Presented by Quentin Wilson, I'm pretty sure the year was 1995. Ro80 gets a glowing report.
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@j4ckGamez9710 жыл бұрын
my left ear thoroughly enjoyed this episode of topgear
@paulqueripel34935 жыл бұрын
@Jack Beanstalk it's in mono, left speaker only.
@ranjeetbains25774 жыл бұрын
100th like.
@brantleyfoster0213 жыл бұрын
I think the Delorean was good looking though.
@mattybowler79662 жыл бұрын
Pmsl 😂 😂 😂
@timwingham89523 жыл бұрын
Incredible that this is a 1960s car. It looks kind of modern even now. I used to walk past one every day on the way to school in the 70s and think "wow look at that!"
@globalcitizen8321 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it could easily pass as an 80's, or even mid 90's design...
@jamieeedden777 Жыл бұрын
There is 4 or 5 of these at a house in coundon Coventry really cool looking cars the guy let me have a go in one once I proved I had a licence nothing wrong with a rotary engine if you look after them
@chipschisa2 жыл бұрын
My dad had one of only 3 in the country in Malawi 🇲🇼 in Southern Africa in the late 1970s ... I loved that car!
@hari71811 жыл бұрын
This car was actually designed by Claus Luthe, the same guy who would go on to give us the E30 3Series Beemer
@yakacm10 жыл бұрын
it's starting to look dated a bit now, but it is nearly 50 years old, my old man was given 1 for the week-end once in the early 70s, whilst his company ford was being serviced, and I remember being blown away by it, it just looked so modern back then, and it was probably 10 years old even then.
@djphilmanns12 жыл бұрын
George Cordingley, featured in the Video has sadly died aged 91. He was a wonderful person. R.I.P. George.
@rob0988904 жыл бұрын
Strangled to death by his own son, jesus... may he rest in peace
@tomshearman8862 жыл бұрын
Christ. I remember this episode first time round
@olGMCtrucksarecool10 жыл бұрын
Had one in California when I was a teenager! My dad fell in love with it and bought for my mom. I believe it was a 1968. What a blast to drive especially as a 16 year old with a fresh license.
@robertdewar17522 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure why the BBC hasn't made a car show for several decades? They were so good.
@rollingtroll5 жыл бұрын
I still think this is one of the most beautiful cars ever made.
@markthomasson50773 жыл бұрын
Agreed, looks like it could have been designed yesterday
@westelaudio943 Жыл бұрын
@@markthomasson5077 No, because if it was designed yesterday, it would look like crap.
@salipander65705 жыл бұрын
I was born in that wonderful year 1967. Everything was so optimistic then! Several ideas were naive, but some ideas shouldn't be forgotten!
@MrJimbaloid5 жыл бұрын
Yep good days before the E.U. fucked it all up.
@2gj9067 жыл бұрын
This car was way ahead of its time!
@whatliesbeneathurbanexplor16319 ай бұрын
Still looks fresh today 2023❤
@richardparkin49305 жыл бұрын
The best Top Gear days....
@smhorse11 жыл бұрын
A link to Ro80 history is now gone forever. Thanks for everything you did at the Ro80 Club GB, George.
@stuarthowarth29725 жыл бұрын
This is what the Austin 1800 should have looked like!!
@georgealty900910 жыл бұрын
£1500.... Not any more.
@2490debrick3 жыл бұрын
Stunning motor... After Clarkson and co the BBC should have gone back to Quinton and taken Top Gear back to this format and just thrown in a Tour instead of looking for replacement prats to head up the show!
@andrewfaulkner1113 Жыл бұрын
I agree I liked Quentin very informative & witty it all went down after him had to suffer the 3 morons overgrown destructive stupid kids.
@PunksloveTrumpys8 жыл бұрын
You cant fail to take issue with Wilson's comments on concept cars, the Citroen DS is still one helluva beautiful vision of the future.
@kernals127 жыл бұрын
The Ford Taurus and Audi 5000 were both controversial when they came out but now look pretty good, they did start the trend toward windtunnel testing. Buick's Riviera was a very unique design and to this day is considered one of the most beautiful cars ever made.
@PunksloveTrumpys7 жыл бұрын
The sad thing is that even some incredibly bland and unexciting cars from the 1990s are starting to look very nice, compared to the overstyled vulgarity of the rubbish coming out nowadays.
@kernals127 жыл бұрын
I have no idea what you're talking about, we're in a golden age of car design. Look at the Ford Mondeo and Vauxhall Insignia, or as we call them, the Ford Fusion and Buick Regal. Chevrolet's Malibu and Impala are both gorgeous. And you've got things like the Mercedes CLS, the BMW 6 series gran coupe, and the Audi A7.
@crashbox71305 жыл бұрын
Here's Quentin Willson's love for the DS shining bright. He's a massive Citroen fan. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z6eaoK-erJeafqs.html
@djphilmanns7 ай бұрын
@@kernals12 I would hardly say we’re in a golden age! Agree that there are a few great designs out there, but they are few and far between in a sea of bland SUV’s.
@Mechknight7311 жыл бұрын
I don't know how it worked in the rest of the world, but the NSU came to Australia with a "no questions asked" warranty. If you blew an engine, they'd replace it for free. Unfortunately this happened far too often. If an NSU pulled up at the lights next to another NSU, the drivers often held up several fingers. This meant how many angines they'd had. Not surprisingly, they went broke very quickly.
@djphilmanns7 ай бұрын
The holding up the fingers tale is actually just a myth that’s been spread repeatedly over time. There are a considerable amount of older members in the Ro80 Club International, that were around when the cars were current. And none recall ever seeing this actually happen.
@fk45157 жыл бұрын
As he was gushing about the futuristic NSU Ro80 I thought that I heard him saying the same things about the Citroen DS
@whattheheck10008 жыл бұрын
If you rode in an Ro80 when it came out and you were 23, you'd be 72 now. The age of a freaking pensioner. How the HELL did that happen? Back when this aired (1995), said pensioner would be only 51. Today's 51 year olds might have ridden in a Vauxhall Cavalier 3 (first-generation Opel Vectra) when it came out. June 17, 2016 2:45 am
@jourwalis-88756 жыл бұрын
This is not interesting at all...We talk about cars, not people
@robertwolf56146 жыл бұрын
Your comments about it not being interesting at all - is not interesting at all. Without people talking about how the car affected their lives then all cars would look like Yugos
@slh9505 жыл бұрын
@@jourwalis-8875 YOU ARE A TOTAL MISERY oops caps. screw you
@junior11385 жыл бұрын
Jourwalis - 51: the new thirtysomething.
@android5845 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking about my 1990 school year and could hardly believe that was nearly 30 years ago. My teacher might be in his eighties now!
@ericgeorge54839 жыл бұрын
What a thing of beauty the RO80 is...not to mention a bargain!
@bombadilian5 жыл бұрын
In '95 maybe, probably go for daft money these days.
@beaufighter2455 жыл бұрын
Top gear as it used to be, about cars and not a ridiculous pantomime for Clarkson and co.
@padgecrack40185 жыл бұрын
Shut it misery guts!
@beaufighter2455 жыл бұрын
@@padgecrack4018 no, quite happy actually!
@1cmman5 жыл бұрын
I fully agree. It was a serious regular peoples car program back then until it became a rich peoples comedy car show where regular cars for regular people are just made fun off.
@ryszard685 жыл бұрын
I think the term is aspirational. It became about the cars people dreamed of owning instead of those 99% could actually afford.
@michaelrawson62615 жыл бұрын
Beaufighter245:... but multi-multi-MULTI-millions LOVED the pantomime...! ... "oh no we didnt!" ... OH YES WE FUCKING DID!!!
@hiliak5 жыл бұрын
Went to Ireland in one when I was a kid. A fetching shade of turd brown with nicotine yellow interior. Never missed a beat after my dad fitted a ford v6 power plant..
@video99couk5 жыл бұрын
Every time you copy a VHS tape three things happen to the generations: The picture gets softer. The colour saturation is increased. The colour drops by one line relative to the rest of the picture. You can see therefore that this is a copy of a copy of a copy etc. Then if someone only connects one channel up you can get sound in just your left ear too. (VHS stinks and it always did.)
@rexluminus98675 жыл бұрын
BETA was better.
@video99couk5 жыл бұрын
@@rexluminus9867 I'm a Beta fan. Lot of Beta kit here, subscribe to my channel!
@deanosaur8087 ай бұрын
It's inventors did want people to make perfect copies 😉
@djphilmanns7 ай бұрын
That may be true, but if that’s your only copy to upload, then you don’t have much choice!
@bryanpalmer9660 Жыл бұрын
The Ro80 was voted Car of the year when it was launched due to its styling and ,more importantly,this rotary powerplant but not many people knew how to "use" the engine which wore out prematurely-today the car is now being appreciated for the 💎that it is
@Talybanu8812 жыл бұрын
That was the car who launched the Audi slogan "Vorsprunk durch technik"
@sbomorse8 жыл бұрын
'corners like it's on rails' Did you see the body roll when it went round the corner - it was practically cornering on its door handles!
@MyFabian948 жыл бұрын
+Samuel Brooks Two different things. The 2CV handles like on rails as well, although it leans like a drunk Irishman, while a Corvette slithers around uncontrollably while being perfectly level.
@pirrracy8 жыл бұрын
+Samuel Brooks I think they have hydrolastic suspension ..
@djphilmanns8 жыл бұрын
+MyFabian94 You're right, that's exactly how it is. The road holding and grip is excellent , despite lots of body roll.
@djphilmanns8 жыл бұрын
+pirrracy No, they have independent suspension with McPherson struts.
@MGR998 жыл бұрын
+Samuel Brooks Body-roll ≠ Bad handling
@Haffschlappe11 жыл бұрын
Dont forget the smokeless two stroke oil (1%) in your fuel as anti corrosion additive when using modern ethanolized e5 and e10 fuels in older cars. ( You might ruin your carbs and fuel pump with the modern ultra dry fuels! -- so use 1% two stroke oil as additive!) In Germany the Lotus and Jaguar Club does so!
@CreeperOnYourHouse10 жыл бұрын
The Top Gear theme has changed so much... Also, they say at 0:36 that it's 1996.
@Leiwi8 күн бұрын
Jeremy Clarkson had just turned 430 years old when this was recorded
@canturgan10 жыл бұрын
More like 1984. I had one of those and it was amazingly modern in every way.
@sandozdelysid4 жыл бұрын
I just saw one of these! It was on a tow truck. That was also about to get to towed. Then they were gone.
@jourwalis-88756 жыл бұрын
Sorry Quentin, but the Citroen DS from 1955 (!) is the most modern looking car with timeless beauty. "The DS is not the car of the future, nor the car of the past, it´s the car of today". Always modern and up to date! But I really like the NSU Ro80 also! The only car that in some respects could rival the DS!
@crashbox71305 жыл бұрын
He's a massive Citroen fan and absolutely loves the DS. Just watch this..... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z6eaoK-erJeafqs.html
@Reddsoldier5 жыл бұрын
That "looking fresh way later, but ugly at the time" can be said especially for the mid 2000's 5 series which looks more modern than the current 5 series imo.
@FAT88935 жыл бұрын
I still don't like the design of the E60 5 Series. Mind you, the E65/E66 7 Series begin to grow on me nicely, especially when you have one with drug dealer wheels. Looks fab!
@lundsweden2 жыл бұрын
The nose styling reminds me of 1970s and 1980s Mercedes S-Class.
@rx7outlaw14 жыл бұрын
thank you for uplaoding this great video, and even better, its from Top gear !!!!
@Ismalith10 жыл бұрын
The NSU 80 was a brilliant idea but the technicians hadn´t been ready yet.
@DolleHengst10 жыл бұрын
The NSU dealerships replaced the entire engine, were they only needed to replace the rotor tips. The people that bought them had previously driven a BMW or a Mercedes. They didn't know how to treat the delicate Wankel engine, which takes more time to reach it's optimum temperature. And after starting it, it was best to let it idle a minute, not put stress on the rotor with totally cold oil. The drivers started the car, and sped off right away, as you would do in a Beamer. It wasn't really the car's fault.
@jayswarrow11964 жыл бұрын
Sadly, we're living in the world, ruled by a paper value. So the carmakers tend to obey wishes and preferrences of a careless chump, who isn't qualified to cycle, because he shifts under hard pedaling, yet complains about rattling noises (The very same bloke, who would go to the dealership to lubricate the chain, maybe once per year, if even that)
@promerops6 жыл бұрын
Still a very attractive car - visually and dynamically (I'd expect).
@Samspianopage4 жыл бұрын
He says the Princess was hateful This NSU was ahead of its time Hah I can actually see more than a passing resemblance to the Ro80 in the side profile there in the Princess
@milesblue6385 жыл бұрын
Truly looks like a modern car.
@stevel9914 Жыл бұрын
Whilst Mazda have improved the longevity ... the rotary engine is still a very short lived affair compared to most engines
@kernals127 жыл бұрын
They hype for the wankel rotary was pretty incredible in the late 60s and early 70s, Mazda offered one in all of their cars by 1973, even their pickup trucks and planned to discontinue their piston engines, Citroen built an entire factory for them and put a few in the GS, and General Motors went all in, they cancelled all piston engine projects anticipating that all their cars would be rotary powered by 1980, and their President Ed Cole said the Wankel Engine would be one of the biggest technological revolutions of the postwar age. Then the problems with fuel economy and reliability turned out to be unsolvable which meant that all these carmakers had thrown millions of dollars down the drain.
@briggsfartblender7886 жыл бұрын
And Suzuki got their fingers severely burned with their RE-5 Rotary motorcycle.
@TheThunderwars5 жыл бұрын
But man I'm still diging that Mazda 110 Cosmo ....
@android5845 жыл бұрын
Owning rotaries was popular among Australian youth in the 90s but they completely disappeared years ago, if you're lucky you might see an RX8. There used to be a steady supply of 13B rotary engines from Japan and people would fit those into RX 2s 3s 4s and their piston engine equivalents.
@james49874 жыл бұрын
Rotarys are popular as ever in NZ still
@djphilmanns7 ай бұрын
@@android584 That’s not strictly true. There is still a massive rotary following in Australia. There’s more there than anywhere else and they spend fortunes on them.
@daily-driver3232 Жыл бұрын
Amazing car. Love my blue RO 80
@racketman2u5 жыл бұрын
I agree with the guy about styling; look at the Lamborghini Countach compared to the Miura; the latter a timeless classic, the other a doorstop.
@FAT88935 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one. In fact, I'm still struggling to like the styling of the Countach except the one without wings that they showed at Geneva.
@TJSaw2 жыл бұрын
The spiritual predecessor of Audi sedans as we know them today.
@stevenmoran40604 жыл бұрын
Not many Audi owners would recognise this. NSU Auto Union where Audi came from.
@matanegozi9 жыл бұрын
What the bloody hell is wrong with the dealoren's design?!
@gav240z9 жыл бұрын
Matan Egozi nothing it's awesome, still ! :)
@athodyd9 жыл бұрын
Matan Egozi The big heavy shitty Renault engine hanging out back behind the rear axle?
@matanegozi9 жыл бұрын
athodyd again with the dealoren's design
@gav240z9 жыл бұрын
athodyd don't blame Renault, blame Volvo and Peugeot also please haha.
@athodyd9 жыл бұрын
I apologize, it is an engine that three great engineering companies should be ashamed of, not one.
@britishbikerphilippinesmnl335 жыл бұрын
Had a Corgi (maybe it was Dinky) model of this in a beautiful burgundy colour with green tints.............at least that's how I remember it. Looks a bit like the Triumph 2000 from the front imo
@deanosaur8087 ай бұрын
I have a blue husky Ro80 with liftable bonnet. Made in Great Britain! 🤯😂
@Radfordperson5 жыл бұрын
Fuel consumption?
@stephenjscholes12719 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure the early Mazda rotary engines, the 10A and 12A, are externally identical to the Ro80 which is no surprise given they bought the design from NSU. The Mazda having however, more conservative induction to the German's Peripheral ports. If you have to, JUST FIT A MAZDA UNIT people and leave things like Corsair V4's for what they do best- anchoring boats.
@psk1w16 жыл бұрын
As he said on the video, the Ro80 is a reliable, sorted engine and has been for a long time now. No need to replace it with anything else.
@jdrancho18645 жыл бұрын
Notice how they moved the steering wheel to the right, but left the wipers in the continental orientation. I had the opportunity of driving one back in the Seventies. I was only used to manual transmissions. When it came time to change gears, I put my hand on the shifter and firmly stepped on what I thought was the clutch. My passenger and I nearly went thru the windshield when the brakes hauled the car almost to a dead stop.
@djphilmanns7 ай бұрын
I sold a Ro80 to a guy years ago that couldn’t stop himself from doing that. On the test drive he did it and nearly got rear ended! He sold it six months later. Strange to me as in over 35 years of Ro80 ownership, I’ve never done it.
@djphilmanns12 жыл бұрын
I can assure you, they don't usr ten quids worth of oil in 800 miles! :-)
@Angelo_Fragnarok13 жыл бұрын
I seriously want this car. Not only to say that I have it, but to also study the engine and improve upon its design.
@deanosaur8087 ай бұрын
Don't you think others haven't already tried to improve the engine 😅 You'll be better off buying a Mazda engine to learn how far they got 😉
@RB747domme5 жыл бұрын
RIP George Cordingly, murdered in 2012 by his son, Robert. The son was jailed at Bradford crown court, for the murder.
@FAT88935 жыл бұрын
Seriously? What's the reason for his son to murder his own dad?
@@FAT8893 George had dementia, I think it was out of frustration from his son. Not condoning it, but I think that was the reason.
@smhorse12 жыл бұрын
"HMC 371N" is a concours-standard Ro80 which has been owned by Vincent Demarest for many years.
@fradaja5 жыл бұрын
If ever a car needed electricity
@brucelamberton88199 ай бұрын
I liked the TR7 & the Princess (which I think is still good looking)
@wickiezulu7 жыл бұрын
A pity NSU never developed the Ro80 with a regular 4-cylinder engine either Inline-4, Subaru-inspired water-cooled Flat-4 or even Lancia-inspired V4 layouts.
@akronymus7 жыл бұрын
NSU was bought by Volkswagen (VW) and force-merried with VW-daughter Audi. This was the end of modernistic design. Still, technical goodies were picked and survived in the Audi 50-80-100 / VW Polo-Golf-Passat oil-line (I can't say "bloodline" here, can I?). NSU was traditionally a brand for motor-bikes and small cars - one reason why more wealthy customers preferred Merc or BMW to a big NSU. The other was that progressive design was covered by French and Italian brands.
@wickiezulu6 жыл бұрын
Have read NSU considered a Flat-6 before settling for the Wankel engine, additionally Comotor partner Citroen via Panhard had a 90+ hp 1.99-litre air-cooled Flat-4 from the Panhard AML which was considered for the Panhard 24 (yet vetoed by Citroen). In retrospect both Citroen and NSU should have worked on the NSU Flat-6 and Panhard Flat-4 instead of the Wankel engine.
@paulqueripel34935 жыл бұрын
Some British registered ro80s ended up with Ford Essex v4s under the bonnet.
@MrGoogelaar5 жыл бұрын
@@paulqueripel3493 Those v4 engines were almost as bad and troublesome as the original rotary.
@1SaG5 жыл бұрын
@@akronymus Well... you could argue that they did when the Audi 80 (B3) came out in 1986. I remember lots of people back then commenting on the visual/stylistic similarities between that car and the Ro80.
@Twirlyhead5 жыл бұрын
Quentin was thin of data in his style-over-content presenting wasn't he. I kept flipping between the vid and Wikipedia to get the bits he was omitting; and that was not an option way back in 1995 watching this on a CRT.
@djphilmanns13 жыл бұрын
@Mechknight73 it's been done many times. works well and gives more power of course :-)
@natasastanojevic Жыл бұрын
Aesthetical delight and technological disaster.
@eltfell8 жыл бұрын
Why does he says, "R-O 80"? It's "Ro", like the greek letter!
@djphilmanns8 жыл бұрын
+eltfell Indeed, that always irritates me too! There used to be a club magazine called the RoView, and I remember some people used to refer to it as the R-O View. Why? !!!
@mariangri72378 жыл бұрын
+lithiumdeuterid Must be the same reason why he considers Triumph TR7, DeLorean DMC-12 and Austin Princess ahead of their time! In reality, none of these cars were ahead of their time, at least as designs! The Ro80 was indeed ahead of its time.
@DolleHengst7 жыл бұрын
Exactly. The "RO" is simply short for Rotationskolben (German: rotary piston)
@Heatfarmer7 жыл бұрын
Thats because he's one of the prime examples of brits not knowing shit, except their own shit.. So Citroen SM doesn't look fresh at that time, morons!
@yakacm7 жыл бұрын
"he's one of the prime examples of brits not knowing shit" I take it that's why Top Gear is/was the biggest motoring show, watched by millions all over the world? While all those tired cookie cutter yanks cars shows were endless boring muscle cars are restored by hyped up infantile guys in big baggy shorts and tattoos, and a fake deadline is added to create drama and cover up the fact the show is the same as last week and the same and all the other endless copies, and that ultimately the whole thing is just a tiresome drag.
@stephenbrookes72685 жыл бұрын
This car is a design ancestor of the last 4 decades of BMW most iconic offerings.
@saimanideepb7 жыл бұрын
Amazing Design for it's time,and ahead.
@jourwalis-8875 Жыл бұрын
Sound only in left channel!!
@staxter65 жыл бұрын
NSU stands for non-specific urethritis. It is also called non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) and non-specific genital infection ...is it only me who thought this was an April Fools??
@cccetomacrogol5 жыл бұрын
And BSA means Bull Shitting Ape?
@davidmacdonald16954 жыл бұрын
Yes
@deanosaur8087 ай бұрын
BMW stands for.. oh, I've forgotten 🤣
@TheMisphit8 жыл бұрын
Well I've only just pressed play on the video and I'm pretty sure it must be 1995 if they were going to be announcing the best bikes of 1996!
@sianwarwick6337 ай бұрын
It looks 1985 though
@TheMisphit7 ай бұрын
@@sianwarwick633 A little bit longer ago than when I left that comment
@midinotes6 ай бұрын
Times when Top Gear showed proper reviews of proper cars that ordinary folk could afford. What went wrong?
@Xaevi12 жыл бұрын
Is there a that report from the international motorshow in Birmingham from the same episode somewhere on youtube?
@watannen12 жыл бұрын
dude, i've seen 200.000 miles in a LADA with regular servicing. A two-stroke Wartburg can reach 100k (and there's no servicing, they have no oil, you just change the air filter).
@leopold75625 жыл бұрын
"It was designed back in 65, when you were shambling around in your mum's Ford Anglia". Er, no Quentin. Back in 65, I was still 5 years away from existence. Not that this would've made much difference, as my mum didn't drive back then.
@NearAbbeyRoad12 жыл бұрын
@potstillbill "Only the gradual loss of forward momentum would warn them, and for many a rotormotor, that warning came too late." Modern fuel injected rotaries with emu's can't over-rev - as with piston engines as well.
@esssexboy3 жыл бұрын
My Dad nearly brought one but changed his mind last minute & brought a mk1 Granada Coupe instead
@djphilmanns7 ай бұрын
Bought
@DeerKoden11 жыл бұрын
Right ear feels lonely.
@Leiwi8 күн бұрын
The Triumph tr7 and the DeLorean were brought up as bad looking cars but now they are extremely desirable, i wonder what cars we think are ugly now will become future cult classics
@JunkerOnDrums3 жыл бұрын
Citröen DS also looks fresh :D
@doubledee96757 жыл бұрын
The rest of the world buying Morris Minors? Even in the UK, the number buying those was rapidly diminishing and very few elsewhere.
@jaggass6 жыл бұрын
Currently one for sale at £6950 on ebay. Has a Ford V4 in it
@fradaja12 жыл бұрын
According to the manual it uses 1 litre every 800-1.000 kilometres (500-600 miles) but ive heard its more like 800 ,......fully synthetic thats at least £10?
@cronn4213 жыл бұрын
@andy74123 The original format started in 1977 and was cancelled shortly after the turn of the millennium. The new format started in 2002.
@MegaBear8512 жыл бұрын
Это уже история. Машина - легенда!
@watannen12 жыл бұрын
i meant that in the 60's and 70's,other cars that brits looked down on, lasted more. The LADA 1200 was launched in the early 70's and was very reliable! Wartburgs, which had 2-stroke engines, really prone to wear by design. They didn't have oil, they lubricated with the gas-oil mixture in the tank, which they then burned as fuel. The Renault 8, launched in the 60's, cheap, basic but very reliable. The engine would often hit 300k kms without intervention and also the rest of the car was very good
@watannen12 жыл бұрын
Skodas of old were neither good nor bad because they were RR. I was saying they were rather reliable cars (main components, not talking about the radio or wipers' blades), which also happened to be RR. As far as i know, cars contemporary to the NSU were not thought out in the in-shelf life manner. You may have noticed that Brit motors were never very popular across the mainland (Land Rovers may be an exception). I mean Peugeot probably sold more than all of the british industry(exaggeration).
@MrJezza3114 жыл бұрын
wow thats a great looking car
@jeroenjansen27094 жыл бұрын
They should have replaced the engine with a convential one and continue.
@jimtaylor2944 жыл бұрын
Aye, they should.
@jimtaylor2944 жыл бұрын
Yes!.
@jimtaylor2944 жыл бұрын
On that I thoroughly disagree. Being "revolutionary" doesn't make something inherently good, and it wasn't.
@johnburns40172 жыл бұрын
People would drop in a Ford V4, which was a bad rough engine.
@djphilmanns7 ай бұрын
@@jimtaylor294 It’s a jewel of an engine, and with todays knowledge perfectly reliable.
@justas52513 жыл бұрын
@MrPetrolhead09 The cluth is on the gear leather
@NearAbbeyRoad12 жыл бұрын
@angelofragnarok Norton put a more advanced Rotary in a bike. I believe it was used to power light planes.
@bassfeile12 жыл бұрын
The designer Klaus Luthe moved to BMW at the end of NSU and does the first BMW series 3 design .
@kernals127 жыл бұрын
I thought that was Bob Lutz
@djphilmanns11 жыл бұрын
Mmmmm, I don't think the Delorean is ugly either, agree about the Princess though. There's a Delorean with a 3 Rotor engine from a Eunos Cosmo around, its quite a beast!
@tttpietje56014 жыл бұрын
@djphilmanns If he gets a good offer, yes. Most Ro80's are €4000-6000 in Holland. My dad's car is in outstanding condition so he wants €10000 or more for it, but no one wants to pay that because maintenance is very expensive. And my sister loves the car :P
@Rooinek27 жыл бұрын
tttpietje560 o
@marcferme3 жыл бұрын
Should've invested in some apex seals bro
@djphilmanns14 жыл бұрын
@tttpietje560 Your Dad must be Vincent then! It's a lovely car, my friend Clive Thomas worked on it's restoration at Rotechniks, is he really going to sell it?
@rolfdejonge39156 жыл бұрын
XXX...I still have one....
@NearAbbeyRoad12 жыл бұрын
@REPOMAN24722 "didnt they do any testing on the car so they would know how reliable the engine was, modern cars go thru millions of miles of testing." NSU were only small company at the time. Hence why they came up with a revolutionary design. The big boys would never be so adventurous. The car could have been continued for another 15 or 20 years with a piston engine in it. Mass production by VW would have dropped the build price.
@jamesdrichardson34475 жыл бұрын
Don't believe him for one minute regarding the Twin Rotary Wankel engine being sorted through specialists. I once owned a Mazda RX8 and the start up and shut down procedure was Space Shuttle-like,....and I'm talking about a 2008 model car. !!!! It was a nice smooth powerful engine in a car which had a uniquely styled body and interior, much like the RO80 but virtually impossible to run it economically with returns of 18-22 mpg and I tell you not there was nothing wrong with the engine in my car. There are plenty of videos on here of RX8 owners falling foul and flooding their rotors making the car a absolute nightmare to get started again. It makes me wonder why a car from the late 60's and 70's with the same twin rotor set up not suffer the same problems. ?
@djphilmanns3 жыл бұрын
I find “Space-Shuttle like” somewhat of an exaggeration! My wife has run an Rx8 for the past 13 years. Other than not turning it off straight after starting when cold (causing flooding) there’s nothing else to it. It hasn’t been flooded in more than a decade now. I have never found switching off when cold to be an issue in a Ro80 though. Rotary engines will not take the neglect (lack of oil changes etc) that a conventional engine will take, but if treated correctly they will last well. An original unmodified Ro80 will last well, but now we have the additional benefit of ceramic apex seals which are now available.
@jamesdrichardson34473 жыл бұрын
@@djphilmanns ....yeah, an exaggeration on my part is probably right. I fell foul of the flooding issue through lack of knowledge really and I remember filling half the street with white smoke when I eventually got it running, my neighbours thought I'd set it alite. It was a nice car and ran perfectly but I couldn't justify keeping it as it fell into the £550 tax bracket. I always thought Mazda should have done an in-line four version of the RX8 to keep everyone happy.
@johnburns40172 жыл бұрын
The RX8 performance was similar to a Porsche. They has similar MPG. You have to compare like with like.
@Mechknight7313 жыл бұрын
Wonder what would happen if you dropped a Mazda 13B in one instead?
@KhmerKhat13 жыл бұрын
Pop a Mazda 13b turbo into that and tune up the suspension, big wheels and all, and I'd go that NSU.
@eduardopena58932 жыл бұрын
Except now, years later, even Mazda was forced to throw in the towel on production model rotary engines. They just don't work in the practical world.
@johnburns40172 жыл бұрын
Mazda are introducing a rotary engined hybrid. The problems are well known. They perform much better at higher revs and load. Best to have a smaller engine pushed harder to get as much HP out of it as possible. Acting as a fixed speed generator, it really performs.