The Trabant Was an Awful Car Made By Communists

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I recently had the chance to drive a Trabant, which is a truly awful car born in East Germany during the darkest days of Communism — and manufactured until the late 1980s. For more, watch the video above, and check out my column.

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AlexMr2

I’ve heard of guys putting Hayabusa engines in these, with extreme results!

11/09/2016 - 20:47 |
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Anonymous

For some reason we car guys sometimes have a liking for aweful cars

11/09/2016 - 20:52 |
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Poke

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I agree

11/09/2016 - 21:14 |
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Anonymous

man, it had up to 28 hp, had no weight, used no fuel and nobody needed to brag about cars… It had its advantages, the five year waits for getting one werent one lol

11/09/2016 - 21:18 |
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CaptainNutSack

With Donald Trump taking charge, welcome to America’s automotive future Doug…

11/09/2016 - 21:26 |
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Dave 2

So awful? The People there were happy about it for 2 decades ;)

11/09/2016 - 21:45 |
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🎺🎺thank mr skeltal

In reply to by Dave 2

Yeah, but not the kind of “It’s an excellent car” happy. More like the kind of “well, the only alternative is twice as expensive, so we’ll have to go with it” happy.

11/10/2016 - 05:58 |
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SpeedyConzalez

My dads Trabi😁

11/09/2016 - 22:33 |
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awesome

11/10/2016 - 02:11 |
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MikeTheMiata (MiataSquad) (MarinerSquad)

In reply to by SpeedyConzalez

Wow thats pretty!

11/10/2016 - 20:52 |
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Boosted69420

Still got less rust than phil

11/09/2016 - 22:46 |
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probably because the roof, trunk lid, hood, fenders, and doors made of hard plastic called Duroplast

11/10/2016 - 05:47 |
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Joel Peñaló

BoostedBorris be like:

[TRIGGERED]

11/09/2016 - 22:59 |
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Boosted69420
11/09/2016 - 23:07 |
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Lada-perfect from the start

11/10/2016 - 07:30 |
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Anonymous

And yet so many video games are based off from it.

11/09/2016 - 23:36 |
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