Nsu 1200/1300 Tt(s)

NSU 1200 TT/1300 TTS

NSU was a motorcycle company that re-tried its luck on the car market in the fifties with the introduction of the NSU Prinz. It had been building cars since 1906, but stopped that in the mid twenties.
The Prinz had a 600 cc two cylinder engine and was gradually improved over time, the final version with the original body style being the Prinz III. Enter the Prinz IV, with the body that was clearly inspired by the Chevrolet Corvair. The engine was retained and its 30 BHP allowed for a speed of 115 kph. More than half a million were produced.

The next step was the NSU 1000TT, a stretched version of the Prinz with a 4 cylinder transverse aircooled engine behind the rear axle. The car turned immediately into a favourite for touring car races, and a number of versions appeared. The 1200 TT had an enlarged engine, while the 1000 TTS was further tuned to allow the car to stay in the 1-litre class. The TTS had twin Solex Carbs, wider wheels and front disc brakes. An oil cooler was placed underneath the front license plate. In standard form the car had 70 BHP, but could be tuned up about 85.
Later privately prepared versions used a 1300 engine and as such became known as the 1300 TTS. The best known tuner of all was Siegfried Spiess. A 1300 TTS driven by Willi Bergmeister became the 1974 German hillclimb champion (aptly translates as Bergmeister, so what’s in a name) in the class up to 1300 cc. Of all TT variants about 65000 were produced.

Shown here are a 1200 TT and a 1300TTS in the famous Jaegermeister livery.

great cars, always liked them with their opened hood for cooling (pic3).

I have an orange one (typical colour for TTs) as 1:18 Revell diecast.

My pics

some more...

last one...

one picture from me. taken on the concours d'elegance @ paleis het loo 2004.

[quote=drakkie]one picture from me. taken on the concours d'elegance @ paleis het loo 2004.[/quote]
This one is my favorite Prinz, any chance of higher res pic?:)

[QUOTE=smxi]This one is my favorite Prinz, any chance of higher res pic?:)[/QUOTE]

same car

[quote=henk4]same car[/quote]
Thanks.:)

Have to contribute to:D

I'm not sure , correct me if they're not 1200/1300 (I think the red one is):o

could be a 1000 TT as well.

yeah but did they build TTS in 1000 ?

[QUOTE=forza_autodelta]yeah but did they build TTS in 1000 ?[/QUOTE]

yes, the TTS was a 1000, but from the front it is difficult to see the difference. The badge at the rear would give it away

They take a styling hint from Chevy? ;)

[QUOTE=Esperante]They take a styling hint from Chevy? ;)[/QUOTE]

Well if you read post one, you may have noted that I was also struck by the similarity.....:D

2 pics from 2003, more will follow later this month (have to scan them first)

Is this the same type of the NSU that you talking about ?

Here's one of a 1200 in Ireland. They have this groovy vacuum operated semi-auto.
[IMG]http://www.cliftonds.com/citroen/Blessington05/DSCF0010.JPG[/IMG]

Found three more and scanned them. They were to dark before, so I couldn't do more than light them up a bit.

[SIZE="3"][FONT="Georgia"]My father had 5 NSU's amongst which were a 1000 TT (blue metallic) and a 1200 TT (targa orange).

Ciao, Olaf[/FONT][/SIZE]

[FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="3"]Some pictures from the Essen Techno Classica last week. The red NSU is a replica 1000 TTS with enlarged engine and other goodies. It is a streetlegal car.

Ciao, Olaf[/SIZE][/FONT]

Im from Russia and am intresting for car history
NSU is retro, it is root for Ukraine ZAZ966-968 im look for original photo of NSU. Sorry for bad engl.
[url=http://inetauto.ru/2008/03/27/nashe-retro.-zaporozhec-30-foto.html]Zaporodjetcz 966, 968[/url]

dobre vecr,

yes the Zaporoshets does look like the NSU, but both cars were inspired by the Chevrolet Corvair....

and welcome to UCP, we have several Russian speakers on board...

There is a guy about 40km away that's got 3 or 4 of these NSU cars. I will make a plan to take pix and post :D