Volkswagen K70

The Volkswagen K70 is a four-door sedan developed by NSU and marketed by Volkswagen from 1970 to 1975, after Volkswagen acquired NSU in 1969. It was the first water-cooled, front-engine, front-drive vehicle from a company that until then had been known for air-cooled, rear-engined, rear-drive cars. Designed by NSU chief engineer Ewald Praxl and styled by Claus Luthe to complement the NSU Ro80, it competed with Volkswagen's own 411 and 412 and with the Audi 100, and it was ultimately sold only as a sedan, with production reaching 211,127 for model years 1970 to 1975. The K retained NSU's naming convention, standing for the German word Kolben, piston, and the 70 for an engine output of 70 PS.