Trabant (German: [tʁaˈbant] ⓘ) is a series of small cars produced from 1957 until 1991 by former East German car manufacturer VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau. Four models were made: the Trabant 500, Trabant 600, Trabant 601, and the Trabant 1.1. The first model, the 500, was a relatively modern car when it was introduced.

2019年8月5日 · In the 1991 German comedy film, Go Trabi Go, a family from the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) goes on a road trip to Italy in their beloved Trabant 601—the most popular car in East...

2021年12月30日 · In the fall of 1988, the Wartburg 1.3 was shown with a Volkswagen four-stroke engine and further optical retouching. Due to the higher engine power compared to the Trabant, various GDR racers also used the Wartburg in motorsports. The factory itself developed the 353 WR for rally competitions.

2013年4月5日 · Over 3.7 million of these vehicles were produced in the Saxon city of Zwickau between the mid-1950s and 1991 and most of these found a home with a GDR family. With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, images of long lines of Trabis waiting at border crossings helped make this strange looking automobile famous the world over.

2021年4月30日 · Explore the history of the car that's now cult. They're enough to bring a tear to any car-lovers' eye. From VW to BMW, Opel to Mercedes-Benz - German carmakers have created countless cult...

Look out for rare Trabi rally cars, military vehicles, jeeps and police cars. For a while, you'll be transported back to the GDR. The museum's oldest vehicle is the DKW, dating from the 1930s. Watch a film about the importance of Trabis in East German culture in the on-site cinema.

2018年3月23日 · Park of passenger cars of the GDR. Cars of the GDR were of a good variety. Here was produced available and known to all "Trabant", "Wartburg", EMW, "Jorge", "Zwickau" and DKV. Basic features of cars of the Soviet part of Germany is as follows: Front-wheel design; Two-stroke engine; Economical body made of Duroplast (mostly);

The IFA F9 is an important vehicle in German automotive history that was produced in the GDR between 1950 and 1956. Developed by the Industrial Association for Vehicle Construction (IFA), the F9 was based on pre-war designs by Auto Union for the DKW F9.

The Trabant – or Trabi – used to be basically the car of East Germany (German Democratic Republic GDR). True, there were also other cars on the streets by manufacturers like Volkswagen, Volvo, Skoda – and there was even another East German car manufacturer: Wartburg. But with over 3 Million…

2023年5月30日 · The Trabant idea, a “people’s car” for the German Democratic Republic (GDR), first formed in late 1953 as a reaction to the violent worker uprisings against GDR leadership earlier that year. The government, led by Stalinist Walter Ulbricht, felt that improved standards of living would win back some loyalty, and cars were definitely ...