Author Topic: SOLVED: FW #412: NSU-Fiat prototype with 400cc-engine, developed by Fiat, 1956  (Read 1617 times)

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Re: FW #412
« Reply #25 on: December 16, 2022, 02:53:36 AM »
Right.  I have found sources that say that NSU was experimenting with a 400cc motorcycle-derived engine.  When bored out to 600cc it later became the basis for engine in the NSU Prinz.   Is that the one?
This NSU-Fiat has nothing to do with the NSU prototypes finally evolving into the Prinz. The similar engine size is pure coincidence. NSU-Fiat and NSU were two different companies.
..which can also be explained by the fact that the NSU Prinz engine is an air-cooled parallel-twin like the Fiat 500 Nuova, and we are talking here about a opposed two-cylinder-engine.