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.

After military service a career as war correspondent was on the cards. But then an exclusive bursar programme in automotive journalism came 'a-knockin' - and so a 26-year journey spanning newspapers, ...

Heinz Melkus isn’t a household name. But his vision and against-the-odds tenacity earned the East German national a place in automotive history. The Melkus RS 1000 isn’t a particularly good sportscar.

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Father and son in Apex restored a rare East German Trabant into driving condition. Only two Trabants are registered in North Carolina ...

Father and son in Apex restored a rare East German Trabant into driving condition. Only two Trabants are registered in North Carolina, highlighting their rarity. The Trabant draws attention at local ...

During the 1960s and 1970s, Europeans on the western side of the Iron Curtain flocked to beaches during the summer, and many of them rode around in cut-down beach buggies such as the Fiat Jolly, BMC ...

The day was shaping up perfectly for the annual gathering of the Trabants, those smoke-spewing, clattering Iron Curtain clunkers that are both the worst and most beloved cars Communist East Germany ...

The GDR’s two-stroke automotive lemon, that went on to become an unlikely cult car – representing freedom and hope to people behind the wall. My Fault London teaser trailer The 'hidden' cause of ...

WHEN cars first came into existence, they were only a luxury for the super-rich. But it was in 1913 when Henry Ford invented a new way of manufacturing cars – making them more accessible. Please ...

Bugatti has a small collection of heritage vehicles at its château, alongside its atelier in Molsheim, France. It brings them out for client events, for car shows, and—on occasion—to allow journalists ...