On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:52 AM, cdb <colin@btech-online.co.uk> wrote:

> The Wartburg (Czech I think) used the Wankel engine in the early 70's, ou=
r
> neighbour had one.
>

German actually (Eastern-German), that was the successor of NSU. I have not
read anything about it in it's wikipedia page but on wankel's page they
mention NSU for sure. I only remember of the 2 stroke engines they made (we
used to have this brand in Hungary before the political change)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartburg_(car)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSU_Motorenwerke_AG

Hmm, interesting info on NSU's page:

First it says:
"In 1964 NSU offered the world's first Wankel engined
</wiki/Wankel_engine> car:
the Wankelspider."

then:
"The NSU Ro 80 </wiki/NSU_Ro_80> was the second mass-produced two-rotor
Wankel-powered vehicle after the Mazda Cosmo </wiki/Mazda_Cosmo>. "

and also says:
"Only Mazda </wiki/Mazda> continued developing the Wankel engine."

Anyway, wondering what is the reason not using this type of engine if that
is obviously produces more power out of less combustion volume and smaller
mass of metal structure?

Tamas



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