Sachsenring Trabant P60
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Car-ID: XT0130
Model, Body type:
Compact car
Registration:
1962
Engine Power:
590 CCM (17 KW / 23 BHP)
Transmission:
Manual transmission
Color:
Blue
Doors:
2
Mileage:
29,300 km
Vehicle Description
It has become a symbol of East Germany’s economy of scarcity: The Trabant. In fairness, the car was completely on a par with its West German counterparts at the time of its release. With its front engine and front wheel drive, it was even a rather modern vehicle. The main problem was that modifications and modernisations were scarce until 1964, and virtually non-existing after that. The original Trabant, the P50, was built from 1957 until 1962 with its 500 cc two-stroke engine producing 13 kW (18 hp) of power. As of 1963, the engine was upgraded to 600 cc and a power output of 17 kW (23 hp). 1964 brought a facelifted bodywork with straighter lines – which then remained unchanged until the end of production in 1991. For the last year, a licenced version of a 1.0 litre VW 4-stroke engine from the Polo was implanted.
Body shapes included the 2-door sedan and a 2-door station wagon, called Kombi or Universal.
Despite its nickname, “racing cardboard”, the Trabant body panels were made of Duroplast, a hard plastic made of cotton waste and phenol resins – not cardboard.
A total of 3.7 million “Trabis” were built – and many of them carelessly discarded after “the turn” of 1990. The survivors are now lovingly cared for by their old or new owners.
