People’s car. It had a two-stroke engine and could reach a top speed of 60 mph in 21 seconds. Its doors were made of duroplast, an innovation for its time. It boasted a front-wheel drive transmission and independent suspension that were, well, ahead of their times. And you had to wait up to 10 years if you wanted one. Say hello to the ‘people’s car’ – the Trabant 601, perhaps East Germany’s most famous, and iconic product. The Trabi, as it is affectionately known as, may have ended production after the fall of the Berlin Wall, but that hasn’t stopped thousands of devoted fans around the world from trying to acquire one, nevermind that the amount of smoke it emitted would have driven the car behind it off the road. While I have seen a few on the road, and as art installations across parts of Europe, you can get to sit and pretend to drive one when you visit Memento Park in Budapest next. It will surely make for a nostalgic trip down memory lane. _________________________________________ @nofixedaddrs #nofixedaddrs _________________________________________ Wow Hungary ðŸ‡ðŸ‡º #wow_hungary #visit_budapest_official _________________________________________ ………. ……... …….. ……. …… ….. …. … .. . #trabant #ddr #trabi #wartburg #lowddr #oldtimer #trabantlove #duroplastdream #taktpower #trabbi #ddrclassic #trabantlove #oldschool #trabantcar #ddrcar #2strokes #aircooled #lowddr #oldcar #601 #budapest #mementopark #mementoparkbudapest #hungary #budapestgram #budapesthungary #history (at Memento Park Budapest) https://www.instagram.com/p/COpDZrBMpbP/?igshid=1dymtmi2ne1sn
