So, What’s So Great About The Trabant nT Electric Car? | IAA Frankfurt Motor Show
Posted by Chris Milton on 22 September, 2009
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In the days when Ronnie was in the White House, penis envy ruled the superpowers’ nuclear arms race and David Hasslehoff was the west’s epitome of “cooool,” one car kept communist Europe running…
The Trabant. There was nothing this little runabout wouldn’t do to be cheap.
Its engine, a 600cc two stroke, would outperform your neighbour’s lawnmower… just. The fuel tank was *in* the engine; to refuel you opened the hood and splashed petrol around right next to a red-hot carburetor.
Even the bodywork was superior: the Trabant was made predominantly of plastic… it may not take an impact as well as metal, but at least is didn’t rust!
