ATV Today: 20.11.1968: NSU RO80 Car

Summary

Bev Smith meets John Taylor from Handsworth in Birmingham who is the first private motorist in Britain to buy the new NSU RO80 rotary engined car from West Germany.

Year:

1968

Duration:

0:04:50

Film type:

Black & White / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

NSU RO80 car pulls up and Bev Smith and John Taylor get out. Taylor describes the features of the car talking about the unique rotary engine which works without pistons and its unusual automatic gear change system. Taylor has bought a left hand drive import version of the car which is expected to be sold in right hand drive from from next year.


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