The Trabant: Automotive Lemon or Cult Car?
From DW REV – Cars & Mobility. 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…