Rare Rides: NSU’s New Way to Wankel, the Spider From 1965 (Part II)

In Part I of this four-part NSU Rare Rides series, we covered the beginning of the NSU brand and its initial product offerings — which included knitting machines. The company moved into bikes and motorcycles, as well as a three-wheeler considered a midpoint between motorcycle and car. The engineers were certainly busy, but all was […]

Pagoda Style Meets Corvette Power in Mysterious 1965 Mercedes-Benz 230SL

– The 1960s were arguably the high point of Mercedes-Benz design. While some prefer the more ornate automobiles of the 1930s and others admire the charm of the three-pointed star’s postwar machines, the 1960s brought us the Heckflosse (launched in 1959; the name means “fintail”); the stately W108, which deleted the Heckflosse’s eponymous tailfins; the […]