Car of the Year in 1968, the NSU Ro 80 was the world's first rotary-powered sedan, showcasing many advanced features that ...

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. -- Back when Wankel rotary engines held promise for the future, it wasn't just Mazda in Japan that was pioneering them. Along came NSU in Germany. In 1967, NSU was selling the ...

TWENTY-FIVE years ago, a German book salesman named Felix Wankel entertained a revolutionary, if not heretical notion: he fell to wondering if the standard gasoline engine, man’s commonest prime mover ...

It was a beautiful car then, and it’s still a beautiful car now. But beneath its shapely skin lurked the germ of its maker’s destruction, as well as technology that plenty of carmakers would ...

Central Europeans still race the hell out of the Prinz, albeit in its four-cylinder configuration called the 1000 for its larger displacement. The engine was unusual for its inline configuration — ...

After military service a career as war correspondent was on the cards. But then an exclusive bursar programme in automotive journalism came 'a-knockin' - and so a 26-year journey spanning newspapers, ...