As symbols of the former east go, few are as iconic as the faithful Trabant. The Trabant was, after all, a car for the people. A car that was to East Germany what the Volkswagen Beetle was to the west. One model in particular, the 601, enjoyed a 27-year production run, with Trabant selling more than 2.8 million. It was, by far, its best-selling car. Now, 63 years after the first Trabant rolled off the production line, one particular and rather distinctive Motul-powered 601 lives on in Germany where it’s put into daily service by its proud owner, Danny Eckert.
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