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, ...

As the owner of a Trabant 601, I am writing in defense of the maligned East German car mentioned in "Berlin's new path" (Nov. 11). Pete Bigelow's quip suggesting the car would "fall to shambles at a ...

It isn't every day you see a Trabant 601 for sale in good condition. It's even more rare to see the long-roofed 'Universal' version. Even rarer still to find one with the optional roof top tent from ...

If there's one car that epitomizes everything that's great about rally, it is the Trabant. I say this not in spite of the fact that East Germany's pinko commie plastic prank upon the automotive world ...

Dr. Werner Lang, the man behind the small and popular Trabant 601 two-door vehicle built in East Germany back in the 1960s, died at the age of 91 after suffering a heart attack at his home in Zwickau.

Serbia-based graphic designer Nagy Perge Laszlo, aka 'npergel' on social media, has decided to revive the former East German ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - When windmill repairman Martin Teucher drives to work before dawn, it's the thumping bass in his Trabant's backseat that keeps him awake, not coffee. The 24-year-old from the ...

For those not well-versed in Cold War history, the only truly memorable car to come out of Communist East Germany was the Trabant. Despite its name roughly translating to “companion”, this car is no ...

Only a 2-hour ferry from the US coast, explore crystal clear waters, conch salad and snorkel a shipwreck ...