“The higher the rpm, the better it goes,” Manny Barreiros says of his 1967 NSU Wankel Spider, the first rotary-powered production car. Ironically perhaps, the rev-happy character of the Wankel would ...

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

We've covered cars that set huge trends in the automotive world, but not every innovative car sets the world on fire. This series is about cars which were something the world had never seen before, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Let me start with reciting the background story. The Wankel engine, which is sometimes called the rotary engine is something that's often ...

In North America, NSU is perhaps best remembered for smaller cars like the Spider that made their way stateside in the 1960s, often sharing floor space with half a dozen other imports. (Pictured above ...

Prices shown are the prices you can expect to pay for a 1964 NSU Wankel Spider 2 Door Convertible across different levels of condition. Edit options.

Most Japanese performance car enthusiasts are familiar with the 13B twin-rotor engine Mazda equipped the RX-7 and RX-8 with. But unless you've owned and modified an RX of some type, chances are you ...

Rotary engines made their biggest impact in Mazda sports cars, but a recent episode of "Jay Leno's Garage" delves into the rotary's earlier history. Before it was popularized by Mazda, the rotary ...

Back in 1965, Autocar began road test number 2043 by pondering what newfangled contraption would replace the internal combustion engine, much as we so often do today. We were reviewing the NSU Wankel ...

NSU debuted the Spider in 1963, and it caused a something of a commotion. But once the uproar had died down, the rotary-engine powered car was largely ignored by the German market. By the time ...

Prices shown are the prices you can expect to pay for a 1965 NSU Wankel Spider 2 Door Convertible across different levels of condition. Edit options.