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| Comments: 3 (Read/Post) Favorites: 0 (View) |
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on: 06-09-2012
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The East German Wartburg 353, sometimes also called the Knight. While the Trabant is certainly better known, the Wartburg with it's dreadful styling, dreadful communist ergonomics and dreadful 3 cylinder 2-stroke sub 1 liter engine, lasted just about as long in production from the late 50's until 1986. Somehow, defying sanity, some 20,000 units were sold in Western countries across that time. |
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6-09-2012 @ 09:07:26 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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Even the name "wartburg" was totally unappetizing, though it wasn't intentional, Wartburg Castle in Germany gave the marque it's name
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6-12-2012 @ 09:21:00 AM |
| Posted By : Hoopd87 |
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Towards the end the Wartburgs received VW engines.
[Edited by Hoopd87 on 6-12-2012 @ 09:21:49 AM]
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6-12-2012 @ 02:00:42 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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#2, Ah, that makes much more sense. I can't imagine that, even in the less "green" era of the 60's that anyone would put up with a car that smoked NORMALLY in traffic....
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