Trabant production in Zwickau DDR // German Factory
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Trabant 601 production Zwickau plant DDR German Factory, historic footage ost block production,
Trabant is a series of small cars produced from 1957 until 1991 by former East German car manufacturer VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau. Four models were made: the Trabant 500, Trabant 600, Trabant 601, and the Trabant 1.1. The first model, the 500, was a modern car when it was introduced. It featured a duroplast body on a one-piece steel chassis (a so-called unibody), front-wheel drive, a transverse two-stroke engine, and independent suspension. Because this 1950s design remained largely unchanged until the introduction of the last model, the Trabant 1.1 in 1990, the Trabant became symbolic of the former East Germany's stagnant economy and the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in general. Called "a spark plug with a roof", 3,096,999 Trabants were produced. Older models have been sought by collectors in the United States due to their low cost and fewer restrictions on the importation of antique cars. The Trabant also gained a following among car tuning and rally racing enthusiasts.
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VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau had its origins in the former Auto Union/DKW business which has operated out of the site prior to the war, and the company's first products were essentially copies of pre-war DKW designs. Following the partition of Germany, Auto Union re-established itself in West Germany (ultimately evolving into Audi), leaving VEB Sachsenring with the two stroke engine inherited from DKW.
The Trabant was the result of a planning process which had been intended to design a three-wheeled motorcycle. In German, Trabant is an astronomical term for a moon (or other natural satellite) of a celestial body.
The updated P601 was introduced in 1964. It was essentially a facelift of the P 60, with a different front fascia, bonnet, roof and rear and the original P50 underpinnings. The model remained nearly unchanged until the end of its production except for the addition of 12V electricity, rear coil springs and an updated dashboard for later models.
A blue Trabant
P1100 prototype
The Trabant's designers expected production to extend until 1967 at the latest, and East German designers and engineers created a series of more-sophisticated prototypes intended to replace the P601; several are displayed at the Dresden Transport Museum. Each proposal for a new model was rejected by the East German government due to shortages of the raw materials required in larger quantities for the more-advanced designs. As a result, the Trabant remained largely unchanged for more than a quarter-century. Also unchanged was its production method, which was extremely labour-intensive.
Production started from 34,000 p.a. in 1964, reached 100,000 p.a. in 1973, to a high of 150,000 in 1989.
The Trabant 1.1 was a 601 with a better-performing 1.05-liter (64 cu in), 45 PS (33 kW) VW Polo engine. With a slightly modified look (including a floor-mounted gearshift), it was quieter and cleaner than its predecessor. The 1.1 had front disc brakes, and its wheel assembly was borrowed from Volkswagen. It was produced from 1989 to 1991, in parallel with the two-stroke P601. Except for the engine and transmission, many parts from older P50s, P60s and 601s were compatible with the 1.1.
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@miroslavmilivojevic5684
4 ай бұрын
Super za vw, ali ruska vozila su vise puta u istoriji dolazila do Berlina a nemacka ni jednom do Moskve. Cija je tehnika bolja?
I now know why East Germans waited years to buy a Trabant; they were hand built just like a Rolls Royce.
@user-cd6xv5tl7d
2 ай бұрын
Просто больше нечего было купить.У меня было 2 Трабанта.
@nlpnt
Ай бұрын
These are Trabant 1.1s on the line. 1990 or '91 models. They went straight to the Sales Bank and the cars waited for customers, not the other way around.
A classic that has grown in popularity over the years. As an automotive engineer, I find Trabant successful, especially the duroplast body panels produced due to the limited metal for the body, a marvel of engineering. Emissions data are lower than many older diesel engines. It is definitely a world heritage, with love to those who keep it alive.
Going to buy one the next month. Seeing this going into my uni, thats a hell of fun.
Bin von der DDR East Germany
Danke für den spannenden Einblick! 😍 Wir haben vor kurzem auf der Rennstrecke in Oschersleben einen Trabi 601 und eine Corvette C8 gegeneinander antreten lassen. Das war sooo spannend! 🤯🎉
@herberthornig2774
7 ай бұрын
Wer hat gewonnen?
@Pintkonan
4 ай бұрын
@@herberthornig2774 kann man noch nicht sagen, der trabbi ist noch nicht im ziel.
Ein Auto das ohne Stress gebaut wurde 👏👏👏heute unvorstellbar 😃
@ralle3329
6 ай бұрын
vor allem der Arbeiter, der ohne Lackiermaske mit der Spritzpistole lackiert hat. Arbeitsschutz Fehlanzeige.
Miałem Trabiego. I had a Trabie. :)
Sicherheit und Arbeitskleidung wurde damals Großgeschrieben... :)
@haraldschmidt8828
7 ай бұрын
Korrekte Orthografie offenbar aber nicht.
Beautiful cars
O anumită vedetă in devenire ar spune:"Să ne întoarcem la Trabant! Va fi un progres!". Dacă va încerca să vadă lumea din unghiul meu va ajunge cea mai MARE jurnalistă din România! Eu atât am avut de spus! 😮
@strawloki7133
2 күн бұрын
coae ce-ai fumat😂😂
Excellent 👍... Au moins ça rouillé moins que les simca ou les R5...😂
Ich denke, es war ein ausgezeichnetes, sparsames Auto, um ein Land zu bereisen. Seine Dauer von 34 Jahren ist absurd, die Wartezeiten von 18-19 Jahren, das stellt eine Unbeweglichkeit des DDR-Regimes, der von Moskau beschlossenen 5-Jahres-Pläne dar. Eine Logik bestand darin, zumindest weitere Fabriken an anderen Standorten zu bauen, vielleicht auf der Grundlage des 2-Takt-3-Zylinder-Motors WARTBURG, einem AUTO DER ERSTKLASSIGKEIT für einige wenige, mit Ausnahme der politischen Parteiführer mit TATRA, einem 6-Zylinder-1800-cm³-,2-mal, erhalten von 2-3,Motor Design moderner. Aber seit 1962 gab es die Mauer und daher bestand kein Bedarf mehr an Wettbewerbsfähigkeit ... I think it was an excellent economical car for motoring a country. Its duration of 34 years is absurd, the waiting times of 18-19 years, this represents an immobility of the GDR regime, of the 5-year plans decided by Moscow. One logic was to build at least other factories, in other locations, perhaps based on the 2-stroke 3-cylinder engine, WARTBURG, UPPER CLASS CAR for a few, excluding the political party leaders with TATRA, a 6-cylinder 1800 cc with a design more modern. But since 1962 there was the wall and therefore there was no longer any need for competitiveness... Dann sind wir ehrlich, selbst die Deutschen des Ostens, die es nicht besser machen konnten, waren dazu bestimmt, zu scheitern .......
I've been in Zwickau for a month. Very depressing town. So grey, full of concrete and people with numb faces.
@terenceskill9526
7 ай бұрын
I´ve been to Zwickau last summer and got the complete opposite impression...not so much going on there, indeed, but still they have a nicely-rebuilt city center (with some empty windows here and there, I have to admit), parks & recreation absolutelly on-par for the size of the city and busloads of friendly people everywhere. It´s a small town struggling with underemployment, just like Zeitz (which I can also recommend you to visit) and many others...but I really caught a vibe that they´re making the best out of the situation. May I assume that you´ve, at least, paid a visit to the August Horch Museum?
@TransAmDrifter
7 ай бұрын
@@terenceskill9526 no, I was working there for a few months. Visited the market square when there was something colorful going on. People are indeed friendly, but there's too much concrete everywhere.
@user-gw9sk1zy4s
24 күн бұрын
What's the problem? A special advanced nation like Germany can't bring Zwickau into the modern era.
The opposite of a Toyota factory 😅😂
"The robots where probably a gift from VW before the fall of the wall..." to quote a former boss of mine 25 years ago.
33:38 - Is the engine from a motorcycle or something??
I noticed in the fabric processing areas (in other videos too) this yellow dust is everywhere. Is that the resin in powdered form?
@user-bb5up7qk4e
7 ай бұрын
Yes😊
@michaelseidel2285
4 ай бұрын
Minderwertige Baumwolleabfälle und Kleber, könnte Epoxidharz sein, wurden gemischt, daraus entstand Duroplast als Beplankung. Vorteil :Billig, Nachteil :Fertigung der Teile, pressen, erhitzen, abkühlen dauert ewig lang. Passt, aber bei einem Aufprall fliegt alles auseinander. Da ist Blech was sich verformt besser.
It's a car that's definitely been rehabilitated in modern times; it was the right vehicle at the right time for the GDR, and at the time of its design, very modern. It reminds me a lot of an early mini, or pretty much any product out of Leyland in the 70s. Clearly the factory (there's some footage of the 1.1 Kombi here so it must be after reunification) had some contemporary practices, but the regime was not concerned with labour saving and therefore some of the less efficient practices persisted, like the amount of fitting (those panel guys are basically coach-work specialists) and the high number of welds compared to Western practice at that time.
Perfekt
@fabricemaurin8065
4 ай бұрын
Perfekt schweinerei
Uit welk jaar komen deze beelden?
great cars would be very popular if sold new in usa today
Bei der Motormontage sehe ich einen typischen Zweizylinder Zweittaktmotor, luftgekühlt, im Aluminiumgehäuse. Beim Einbau im Fahrzeug wird aber ein Vierzylinder Viertaktmotor im Graugußgehäuse, wassergekühlt, mit obenliegender Nockenwelle verbaut. Wie geht das zusammen?
@thardyryll
4 ай бұрын
The last Trabant, produced only briefly in 1990-1991, had an engine like you describe. It was, as we say, too little, two late.
@michaelseidel2285
4 ай бұрын
@@thardyryll The last Trabant 1,1 SOP, Start of Production with engine developt from VW was in 1988. The Price was very expensive. 20.000 Eastmark.
Da war die Fertigung des Modell T von Henry Ford moderner.
@user-bb5up7qk4e
7 ай бұрын
Not
@ronnyschmidt5924
7 ай бұрын
Naja der hatte auch mehr zugriff auf Rohstoffe, zb. Stahl. Das war in der DDR GDR etwas schwiriger!
@januszkszczotek8587
7 ай бұрын
Ach, hatte Henry Ford schon Kuka-Roboter in Westdeutschland gekauft ;-)
I am confused! At 25:30, you mean they used robotic welders and painters even, just then to produce Trabants?? Are you serious??
26.00 today 90% new cars don't have that good underseal only primer and after 5 years rust everywhere. I have trabant from 1988 and underneath looks like 10 years old modern car.😎
Question: why are the East Germans rust-proofing cars made of plastic and wool?
У камрадов вместо шуруповёрта отвёртка типа юла!!
A little confused The video is assembly is of the 1.1 But engine assembly is 2-stroke engines?
@KrischanH.
13 күн бұрын
Die eigentliche Produktion zeigt den 1.1 Trabant mit dem VW EA111 Motor. Der kahm als 1.3 im Wartburg und Barkas zum Einsatz. Die Produktion des Zweitakt-Motors stammt entweder aus einer anderen, früheren Dokumentation oder ist späte Ersatzteilfertigung.
Отличные автомобили были в те времена,а в китае в те времена ещё на рикши передвигались и с копём охотились,в СССР жигули собирали.Прекрасное было время.
The car is hopelessly outdated. But the Germans, with their meticulousness and attention to detail, do it perfectly!
😎👍👌
Die Erklärungen zu den einzelnen Arbeitsschritten, der Fertigung und der Materialherstellung, wären bestimmt für viele Zuschauer interessant gewesen. Im originalen Video sind diese vorhanden.
@pommesmayo7336
4 ай бұрын
pappe falten, pritstift ansetzen, fertig. da brauch niemand was erklären
@Pintkonan
4 ай бұрын
@@pommesmayo7336 was für ein dummes gelaber, du bist der erste, der erklärungen benötigt.
In this video, the factory looks much better 25 years earlier. The same machines were then new, and the workers looked out as workers, in working clothes, and not as punks in jeans and shirts in 1990. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGdslNWSdZTWmag.html
wie im Mittelalter
Car body old &new are good,but today,we need new engine &gear box
I saw some asian faces, didn't the DDR import the Vietnamese to help with East Germany's chronic labour shortage.
С какой аккуратностью его делали. И что на БМВ ездить, счастья прибавилось?
@hansmuller3683
Ай бұрын
Да прибавилось. Совкодрочер ты наш обос@санный
Duroplast. The car is a legend.
DDR. 👍
DDR. 👍🥰💐
@hansmuller3683
Ай бұрын
DDR💩💩💩💩🖕
Min. 29.15 … Spraying without a Mask! … Incredible! … 😮
@fabricemaurin8065
4 ай бұрын
Communist systèm !
Эта машина опередила время! Японцы запатентовали новый двухтактный двигатель, они недорогие в производстве и мощнее. Время покажет.
Fascinating! So many interesting details in this video. The beginning is the making of plant fiber and sap into sheets which would form the outer body of the car. "Plant fiber and tree sap?" Yes, basically cardboard. Later in the video a very thin, clear, protective shiny layer is sprayed over the paint. This is not only to make it look shiny, but to keep water from degrading and dissolving the carboard which was called "duroplast". The thin stamped metal inner body structure was riveted and screwed together and then the outer body fitted over it with a few bolts and nuts. Toward the end, workers eventually had production clothing and some electric and pneumatic hand tools, instead of the normal clothes and manual screwdrivers in the beginning. Also notice that at almost every assembly process, adjustment and alignment was done with a hammer. The "door gaps" were milled with a router to fit the individual car! The best way to describe the Trabant is that it is a 4 door cardboard car with a sheet metal chassis and a 1 liter air-cooled 2 cycle oil burning engine based on a motorcycle design. Another way would be: "the cheapest car, which could be made no cheaper and still function". To their credit, when you have nothing, you do with whatever you have. Unfortunately, while many improvements could be had over time, nothing was changed. To the question: "Why did people buy this poor excuse of a car?" The answer is that there were no other choices, other than walking, thanks to the central planning of the ideological government.
@seandoole6504
9 ай бұрын
The amount of misinformation in your statement is staggering.
@shazam6274
9 ай бұрын
@@seandoole6504 Please point them out in detail. Add the video time marks where they concur.
@seandoole6504
9 ай бұрын
Your statement, not the video. The video is fine; Your facts in the pinned comment though... Tree sap? You mean phenol resin. Cotton, not paper fibre. Water does not degrade duroplast, coating or no, as it is not cardboard. Inner body structure is fully welded, the only rivets & screws used in body construction hold the duroplast on, with the aid of butyl rubber and a synthetic adhesive. Engines here are 4 stroke, but you have the displacement correct. Mechanical improvements were made to the cars over the years, they did not stay the same, which is why 50:1 engines, dual-circuit brakes, structural changes, coil spring suspension, and ultimately a VW engine were added. Moskvitch, Lada, Polski Fiat, Wartburg, and Skoda were available to those that had the money, but these cost more than triple in many cases compared to the Trabant, so they bought what they could afford, same as the West. The assemblers did what BMC, GM, and Chrysler did for the panel fitment with regards to that hammer. Poke fun at facts, not myths. It won't make your view count higher, but it will look like you did your homework instead of cribbing from the lowest score in the class. @@shazam6274
@richyzig
7 ай бұрын
@@seandoole6504 It's perfectly legitimate to poke fun at this embarrassing car! The vast majority of cars in the "GDR" were Trabants and most could not even afford it. Those that could, had to wait 10 years to get one. Trabant crap is communism on wheels.
@satishtummala5084
7 ай бұрын
good for you for correcting the facts.....but the car, and it's collaborator, the GDR, were both still pieces of shit@@seandoole6504
Só a música que ficou ruim, estes vídeos tem que ser som original.
Einfach nur Genial...
DDR forever the best 🚩👍
@satishtummala5084
7 ай бұрын
🤮
@ralle3329
6 ай бұрын
Schnaps gabs im Konsum immer
Wahnsinn dass die mit der Schrottbude fast so etwas wie ein Auto gebaut haben.
The DDR kept it old school, even the assembly line machines are from the reich era.
Truly one of the most depressing videos I’ve ever watched. It says everything one needs to know about the DDR and why it vanished off the face of the earth. What a total POS.
No respirators, no gloves, no goggles...
@fabricemaurin8065
4 ай бұрын
And no respect for the workers : true communism
Straight from the factory and straight to the scrapyard when the wall came down. You could buy a brand new BMW for less than the price of these .
@maffinb
7 ай бұрын
Einen brandneuen BMW für 12.000 DM gab es damals auch schon nicht😉
Trabant 1.1 Kombi schon mit VW Motor. Ansonsten halt zu dem Zeitpunkt alles runter geritten. Arbeitsschutz war überall Nebensache.
This factory looked like the 50s in the 80s. Dirty, dark, no investments for decades. Communism just sucks.😢
Thankfully to Internet and KZread to remind us how bad this car was
Ooooooooooooooooooooooo
i had a skateboard will better handling 😂
Des images qui expliquent un modèle économiquement non viable, avec une technologie de fabrication dépassée pour l'époque, un produit démodé et fourni en quantités symboliques. Outillage démodé, conditions de travail dignes de l'artisanat et non de l'industrie. L'aveuglement des dirigeants communistes de l'époque reste sidérant malgré les plus de 30 ans qui nous séparent de la réunification des 2 moitiés de l'Allemagne. On ne parlait visiblement pas à l'époque en RDA d'économie, mais bien d'occupation des travailleurs. Ce serait presque amusant si on ignorait toutes les conséquences de ce passage historique sur des millions de personnes.
Dont fool yourself with nostalgia. It was a lousy outdated car.
@user-xz4nn4mw4l
4 ай бұрын
It was a great car 😮 if your engine failed you could use your lawn mower engine 😂😂
@simeonsimeonov1751
3 ай бұрын
@@user-xz4nn4mw4lEngines on this never fail! It was a twin cylinder two stroke turbine air cooled 610cc producing 28 hp. It is definitely a polluting type of car compared to the current standards but extremely reliable and strong.
@balazs8330
3 ай бұрын
True. Maybe it was ok until the first half of the 70s. But later it was just crap🤮
Peggiore machine nel mondo. Tutte! Una peggio del altra. Neanche farlo apposta DDR era veramente anti talento per macchine di ogni genere. Sembrava che giocavano bambini a disegnarli.
@maffinb
7 ай бұрын
Haben Sie dieses Auto besessen und gefahren oder beurteilen Sie es nur vom Video her? Sie haben leider keine Ahnung von den Talenten und Ingenieuren der DDR und von der DDR. Schade.
@sfenodonte
7 ай бұрын
Um einer armen Bevölkerung ein Auto zu geben, war es ein ausgezeichnetes Auto. Warum nicht auf dem neuesten Stand bleiben oder eine zweite Fabrik in Berlin bauen? Statt 19 Jahren wären es 9 Jahre Warten gewesen.@@maffinb
@koorosh.p
7 ай бұрын
@@maffinbآلمان شرقی عالی بود
@tarikaymelek
5 ай бұрын
@@maffinbNever mind mate, some just want to criticize Trabant was really successful. Those who copy and paste articles from racist sites on the Internet cannot know this.
Que horrible vehiculo. Se perdia muchisimo tiempo en la carroceria. En ajustar las partes plasticas y despues en pintura. Un pesimo auto. Tanto la carroceria como el motor. Hicieron un favor en dejarlo de producir.
@tarikaymelek
5 ай бұрын
Production was slow but they still produced about 3 million. Today, the number of Trabant on the road is increasing. Neutral writers argue that he was successful. As an engineer, I defend this. A car produced with limited resources and incredible solutions.
@fernandojosegarbarino129
5 ай бұрын
@@tarikaymelek ..no hay excusa. Solo querian demostrar que podian hacer un auto en la alemania comunista. Hubiese sido mejor hacer un convenio de produccion con Lada y asi fabricaban en la rda el modelo de 4 puertas.
Boring video, boring music.....
Хорошие дешовые авто для своего времени.