The Trabant is a common sight in Germany even in this day and age. Over 3.7 million were produced from 1957 to 1991, but this isn’t your typical Trabi. The Western world laughed about the shortcomings ...

That horrid rumor we heard in August is hideously true -- there is a new Trabant on the way, it is an electric car and it could be on the road by 2012 if the company finds some investors willing to ...

The Trabant 601 was East Germany's answer to the Volkswagen Beetle, and was built without any major changes for nearly 30 years. One of a small number of cars available to Eastern European nations, ...

Father and son in Apex restored a rare East German Trabant into driving condition. Only two Trabants are registered in North Carolina, highlighting their rarity. The Trabant draws attention at local ...

Anyone who remembers Communist automobiles probably heard about the VEB Sachsenring Trabant series. It should not be too hard. Given the lengthy 1957 to 1991 production and many cardboard jokes.

Sixty years after the first "Trabi" rolled off the assembly line in a cloud of blue smoke, we look at the little plastic car that innovated, stagnated, and was finally rejuvenated. 1 East Germany had ...

There are few cars in the world where the difference between driving them and watching them being driven is greater than with the Trabant. It’s a cute little car. Its two big, round headlights look ...

President Ronald Reagan viewed the Berlin Wall while standing on a balcony behind two panes of bullet-poof glass and uttered his famous words: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” On Nov. 9, 1989, ...

I’m at the depot of Trabi-Safari in a leafy Dresden suburb, preparing to set off around town behind the wheel of a small and shuddering 1950s vehicle once widely considered a symbol of freedom. But ...