Audi Tradition

Audi Tradition 19

Anniversary Dates 2020

NSU Prinz 1000 TT NSU Typ 110

55 years

With the Prinz 1000 TT, in 1965 NSU catered for customers’ desire for more sportiness, with the logo TT with the chequered flag recalling the Tourist Trophy, the world’s toughest motorcycle race which NSU finished in 1954 as a four-time winner. The initial idea to build this fast compact car came from NSU chief press officer Artur Westrup. Distin- guishing features of the NSU TT were disc brakes

on the front axle, a dual carburettor, rev counter, twin headlamps and a steering wheel with two per­ forated aluminium spokes. The engine in the first version produced 55 hp. In 1967, Günther Irmscher driving an NSU 1000 TT was the overall winner of the Tour d´ Europe, the world’s longest rally covering 14,000 kilometres. As a racing car, the NSU 1000 TT won a total of 29 national championships in Europe and North America. >>