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Vintage: The Trabant P601S

December 12, 2012

The rattling of two-stroke engines characterized the road in communist East Germany.

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When the first Trabant was launched in 1957, it could hold its own against West German models. Its 18 horsepower may not have been a threat to the Goggomobil or the VW Bug, but the latter certainly didn't leave their Eastern cousins far behind. Drive It! takes a trip back in time with the Trabant 601, the third and most frequently built model in the Trabant series.