We found a rare automatic Trabant on the streets of Budapest. Continue reading
1980s / Driven daily / East German / Trabant
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1980s / Driven daily / East German / Trabant
Driven daily: Trabant 601 Universal
You’re guaranteed to see a Trabant or two per day in Budapest. Continue reading
1960s / East German / German / Rewind
Rewind to Germany in the mid-1960s, the mid-1970s and the mid-1980s
What car(s) can you identify at the Helmstedt-Marienborn border crossing? Continue reading
1980s / East German / Rewind
Rewind to East Germany in the mid-1980s
What car(s) can you identify in these photos of East Germany? Continue reading
1960s / East German / German / Rewind
Rewind to East Germany in the 1960s
We’re traveling back to East Germany in the 1960s. As expected, there are a lot of Trabants and Wartburgs in the following pictures but take a closer look, there are some surprises hidden in there. What car(s) can you identify in the following images. What one(s) would you most like to have in your garage? … Continue reading
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Topical advertising: Car-based vans (part two)
Car-based vans have been incredibly popular in Europe and abroad since the end of World War II. Generally cheaper to buy, register and insure than larger commercial vehicles, these city-friendly vans and pickup trucks have been widely used as delivery vehicles, work mules and passenger haulers over the past couple of decades. Almost every automaker … Continue reading
1970s / East German / Rewind
Rewind to East Germany in 1978
We’re traveling back to East Germany in 1978. The pictures all show busy parking lots but we don’t know exactly where they were taken – maybe someone more familiar with the country can recognize the location based on the landmarks visible in the background? The pictures show the expected assortment of Trabants and Wartburgs, but … Continue reading
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The 2014 Avignon Motor Festival
We recently trekked up to the city of Avignon to attend the Motor Festival, an annual car show and swap meet that stands out as one of the biggest events of its kind in the region. It poured rain during most of the show but that didn’t stop enthusiasts from all over the south of … Continue reading
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Topical advertising: Station wagons
Station wagons were once a common part of the automotive landscape because they were the most practical way to comfortably carry a full family and their gear. There was no unwritten law about what could or couldn’t be morphed into a wagon and a look back over the past few decades reveals there were some … Continue reading
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Ran When Parked visits the Zeithaus museum in Wolfsburg, Germany
Following our visit to the Volkswagen brand museum in Wolfsburg, Germany, we trekked over to Autostadt in the center of the city to visit the museum there. Autostadt (a name that literally translates to “car city” in German) is a Volkswagen-themed visitor attraction that houses a museum, a pavilion for the SEAT, Škoda, Audi and … Continue reading
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