REV - The Trabant: The car that defined a nation - Report / Infomagazin

Once East Germany‘s answer to the Volkswagen, the Trabant symbolized freedom and mobility in the GDR. But as other countries advanced, the Trabi stayed the same - earning nicknames like „Racing Cardboard“ due to its Duroplast body and a smoky two-stroke engine. Once ridiculed, the Trabant became a symbol of the Berlin Wall‘s fall, and today, it‘s a classic car collecting favorite.