The Trabant, the iconic East German car
The production of the classic East German car, the "Trabi," halted on April 30, 1991. Explore the history of the car that's now cult.
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Trabant 601 (1964)
The Trabant was to the East what the VW Beetle was to the West - a vehicle for the masses. It was cheap to produce, with an outer body made of hard plastic. The car's moment in the spotlight came with the fall of the Berlin wall, as citizens of the DDR spilled over the newly open East-West border in their "Trabis." There are still some 33,000 Trabants roaming the streets of Germany today.