NSU pipe 25/40 PS

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25/40 hp
Production period:	1908-1909
Class :	Upper class
Body versions :	Touring car
Engines:	Otto engine : 6.5 liters (29 kW)
Length:	4000 mm
Width:	1700 mm
Height:	2000 mm
Wheelbase :	3280 mm
Empty weight :	Chassis: 1100 kg

The NSU Pipe 25/40 PS was an automobile of the upper class , which the Neckarsulm bicycle Werke Aktiengesellschaft in 1908 and 1909 under license from the Belgian automobile manufacturer Pipe built. This was the brand's first - and for a long time the only - six-cylinder model and the only luxury car ever built by NSU.

The water-cooled engine was a six-cylinder block engine with a displacement of 6494 cm³ (bore × stroke = 105 × 125 mm), the 40 HP (29 kW) at 1100 / min. performed. The engine had magneto ignition , automatic central lubrication and overhead valves . The engine power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a leather cone clutch, a three-speed gearbox with a right-hand gate shift and a chain . The wheelbase of the cars was 3280 mm, their track width 1457 mm and the weight of the chassis was 1100 kg. The top speed was around 100 km / h.

The cars were only made as a double phaeton . In 1909 their production was stopped without a successor.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Peter Schneider: The NSU story . 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2012. ISBN 978-3-613-03397-9 . Pp. 22-23, 320-321