NSU Ro 80

Car Sedan

3 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the NSU Ro 80 on record.

Netherlands
1968โ€“1980
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
2009โ€“2023
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 40% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Finland Netherlands New Zealand Norway Switzerland United Kingdom

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Powertrains on record

3 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/car/nsu/ro-80/full

Registration history

1968: 7 vehicles 1969: 12 vehicles 1970: 17 vehicles 1971: 12 vehicles 1972: 25 vehicles 1973: 27 vehicles 27 1974: 20 vehicles 1975: 17 vehicles 1976: 21 vehicles 1977: 11 vehicles 1978: 1 vehicle 1980: 1 vehicle 1968 1980
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
2009: 1 vehicle 1 2015: 1 vehicle 2023: 1 vehicle 2009 2023
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1968 7
1969 12
1970 17
1971 12
1972 25
1973 27
1974 20
1975 17
1976 21
1977 11
1978 1
1980 1
Finland
2009 1
2015 1
2023 1

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

Try the API

The NSU Ro 80 as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

GET /api/v1/vehicles/car/nsu/ro-80/full

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{
  "id": "car/nsu/ro-80",
  "name": "Ro 80",
  "make": {
    "id": "nsu",
    "name": "NSU"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "sedan",
  "availability": [
    "ch",
    "fi",
    "gb",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "nz"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 6,
    "mass_decile": 4,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [
    "car/nsu/ro80"
  ],
  "years": null,
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit โ€” see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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