Trabant was a series of small cars produced from 1957 until 1991 by the East German manufacturer VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau. The company had its roots in the former Auto Union/DKW operations that had been based at the same site before the war, and its early products were essentially derived from pre-war DKW designs. After Germany's partition, Auto Union re-established itself in West Germany, eventually forming the basis of Audi,…
