Compare and Contrast

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 12/04/2015 at 14:47 • Filed to: Citroen, NSU

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Your correspondent finds himself in Paris for the weekend and so thoughts turn to matters French.

Here we have a Citroen CX (lwb Prestige) with a bonus GS and a CX dash, complete with rotating drum instruments because Citroen:

Here we have an RO80. They have something in common which is...

deprecated account > Cé hé sin 12/04/2015 at 14:55

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an engine

duurtlang > Cé hé sin 12/04/2015 at 14:57

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They were both designed with a Wankel engine in mind? Both bankrupted their company? They’re both awesome? A version of both is stored in the shop where I store/work on my project car?

dogisbadob > Cé hé sin 12/04/2015 at 15:06

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leet time

dogisbadob > Cé hé sin 12/04/2015 at 15:06

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this dash is awesome

Cé hé sin > duurtlang 12/04/2015 at 15:25

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Wankel is the right answer, or rather one of them.

Both cars used a three speed manual box with a torque converter to make up for the lack of torque (standard on the NSU, extra on the Citroen) which Citroen retained for a few years after abandoning the three rotor engine.

Cé hé sin > dogisbadob 12/04/2015 at 15:30

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Citroen did a lot of these in the 70s and 80s.

Have a GSA.