All-Electric Trabant Prototype Headed for Frankfurt
Model maker Herpa Miniaturmodelle GMBH of Germany will be developing a full-sized electric 'new Trabi'
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Citizen_Cake
It took me a while to figure out where I've heard that name before and then it struck me; Top Gear did a segment dedicated to crappy communist cars.
It may look retro and 'hip' but it seriously needs a name change.
August 14, 2009 12:29 pm
Anthropos
If it was a crappy design back then, it's even crappier today! No originality whatsoever.
August 14, 2009 1:06 pm
Renegade
Will this car give you electric shocks in the good commie tradition?
August 14, 2009 2:35 pm
captwhizbang
it looks awfully small, are there plans for a model big enough for humans?
August 14, 2009 6:20 pm
vilivo
Look ppl. if you have ever seen on in the flesh, you would know- it's the commie version of the mini- just a shoddy and unpleasant to drive, but only because it was ahead of its time.Look at it this way- small car, not much in way of overhangs, lightweight- it all comes together- a sedan shaped mini is what it should be like, when in production, and drop the electic story in favour of a 1.2TSI sort of arrangement- in a car under 1000kg- I can just dream of it...
August 14, 2009 7:57 pm
DeleteThisAccount
Nice, I like where you are going with this.
Chop it down to two doors, shorten the wheelbase, add a bit of Volkswagen design, bump it down to Skoda, and you have a prelude to an upcoming VW Lupo for a few K less.
Just realized that we're talking about an entirely diferrent car than the Trabant...
August 15, 2009 7:54 am
xLumino
When Herpa presented this diecast of a "New Trabant" I was very interested in wich way it can be realized.
One should know, the Trabant was up to date when IFA released the 601 in 1957. But since then, the car was never changed. Same like the Wartburg or the russian VAZ Lada range. After a few years the Trabant wasn't safe enouth, to small, dirty and boring. But for the GDR it was the only car for the most people.
If they are able to build this new conception, then please make it up to date and useful and not only for cult like a VW Beetle.
August 17, 2009 1:55 pm
wcf76
well is different, look at some of the small cars now sure they are modern but still very plain
August 18, 2009 6:24 am
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Filed Under: Concept Car, Electric Vehicle, German
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