Resumption of the production of bicycles and motorcycles

With an annual production of 350,000 two-wheelers, NSU was the largest two-wheeler factory in the world.

In the development department, a rotary piston engine runs on the test bench for the first time.

Resumption of the production of automobiles

Change of name to NSU Motorenwerke AG on August 5; capital: DM 27 million By the time production ceased in 1963, 1,034,277 NSU bicycles had been manufactured after the end of the war. Annual production of motorcycles exceeded the 100,000 mark in 1953 and reached its absolute peak in 1956 with 236,132 units. From 1957 to the end of 1968, NSU produced around 760,000 passenger cars. The number of employees working on this increased from over 5,000 in the 1950s to over 7,000 in the 1960s.

Audi NSU Auto Union AG founded on August 21, NSU had 11,504 employees