NSU Prinz?

Not often I see a car that I never even heard of. One of these showed up at our local Brit car show. Anyone know anything about them? I am pretty sure that the enigne is in the back.

Was NSU not the father of all things Rotard?

Yes, I think so. I'm pretty sure I read years ago that Mazda built theirs under license from NSU

As I remember, they had an OHC, dual I think, four cyl.in the rear. They also made a model with a rotary engine. RO80 ?

In reply to iceracer:

I think that is right. It's been a lot of years ago, so specific model id's get a little weak. I'm lucky to keep track of the brands. I can't say the NSU was "the father of all things Rotard," but I think it definitely was who licensed the rotary to Mazda.

That car pictured is a sport prinz and was indeed the first car available with a wankel. The 4cyl was more popular though.

They also ran 2 cylinder SOHC engines in those days - that one is conventional - they made very few of the rotaries in those days and all of them were convertibles.

In reply to Ditchdigger:

Nope. The Sport Prinz came with a vertical twin, in two different sizes, 583cc and 598cc.

The Spyder came with the rotary.

I had an early 583 version for a few years. Very novel little engine with cam drive via slim "connecting rod" style blades running off an eccentric point.