from November 1959. Built conventionally with an air-cooled two-cylinder rear engine, it impressed not least because of its attractive design. It was less suitable for the family, but all the more so for driving up to the ice cream parlor. The magazine 'hobby' received a test car in 1960 and described the technology and driving impressions.
This article contains the following chapters
- Small car coupé
- Leading speedometer no coincidence?
- Nevertheless sporty character
- A lot of shifting
- Effortless driving
- Panoramic view
- Safe to drive
- Bertone design
- Limited seating comfort
- Inexpensive design piece
- Technical profile
Estimated reading time: 7min
Preview (beginning of the article)
Because of the Wankel engine, which for the time being has no more practical significance for the normal car buyer than the planned space stations, some people seem to forget that the NSU works in Neckarsulm, Württemberg, are by no means neglecting the realities of the present when studying future possibilities. Since November 1959, the NSU Sport-Prinz has become such a reality, having been eagerly advertised but not delivered for five quarters of a year. Since the start of series production, around 400 units of this model have been built every month - a remarkable figure that gives an idea of the economic situation as well as the hopeful optimism of quite a few small car buyers. It is an optimism that only turns into disappointment within a short space of time if the buyer has first clarified exactly what a small coupé like the NSU Sport-Prinz is actually all about.
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