Sunny view yellow Trabant 601 in line of cars parked in front of apartments, stone setts Immanuelkirchstrasse, Berlin

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Many East Germans moved west in their Trabants after the fall of communism in 1989, so the Trabant has iconic status as a symbol of the former East Germany. The Trabant has a body made of Duroplast, a hard plastic made from recycled cotton waste and resins from the dye industry. Other fibres were also used including recycled paper, giving rise to the idea that the body is made of cardboard. The lightweight body gives good acceleration and speed from the two-stroke, two-cyclinder air-cooled petrol engine. The model in the photo is the Trabant 601.

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Size: 5471px × 3648px
Location: Immanuelkirchstrasse 22, near Greifswalder Strasse, Berlin, Germany
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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