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Roland Greppmeir wrote: > > CARVER, JEFFREY D wrote: > > > > Roland - > > I have absolutely no clue as to what a K 70 is. > > Never seen or heard of a VW with that designation > > in the US. But I would like to find out about it. > > > > - Jeff > > Since I`ve received a few mails on this and there seems to be some > interest, some more. > I always knew about the history, the only thing a wondered if the were > sold in the US. Now, I know they weren`t. Thanks. > > For those who don`t know what it is, the history very,very brief since > it`s off topic. > > Until the mid-seventies there was a car company in Germany called NSU. > They were taken over by VW end-sixties, but kept selling cars with their > name. NSU was working on a watercooled, frontengined car, as was VW. > Since NSU`s was further developed, VW took over the technic, and > released > the K70. The NSU vehicle was called 'RO 80', built till '77 and had a > Wankel - engine. The K70 had 4 cyl. in row, was built from 70 till 73 > and > was available with two engines; 80 and 100 hp. > > Roland > `69 square > `69 TL > `69 beetle Very interesting, there is a picture of the NSU Ro 80 in the Wolfsburg Museum catalog. It bears a resemblance to a Peugot sedan of the same time. Not very appealing, though. While we are off the path, has anyone heard that the 4 rings of the Audi badge represent the four Wolfsburg marques- Audi, VW, DKW, and NSU? I had heard that one years ago, just thought I'd throw it out for consumption and regurgitation. Anyone? Anyone? David "a plethora of questionable minutae" Walters '73 1600L Notch S. FL, USA