Anybody remember Communism (and Trabant)

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Trabant add no 1



Trabant add no 2



The sad thing is that these adds are from the late 60's and early 70's



One Trabant joke here:



A man walks into a Trabant dealership, and says "I want a

Trabant with two-tone paint"



Dealer: Yes sir, it also comes with twin-turbos, ABS, and airbag.



Customer: You're joking!



Dealer: Well, you started it!

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    kelibkelib Posts: 740member
    2x, sorry, please delete mods
  • Reply 2 of 5
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    That first one is in my own little language. I never knew they sold beyond the shackles of the iron wall.



  • Reply 3 of 5
    kelibkelib Posts: 740member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by der Kopf

    That first one is in my own little language. I never knew they sold beyond the shackles of the iron wall.







    They sure did, Trabant was a top-10 seller in Iceland for some 16 years, I'm sure it was the same situation around Scandinavia. My sister even had one, a Trabant 601 Station, model '78. The first car I ever drove. Not that bad really, just funny
  • Reply 4 of 5
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    I've heard that these things are as close as you can come to a disposable car.
  • Reply 5 of 5
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Splinemodel

    I've heard that these things are as close as you can come to a disposable car.



    That reminds me of another Trabbi joke:

    A british lord collects rare cars. When he hears that there is a car where you have to wait for 15 years to get one, he orders one. Of course, the order is handled much faster than usual, so he gets a car just a few weeks later. Says the lord to his butler: "Great company, they even sent me a plastic model to bridge the time until the delivery of the real car"
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