CategoryCars & Concepts

The 'cardboard racer,' Communist East Germany's answer to the VW Beetle, debuts

The 1 millionth Trabant automobile produced, a 601 Deluxe model made in 1973, sits on display at the August Horch automotive museum in Zwickau, Germany. (BLOOMBERG)
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JW
By:
Jack Walsworth
November 08, 2016 05:00 AM

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