Trabant

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The Trabant is an automobile that wis produced bi umwhile East German auto maker VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau in Zwickau, Sachsen. It wis the maist common vehicle in East Germany, an wis exportit tae kintras baith inside an ootside the communist bloc an aw. The main selling pynts wis that it haed room for fower adults an luggage in a compact, licht an durable shell an that it wis fast (when introduced) an durable. Wi its mediocre performance, smoky two-stroke engine, an production shortages, the Trabant is aften cited as an ensaumple o the disadvantages o centralized plannin; on the ither haund, it is regarded wi derisive affection as a seembol o the failed umwhile East Germany an o the faw o communism (in umwhile Wast Germany, as mony East Germans streamed intae Wast Berlin an Wast Germany in thair Trabants efter the openin o the Berlin Wall in 1989). It wis in production withoot ony significant changes for nearly 30 years wi 3,096,099 Trabants produced in tot.


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