Trabant Commercials with english subs (part 1) 

David I suggest you are looking through modern or at least 1989 (year of reunification) eyes. In the 1950s the Trabant gave nearly all that a VW Beetle did but for a lot less. Much like the Beetle it came from a pre WWII design but unlike the Beetle it was not the offspring of state intervention but a sort of bastard son of the DKW two stoke cars en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKW with an elder brother of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWZ_P70_Zwickau All the Allies were going to deindustrialise Germany after WWII. Fortunately for VW cold hard facts met a need for vehicles for the British Army of occupation. Russia was much more aggressive in its deindustrialisation. That said if you look at late 50s early 60s Trabants people in Britain had cars that were not any better or only marginally better for much more input. Look at the early P50 Universal or even better the AWZ P70 Estate and would you be choosing one of these or Citroën 2CV? Hell BMW and other West German manufacturers were producing damned bubble cars at the time. They just never developed it e.g. If they had developed the DKW two-stroke V4 that SAAB used as a base for their own engine with the all four speed freewheeling gearbox they would have had a much better performing car, but they didn't. No competition and the Trabant might have become something that wasn't desired, but it did service a need.

@@COIcultistAs much as I like the Citoren 2 CV. the Trabbie still beats it hands down, in terms of engineering and reliability, besides performance! John in Texas

It easily makes 100 kph, not the quickest accel though. About 15s to 80 and about the same from 80 to 100. Anyway, not bad for 26hp, compared with same era small cars it would easily get away from a 2CV or 500 and can quite keep up with a Beetle, no chance to a Mini though.

You think my trabant 601 can't hit the highway? You easily drive between 100 and 110 kilometers an hour. I drive it every day and its not been upgrader or anything, its original.

How brave are you but i think you never drove a 2 stroke bike 650 cc because you wouldnt be alive to coment on youtube 😂. If you drive one such beast you wouldnt go past the second gear like the most owners of a 500 cc 2 stroke .

@@mihaiilie8808 Nah, i don't have a moped.

@@JadeyFreakinMAh yes, 200HP superbikes are mopeds 💀

You could get a Wartburg if you could stretch to one

it was sold in the west also.... in the begonning years, when it eas state of the art.

*cough* Chrysler *cough*

😂

jup

The mechanicals or the body?

@@jonandersen1737 cough chinese Cars cough...

Was the camera made in Zwickau as well?

Those that had to wait that much were getting it for free. Comunists gave all the homes and apartments for free thats why after the fall of comunism a house here costed as much as a new fridge. You dont know in what context they had to wait that much.

western articles are so hard to take seriously because they all repeat the same line, just with different statistics. Oh, the max waiting time was 13 years? No, never mind, a different article says that's the average. The max is 18 years? no, a different one says 15 years, hmmm... which do i trust? which american-written article shall I believe, if any? Also, yeah, none of these state the context.

It truly is reliable

My grandma got one without waiting. She didn't get it for free though as she had to pay for it ,but still the 11 year waiting list is generally bs. Also my grandpa got a Skoda after waiting just 2 years (still had to pay for it)

it was white..

Because Jalopy wanted to replicate it.

@@parsil8158 No? its not even green in trabant commercial jalopy "Laika" commercial is alot diffrent

@@kanazamkniety7705 GreenLight doesn't mean the paint of the car. Steam had a service called GreenLight that made users rate new games and if they got enough votes they got addded.

@@parsil8158 i think you dont understand lol

They all had this. The 4th gear is free-running because, when coasting the carburetor will run lean and the motor get less lubrication. Doing this on a regular basis would seize the engine. Especially in high gears, with higher speeds when inertia is high as well.

@@DrKlausTrophobie Yep, super nice :) Smooth sailing with my Trabbi 601

Could also be American defector Elmer Fudd...TWABANT!

@@vitameat Yes it could be indeed!

ah, a whovian I see.

@@polybius223 haha. I'm not a full time nerd but I've watched a few bits and pieces and I used to be obsessed with certain things in it at times when I was younger.

2 stroke was largly used in that time and cotton Bodypanels that don't rust are things to write home about

The duroplast panels are one of the greatest things about a trabant. A trabant might be rusted underneath, but those body panels almost always look like new. It's really stong too, it really is a lot like fibreglass, but without the osmosis and aging problems.

Once upon a time there were mechanical indicators on vehicles...

check now buddy

danny you are gay because you disliked :p

@@danny-ee8ye you sneaky little...

@@user-jx2xc9ex8f "The definition of gay is someone or something bright or happy. An example of gay is a bouquet of flowers with many brilliant colors."

@@polybius223 he is stupid and dumb then

We had a presentation day of our vehicle engineering faculty. Some older working colleagues, which lived in the former GDR, took a Trabant for a spin. After getting out: "Ok, that's enough for the next 20 years."

For an air cooled, 2 cylinder 2 stroke, this is a pretty bulletproof engine. A buddy of mine brought over his P601 from WG and used to drive it on the Interstate!-John in Texas

The m&thfckrs are just extremely loud. Think about how people still drive these cars until today... They don't fall apart, even if you push their limits, but I get where you're coming from.

Im willing

WE are willing comrade

@@MrLouis-of3yl r/unexpectedcommunism

lmao

@@thetrabantguy3934 C o m m u n i s m

Better fuel efficiency compared to most US pickup trucks and modern SUVs?

Actually the duroplast bodywork was found to hold up well in crash tests in the early 90s especially against western European models

For similar reason they persuade cyclists to wear dumb-looking helmets.

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In eastern bloc there is no god

@@sutherlandA1 Actually, the religious orders there exert a great deal of political influence. If what you're thinking of is so-called "Godless Communism," that's a western myth.

Just a friendly reminder that in East Germany there were elections. You could choose from a list consisting of 1 party. No joke.

Wartburg but quite a bit more expensive

there were in fact some options, but the commercials were more or less aimed at exporting them

there was no 1.1 commercial only wartburg 1.3

But there is trabant 1.1 poster ads

I think it is per 100km

what the hell is this "Liters" and "km" you speak of???

@@polybius223 Its the metric system

well, acctually like 7-9 Liters

@@thetrabantguy3934 r/woooosh

Meanwhile US cars larger than Trabant: Famous pedestrian killer.

"Socialism is when the government encourages public transport use instead of your own vehicle."

The Trabant 600 looks a bit like the VW Type 3 and the horn grilles look like the 1952-67 Beetle...

Well, its not laughable

There was also Wartburg and I'm guessing Skodas, Ladas, GAZ, Moskvitches, Chaikas, Warsawas and just about any communist car at the time. Also im not from former GDR, but I live in a former soviet satellite country and here my grandma bought one right on the spot without waiting. Im pretty sure the 10 year thing is about the soviet union only, though my grandfather had to wait 2 years to buy a Skoda.

@@skeed.5768 your gramps were Uber rich commies.

I am absolutely sure. I had one, drove 116 thousand kilometres in it throughout Europe without any problems. I had to replace the brake pads twice and needed a new exhaust pipe after fifty thousand. Replaced the belt twice and needed three sets of sparking plugs. That was it. Never been to a garage or mechanic.

Yes