This is a picture of Juergen Bax, principle owner of Wankel
GmbH and his cherry 1975  NSU RO80 taken across the road from 
the Wankel factory in the local German vinyards.

I drove the car and it accellerates quite well despite
having only a three speed transmission which puts the
lie to the myth of no torque from peripheral intake
port rotary engines. Yes, the NSU RO80 two rotor engine has
peripheral intake ports. It idles badly but Everett Hatch/
Power Sport solved that problem by moving the throttle
plate  butterflys close to the rotor housings.

The car is not a small car by European standards and Juergen
and I are not small people. We probably weigh close to 500
pounds between the both of us. The car was 25 years ahead
of its time. It is quiet, roomy and very smooth. Great 
visibility.  If NSU had not run out of money and persevered 
like Mazda did it would have become a great car.

As I said before if I were going normally aspirated I would
go peripheral port.

Paul Lamar
 
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