page_title: NSU Ro 80
section_title: Styling
hierarchical_section_title: NSU Ro 80 / Styling
caption_attribution_description: Schnittmodell des NSU Ro 80, mit dem NSU das Fahrzeug auf der IAA vorstellte. Museum Autovision, Altlußheim, Germany, cutaway model of NSU Ro 80
context_page_description: The NSU Ro 80 is a four-door, front-engine executive sedan manufactured and marketed by the West German firm NSU from 1967 until 1977.
  Noted for innovative, aerodynamic styling by Claus Luthe and a technologically advanced powertrain, the Ro 80 featured a 84 kW, 995 cc twin-rotor Wankel engine driving the front wheels through a semi-automatic transmission with an innovative vacuum operated clutch system. Engine dimensions: length 16.22 in.; width 13.5 in., height 13.5 in., weight 223 pounds. Power 107 hp at 6,500 rpm; torque 137 N⋅m at 3,000 rpm.
  The Ro 80 was voted Car of the Year for 1968 and 37,398 units were manufactured over a ten-year production run, all in a single generation.
context_section_description: The styling, by Claus Luthe who was head of design at NSU and later BMW, was considered very modern at the time; the Ro 80 has been part of many gallery exhibits of modern industrial design. The large glass area foreshadowed 1970s designs such as Citroën's. The shape was also slippery, with a drag coefficient of 0.355 (very low for the era). This allowed for a top speed of 112 mph (180 km/h). Indeed, comparisons have been drawn between the design of the Ro 80 and the aerodynamic 1982 Audi 100 built in the same factory some 15 years later.
caption: NSU Ro 80, IAA-Modell, Museum Autovision, Altlußheim, Germany
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