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The Company Comotor SA was a joint venture between NSU
NSU Motorenwerke AG

NSU Motorenwerke Aktiengesellschaft, , was a Germany manufacturer of automobile and motorcycles, which was founded in 1873. It was acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969....
 and Citroën
Citroën

Citro?n is a France automobile manufacturer, founded in 1919 by Andr? Citro?n, it was the world's first mass-production car company outside of the USA....
, created in Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany....
 in April 1967. Its goal was to produce Wankel engine
Wankel engine

The Wankel engine is a type of internal combustion engine which uses a rotary combustion engine to convert pressure into a rotating motion instead of using reciprocating piston engine....
s. It followed an earlier, 1964 joint venture of both companies, the Geneva-based Comobil subsidiary, focusing on the development of the engines.






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The Company Comotor SA was a joint venture between NSU
NSU Motorenwerke AG

NSU Motorenwerke Aktiengesellschaft, , was a Germany manufacturer of automobile and motorcycles, which was founded in 1873. It was acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969....
 and Citroën
Citroën

Citro?n is a France automobile manufacturer, founded in 1919 by Andr? Citro?n, it was the world's first mass-production car company outside of the USA....
, created in Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany....
 in April 1967. Its goal was to produce Wankel engine
Wankel engine

The Wankel engine is a type of internal combustion engine which uses a rotary combustion engine to convert pressure into a rotating motion instead of using reciprocating piston engine....
s. It followed an earlier, 1964 joint venture of both companies, the Geneva-based Comobil subsidiary, focusing on the development of the engines. Comotor engines were used by the Citroën M35
Citroën M35

The Citro?n M35 was a Coupe derived from the Citro?n Ami, and equipped with a Wankel engine and an hydropneumatic suspension. The bodies were produced by Heuliez from 1969 to 1971....
 and by the GS Birotor
Citroën GS

The Citro?n GS and Citro?n GSA were small family cars produced by the French automaker Citro?n. The GS was voted European Car of the Year for 1971, and was probably the most technologically advanced car in its class when launched, with class leading comfort, safety and aerodynamics....
.

The venture was hamstrung by technical, reliability, and fuel consumption issues. Although Citroën took a slow and calculated development path, including a two-year 'beta-program' in which 267 Citroën M35
Citroën M35

The Citro?n M35 was a Coupe derived from the Citro?n Ami, and equipped with a Wankel engine and an hydropneumatic suspension. The bodies were produced by Heuliez from 1969 to 1971....
 prototypes were tested exhaustively by selected customers, rising gas prices in 1973 nullified market demand for the fuel-thirsty engine. The vast sums that where invested in the Comobil and Comotor joint ventures were major contributors to the bankruptcy of both NSU and Citroën
Citroën

Citro?n is a France automobile manufacturer, founded in 1919 by Andr? Citro?n, it was the world's first mass-production car company outside of the USA....
.