Trabant 601 East German Car Motor Car Car The trabant 601 was tiny, just under 12 feet long on an 80 inch wheelbase. martin peters language barrier. sourcing parts from the former east germany was a challenge of language rather than supply. between mavrigian’s rudimentary german and suppliers’ token english, a few incorrect parts arrived on the doorstep of the ohio shop. In this story. 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.
The East German Trabant 601 вђ The Worst Car Ever Made A 1986 trabant 601 s de luxe. in hindsight, the trabant 601 can be considered east germany's answer to west germany's "people's car", the vw beetle. [1] [2] its purpose was to provide a cheap but still reliable car that was very affordable and also easy to repair and maintain. 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. This is a trabant 601, by far the most prolific of the 3.7 million trabants ever made. known as the “trabbi” in its native east germany it was nicknamed “the worst car ever made,” and was often comically referred to as the “saxon porsche,” “running cardboard,” or “the spark plug with a roof.”. despite its somewhat. On november 7, 1957, the first "trabi" rolled off the line. on april 30, 1991, the last one left the factory. the history in between saw this little car contraption turn into a mega star. the.
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