“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 ...

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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.

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 ...

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1964, the first year of production, NSU sold only 151 units. 1965 was a relatively good year with 923 sales. But by the time production was halted in 1967, only 2375 Spiders had been sold. Today it ...

The only cars in recent times to utilise a Wankel rotary engine have been Mazdas – the RX-8 being the most recent. But the revolutionary engine has made an appearance in plenty of other vehicles, as a ...