2009 Frankfurt Auto Show: the Return of Trabant
A German team of car specialists has decided to revive the classic Trabant in a new electric-car look. At the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show the small car firm Herpa made a survey on whether auto fans would like to see a redesigned Trabant. Almost 10,000 people responded agreeing that the car should exist in the future. Trabant was built in East Germany in 1957-1991. It could not remain in the present world without changes because the car has a two-stroke engine which was absolutely environmentally...