TJ wrote,
>I remember seeing a Wankel-powered motorcycle once in the 1970s. I
>think it was an NSU. Very unusual looking!
Perhaps, but Suzuki made and marketed a single rotor 125cc cylcle that
seemed never to gain popularity.
Jarrid Gross
Marc James Small writes:
> At 05:44 PM 2/27/97 -0800, Barrie Henderson wrote:
> >I think you are referring to Wankel - a German engineer - he designed
the
> rotary engine and Mazda was the only company that actually put them
into
> production - as far as I know.
>
> My heavens, NO! There were a series of NSU RO cars in the '60's. NSU
was
> merged into Audi which was then purchased by VW, so Volkswagen owns
the
> rights to the Wankel engine. Every time Mazda sells one, they send a
> ten-spot or so to Wolfsburg.
--
T.J. Higgins
tjhiggin(at)ingr.com
Huntsville, AL
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