We have already reviewed some copies of the NSU brand, which was the predecessor of the well-known Audi. After seeing some well-known models such as the Prinz or the Ro 80, now it’s your turn the turn to a more exclusive one and unknown. It is a rustic truck of which barely 500 units were made between 1969 and 1971 in a very specific country from which it ended up taking its name. He NSU Uruguay It will go down in history for its striking design and its peculiar presence in Latin America despite its Bavarian origin.
The Uruguayan design language is unrelated to the rest of the models made by the brand. Its square shapes were not officially conceived, but by a NSU importer in Uruguay called Quintanar. What they did was take the chassis of the two-cylinder NSU Prinz 4 and make a conversion so that it was a practical truck and that it met the needs of the users in that area. The truth is that it was quite successful, managing to sell 140 units at the end of 1968 and the story would reach the matrix.
The NSU people in Neckarsulm studied the request of the Uruguayan importer, as they demanded a more powerful engine. They received one of the chassis created on the other side of the ocean and analyzed it to officially put it into production. They had the mechanics, because they could use the four cylinders of the NSU Prinz 1000, but there was a problem. That block didn’t fit the rear of the car, so they had to do some modifications and lose some space. A series of problems also arose from the Technical Development department, but finally it was possible to reach a successful conclusion.
Thus, they were made between 1969 and 1971 about 500 vans on the assembly line in that country using the names P6 and P10. They took the four-cylinder engine and 996 cc with its 43 CV and more achieved benefits. Although the truth is that it would go down in history as NSU Uruguay due to its origins and its origins and its transience. What is certain is that in 1971, NSU withdrew from the Uruguayan market and this model came to an end. Currently only one prototype of the NSU P10 is preserved in Germany and it is the one in the collection of historic vehicles of Audi.
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