NSU Motorenwerke AG, or NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873. Acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969, VW merged NSU with Auto Union, creating Audi NSU Auto Union AG, ultimately Audi. The NSU is an abbreviation of the name Neckarsulm.

Aug 5, 2011 · Headquartered in the southern German town of Neckarsulm, NSU had produced automatic knitting machines and a successful line of bicycles before introducing its first motorcycle in 1901.

NSU was a German manufacturer of cars and motorcycles founded in 1873, and which was acquired by Volkswagen in 1969. VW merged the company with Auto Union to eventually evolve into Audi as it is known today.

Aug 21, 2009 · From its fender-mounted nameplate fin to its leading-link suspension, the NSU Supermax is a 383lb package of bygone-era charm. The bike and its close relatives — the Max, the Special Max and the Sportsmax racer — make up one of NSU’s most fondly remembered families of machines.

The NSU Quickly was a moped manufactured by NSU Motorenwerke AG of Germany from 1953 to 1968. More than one million Quicklys were sold. [1] [2]

The NSU Quick 50 was a light motorcycle manufactured by NSU Motorenwerke AG. NSU started producing the Quick 50 in Neckarsulm, Germany in 1962. 9,323 Quick 50 motorcycles were built before NSU stopped manufacturing motorcycles in 1965.

Exhibiting the usual NSU type of technical excellence, the team arrived with a 12 hp supercharged 50cc model, a 15.5 hp unblown lOOcc model, the 20 hp 125cc and 42 hp 250cc unblown models (the...

NSU motorcycles have a rich history with land speed racing. In 1951, an NSU motorcycle set the land speed record for 500cc supercharged motorcycles at an astonishing 180mph and an NSU with a sidecar set the speed record at 154mph.

Today’s mass-produced NSU Supermax touring motorcycle is not as fast or glamorous as the Rennmax, but the Supermax has the same distinction of being like nothing else. From one end to the...

NSU was prominent in pre-War racing, scoring a 500cc class win in the Italian Grand Prix in 1930 and a 350 SOHC bike had the fastest lap at Monza in 1936. Both 350 and 500 race bikes had DOHC engines in 1937. In 1939 came a supercharged NSU 350 DOHC race bike, with an estimated 60bhp.