Not Just Trabants and Wartburgs, East Germany Gave Us the Melkus RS 1000 Too
10 Feb 2022, 10:32 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Creativity and courage never fade. Even if a major change in geopolitical terms occurs, the pure passion for performance lives on. Here's proof
The Uplifting Story of a Wilful East German Shoemaker Who Built His Own Porsche
29 Apr 2021, 13:10 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / In an era when Germany and the world were divided into East and West, Hans Miersch decided to build the Porsche he wasn't allowed to buy
World’s Worst Car, The Trabant, is Still on The Roads of Cheltenham
23 Jul 2018, 12:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Sun gave a Trabant away 28 years ago, and it’s now being restored by its new, very young owner, who chooses to love it for what it is
Doug DeMuro Explains Why the Trabant Is Awful in Washington
10 Nov 2016, 21:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Can you imagine paying $3000 for a Trabant and dealing with it for several years? It doesn't even coast in the first three gears, and you have to add stuff to t
Can You Guess the Quarter-Mile Time of This Trabant?
14 Oct 2016, 14:30 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / On a list of cars least likely to see on a drag strip, the East Germany-made Trabant must sit pretty high. In fact, perhaps only a golf cart would place higher