German engineers can take credit for some of the best cars ever created. I was about to drive one of their worst. In fact, so wretchedly bad is the homely East German-made Trabant that one has to ...

The East German Trabant car is experiencing a renaissance 35 years after reunification German mechanic Glenn Kuschan counts several Trabi owners among his customers Visitors to the Trabi Museum in ...

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 ...

Let's paint the scene for you. It's 1991, and you're a former East German peasant factory laborer from one of the cities unfortunate enough to fall on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain. The Berlin ...

Slow, smoky, and cheaply built, the Trabant became both a joke and a symbol of East Germany. Its story reveals the failures of a divided nation’s industry Father on run with three children in ...

With its boxy design, cramped interior and notorious clouds of blue smoke billowing from its exhaust, the Trabant is often referred to as the worst car ever made. But somehow the plucky East German ...

35 Years Later, Beloved East German Car Still Sputters On By Raphaelle Logerot and Femke Colborne Oct 02, 2025, 7:52 am EDT Share ...