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Trabant 601 and Trabant P601 series is a Trabant model produced by VEB Sachsenring Zwickau Sachsen This was the third generation of the model, built for the longest production time, 1963-1990 Accordingly, it is most known Trabant model, often called Trabant or Trabi simply during the long production cycle, Trabant 2,818,547 601s were produced together and it was the most common vehicle in the former East Germany.
With hindsight, it can be considered as the answer to East Germany to the peoples of the West German car, the VW Beetle February 1 His goal was to provide a cheap but reliable car that was very affordable and also easy to repair and maintain still, he was at the time of his rather modern output in many ways, with the front wheel drive a low maintenance engine, unitary construction, composite body and independent suspension all around the main disappointment was the motor based on a pre-war DKW was competitive at launch, but the end of 1950 in the 1960s, small economy cars in Western countries who have used the two engines time, have been replaced by cleaner and more efficient four-stroke engines as used since the beginning of the Volkswagen Beetle two-stroke engines of this kind, with sweeping housing and oil lubrificatio n provided at fuel consumption, burning their lubricating oil by the design and production of smoke exhaust emissions However, two-stroke engines were also present in cars such as the Western Ge RMAN Auto Union 1000 which ended production in 1963, and the Swedish Saab 96 has changed four times in 1967. The lack of development funds in East Germany forced the continued use of a two-stroke engine in the Trabant, causing the vehicle to become obsolete in the 1960s and very obsolete in the 1980s.
The Trabant 601 was a modern car when introduced in 1963, with 150 pre-production examples The body has changed from previous versions of P50 P60 Trabant, with a focus on the front and the roof area The rear the car was also modified with different taillights and a charging upper body height compared to previous models Overall, the design was praised, especially the then modern dual trapezoidal design originally production has been designed to operate 1967-1971, but in practice continued until the original engine was only 17 kilowatts 23 hp, but in 1969 a new version was offered with a 19-hp motor 26 1 kilowatt in 1974 a needle roller bearing was added to the connecting rod 50 allowing one to use lubricant with the addition of a carburetor 2-step 1984, the fuel consumption was reduced by 1100 l km with these additions, the maximum speed measured was measured at 107 km 3 pm Even with these improvements, fuel consumption could rise quickly prolonged acceleration or when towing a trailer The P601 was also a clutch when running in fourth gear.
Over the decades, the design of the Trabant was little changed This caused the Trabant reputation increasingly obsolete worse However, this had little effect on the sales figures - 10 years of wait time or more for a new car are not unusual price a new Trabant in 1985 was 8,500 Mark for the standard 601 and 9,700 Mark for the most expensive model, the Deluxe Universal S 601 4 options currently include a shelf in the dashboard, intermittent wipers and hazard lights.
New models were considered with the P602, P603 and P610 provided in Zwickau Among other improvements were studied larger engines such as the Wankel engine All improvements were however blocked by the government of the GDR, who considered them unnecessary fears and additional costs.
When a successor, the Trabant January 1, was finally developed there were very minimal external differences At first glance, the only changes were a new grille, and the movement of the fuel cap at the rear right of the car closer examination, however, the interior has undergone many changes.
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