The NSU Motor Company ( NECKARSULMER Fahrzeugwerke AG ) started car production in Heilbronn / Germany in 1905. But they got famous for their motorcycles. In 1955 NSU became the biggest motor cycle producer in the world. Car production ceased in 1977.
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| NSU radiator emblem |
This should be the fist enameled NSU radiator emblem. It is from 1913 a few years afterNSU started the car production. Very hard to find. There is a BRITISH repro that has a flat backside, the original is not flat !
| Dimensions | 6.7 cm x 4.0 |
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| Year | 1913 - 1914 |
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| 1913 advertisment showing the emblem |
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| 1924 NSU exposition in Berlin / Germany |
| Dimension | 8.0 cm x 7.0 cm |
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| Year | 1925 - 1927 |
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| 1925 vee-shaped radiator |
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| NSU / Germany prewar emblem |
In 1929 FIAT bought the NSU autodivision and from this day on the prewar NSU and FIAT emblems were made in the same style as you can see in the next pictures.
| Dimension | 5.8 cm x 5.8 cm |
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| Year | 1931 - 1932 |
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1931 advertisment showing the new emblem:
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| FIAT (ITALY) and NSU (GERMANY) of the same year: 1932 |
For more car and truck emblems see older posts or top right ( list of car makers ).
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