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The first models, still very different from The Volkswagen Beetle was ready by 1932. However, Zündapp, due to financial problems, broke the contract. Porsche kept one of the cars, but none of them survived the war.


Porsche, however, had already negotiated with another manufacturer to develop a "Volkswagen." Following Zündapp's trend, NSU decided to enter the automotive sector. Porsche then used the lessons learned from the previous project, and the ideas that had become more refined, and the NSU model ended up being very similar to the...  Beetle as we know it. It had a four-cylinder boxer engine, torsion bar suspension, and the obvious aerodynamic shape. Despite the refined design, however, NSU was unable to secure the necessary capital to launch its automobile line, and in 1933 abandoned the project.

Porsche, which always built 3 prototypes, once again kept one (which survived the war and is now in the VW museum). The contribution of this NSU model (a firm that, like Zündapp, contributed to the engineering of its prototype) would be valuable later, especially when choosing the Beetle's engine.