Description
Timed Auction starting Sunday Ending 12. 3. 2023
1982 Trabant P601S Deluxe
594cc 2 stroke 2 cylinder 4 speed with reverse
64, 000 kms
Excellent example of the worlds worst car!
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Guide €3000-5000
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Produced without major changes for nearly 30 years, the Trabant became the most common automobile in East Germany. It came to symbolize the country during the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, as images of East Germans crossing the border into West Germany were broadcast around the globe. Best known in Ireland for appearing in promotions for U2s Actung Baby Album in 1991
Since its manufacturer was a state monopoly, acquiring a Trabant took about ten years. East German buyers were placed on a waiting-list of up to thirteen years. The waiting time depended on their proximity to Berlin, the capital. Official state price was 7, 450 GDR marks and the demand to production ratio was forty three to one (1989). The free market price for a second-hand one was more than twice the price of a new one, and the average worker had to wait ten to thirteen years on a waiting list, or, if available, pay more than double for a second hand model
The Trabant had a steel unibody frame, with the roof, boot lid, bonnet, wings and doors made of duroplast, a hard plastic made from recycled cotton waste from the Soviet Union and phenol resins from the East German dye industry The material was durable, and the average lifespan of a Trabant was 28 years. Disposal of the body shells is a major headache as they virtually indestructible and cannot be recycled in any way.
The Trabant's build quality was poor, reliability was terrible, and it was loud, slow, and poorly designed. Features regularly in the lists of worlds worst cars yet remains one of my favourites. One of its positives is 100% parts availability at ridiculously cheap prices.
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