Trabant

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A parking lot in East Berlin, in 1983. Mainly Trabants, a white Wartburg and a dark green Lada
A parking lot in East Berlin, in 1983. Mainly Trabants, a white Wartburg and a dark green Lada

The Trabant (or Trabi) was a series of cars built in the German Democratic Republic. When the first cars were released, people saw them as being full of innovations. The cars were also easy on fuel, they did not need much fuel. Unfortunately, the company who built the car did not innovate, so soon, the cars were showing the age of the technolgy that was used. At least they were robust.

Between 1957 and 1990, about 3 million "Trabant" were built. As of January 2005, about 67.000 such cars were still registered.

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