Trabant accident in West Germany
Mon, 07/26/2010 - 22:52 — marekA wealthy West German business owner, a middle class West German factory worker and an East German driver are involved in an accident on the Autobahn. As they stand watching their respective cars burn ...
The business owner states: "It will take a single day's profit from my business to replace my Mercedes-Benz".
The factory worker says: "I made installment payments for 3 years to buy that VW Golf".
The East German looks to both of them and cries: "My wife and I saved for 15 years to buy this Trabant".
Trabants and heated rear windows
Thu, 07/15/2010 - 19:42 — marekTrabant Question/Answer Joke
Question: Why do some Trabants have heated rear windows?
Answer: To keep your hands warm when pushing.
If you know more trabant jokes please fill out the comment form below. Thank you!
Trabant 4 Ever - Images Slideshow Video
Tue, 06/15/2010 - 02:14 — marekIt looks like that there is a lot of Trabant fans in Hungary. Following YouTube video shows pictures slideshow of the best car ever made. Video has been posted couple of years ago in 2006. A lot of Hungarians love Trabants and tune them but they were made by Germans.
Trabant 4 Ever - Images Slideshow Video
There is couple of interesting comments in the original discussion. We would like to know what do you think about this impressive collection of classic cars! Do you think there is too much virtual tuning? Are those images real or virtual (using Photoshop or other graphics editing tool)? How do you like rap by 50 cents with this collection? Please leave a comment.
Trabant in 1958
Wed, 06/02/2010 - 21:27 — marekTrabant was firsted introduced in later 1950s. It was first launched in 1958 with the varsion called Trabant P50. This car was the base of the Trabant series, and even the latest 1.1 versions had a large number of interchangeable parts with this original P50 car. P50 was equipped with the 500cc 18 hp (13 kW) engine which was later replaced with more horse power engine.
Trabant Crash Test Video 1
Tue, 05/18/2010 - 22:37 — marekCrash test video for Traban Car. Unfortunatelly we do not know the actuall speed of the test in this Trabant video. If someone knows please add a comment.
This short video seems to be most viewed "Trabant" video on Youtube. As of May 2009 there were almost 800 thousand views. We are going to post more interesting videos in the future.
Trabant frame is from steel and roof, bootlid, fenders, doors and some other parts are from Duroplast (strengthened plastic). This design in theory do not provide much crash protection. But in some crash tests it scored better then some modern small hatchbacks. Trabant was the first car with a body made of recycled material.
Duroplast
Fri, 05/14/2010 - 19:17 — marekDuroplast is a composite thermosetting plastic which is a close relative of formica and bakelite. It is a resin plastic reinforced with fibers making it a fiber-reinforced plastic similar to glass-reinforced plastic. Fabric used is either cotton or wool.
Duroplast is light, strong and flexible. It is mostly made of recycled material, cotton waste and phenol resins. Because it can be made in a press similar to shaping steel, it is more suitable for volume car production than fibreglass.
"The One" by Trabant
Fri, 04/16/2010 - 19:45 — marekAs mentioned before there is band called Trabant from Iceland. "The One" music video was posted on YouTube in Jun 2007.
The mighty Trabant, signed to Fatboy Slim's Southern Fried Label present the video for their new single "The One". Trabant are set to embark on an "Emotional" month of touring in the UK this June (2007) to coincide with the realease of "The One" and their new album "Emotional", coming out on Southern Fried Records this summer (2007)
Trabant is a Band?
Wed, 04/14/2010 - 22:50 — marekWhile browsing the Internet and doing some online research today I came across interesting articles. Trabant is a music band from Iceland!. Until today I knew only about Trabant Car.
In this article I'm going to provide more information about that band from Reykjavik. I do not know them but they must be good if they have such a coll name.
Trabant Car | Trabant Auto
The Trabant is an automobile (car) that was produced in former East Germany.
Producer of this very popular Eastern European car was auto maker VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau in Zwickau, Sachsen. It was the most common vehicle in East Germany. Trabant was also exported to countries both inside and outside the communist bloc.
