True story from 80' Our neighbour was heating up his huge truck engine almost half of an hour. My mom went to work on her tiny Trabant, by only starting the car amount of exhaust fume totally destroyed air outside. In several seconds cloud of blue smoke completely hide parking truck. It wasn't equal competition. Big truck does not have a chance.
Performance
| 0 - 100 kph | 60.0 s |
| Top speed | 100 kph (62 mph) |
Powertrain specs
| Engine type | Two-stroke, inline 2 |
| Displacement | 0.6 l (36 ci / 595 cc) |
| Power | 26 ps (26 bhp / 19 kw) |
| Torque | 54 Nm (40 lb-ft) |
| Power / liter | 44 ps (43 hp) |
| Power / weight | 42 ps (42 bhp) / t |
| Torque / weight | 88 Nm (65 lb-ft) / t |
| Transmission | 4 manual |
| Layout | front engine, front wheel drive |
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Iggz 12y ago
@ Eddie UK
I didnt diss this car but in fact I reflected on my experience living next to them and actually having had the pleasure to drive it. Believe me , if other guys had my experience , comments about it would be much worse. Its not a fun car by definition as it can kill you at an only 20 km/h crash - thats a fact from crashtesting. Sorry but its not fun dieing in a trabant . Lets say its not a prestigious death to say the least.
Eddie UK 12y ago
Yes, slow. Yes, smelly. BUT... oh so addictive ! Oh ye of little imagination, just get one and live the fun. Not many good 'uns left so not a lot of impact on the planet. Besides, as my great friend 'The Bish', a vehicle development engineer tells me, " the smoke just lands and decays environmentally in an friendly way", so not even that dirty ! What's not to love with this cute, practical, fun little micro-car. It's day is past but it's future is assured by the millions who still love the few thousand left. 'Diss' it only when you actually know what you're talking about !
Iggz 12y ago
This is thé worst car in history of modern carmaking. It stinks and dont even have a fuel indicator. I lived in Russia and u have plenty of low quality cars there, but this is the worst communist production car ever made. Lada is a bentley comparéd to this carton made piece of kaka
Ferrari driver 12y ago
@Mental
Here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N%C3%BCrburgring_Nordschleife_lap_times
It is in the laptime list.
golf1diesel 15y ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKUiJm1L8Hc&feature=search 0-100 in 33 seconds with other exhaust..let\'s say in 35 with error
golf1diesel 15y ago
it depends on the 2cv..the first ones reached 63 kmh...haha you could beat that with a 50cc Mobra motorbike.:D and my MZ ES 175 would rape a Trabant in acceleration :P
golf1diesel 15y ago
it\'s not true..it woudl get to 100 kmh faster than 60 seconds..like 50.and i saw some guys modifing exhaust and getting to 100 kmh 5 seconds faster.i am not joking!! i actually been with 2 friends in a trabant we reached 70 kmh when we passed my college.the dudes were watchign there like : wtf =))
Anonymous 15y ago
My family used to have a Trabant 601. And is COMPLETELY TRUE what LJUTICA wrote. It has an enormous smell, even old trucks and buses no match with Trabant.
LJUTICA 15y ago
True, Troll is much faster than Trabant, hmmm BUT just you wait 'till Trabant gets big double-carburettor and thinned-up fuel mixture, it can get a power increase of up to AMAZING 70-100%!(that's actually true).
With it's super light weight material body (plastic) it's a no compromise machine that's meant to be tuned and driven hard.(it only goes with full throttle).
Did I mention that it doesn't rust?
Now,considering the emissions (which were never measured because they're actually visible), just like it's aero sibling-the F-16,Trabant also leaves 700-1km of "con-trail",which can also be very useful if you lose your way home.With Trabi, once you're lost, you'll never get to g into circle,you'll somehow "smell" that you've already been there.
It's practicality is beyond imaginable!
Furthermore,summer evening by the lake with your better half,just turn on the your Trabi and say moskitos farewell,2km in diameter.
And so on,list of it's pros is neverending...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaPWXh09YX0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMfD3WKr6BI&feature=related
But seriously now,I wonder why there isn't much more clever materials in today's cars,I'm certain there are some light materials that could be an appropriate solution for use in mass produced vehicles.
Trabant may be car to joke with,but it's an icon and I really (secretly) love it.
FastestLaps 17y ago
This car certainly is not the best in the world. Because unlike normal small cars, this one isn't even economical or clean.
