The small, smoke-belching Trabant is remembered as the model that put East Germany on wheels. Most Trabants disappeared when motorists discovered more modern economy cars from West Germany and France ...

In the final episode of Channel 4’s Guy’s Garage, the former motorcycle driver turned a vintage East German 1986 Trabant into a race car. Guy Martin had previously created race cars from a Range Rover ...

Watch the intense drag race between the Opel Corsa WALAS Tuning and the Trabant, featuring a thrilling quarter-mile race. Witness the high-speed battle and the dramatic engine blow-up that occurs ...

You won't meet the Schumachers at the Trabant-Lada Cup, but these unloved marques have their German fans, finds Gary Watkins THE Berlin Wall may have come tumbling down more than a decade ago, but one ...

This video shows a quarter-mile drag race between a WALAS-tuned Opel Corsa and a Trabant. The surprising match-up highlights contrasting performance levels, ending with an unexpected engine failure.

It may be made of a cotton composite, but the East German automobile Trabant has stood the test of time. On Wednesday, the car turned 50 years old, and may be more popular than ever. "Above all, an ...