Trabant
Vehicle
The cosmic claw...count on U2 to never do things by half. They've dangled Trabant cars upside down, emerged from a 40-foot high lemon, phoned up the White House and staged mammoth arena rock pantomimes to beat every band. For their latest party trick, they've... In this article: Willie Williams, U2, Zoo TV, Bono, Barcelona, Trabant, Vertigo, Vertigo, and Paul McGuinness |
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Wikipedia | November 04, 2009
One (U2 song)
...video, in which the band dressed in drag and Bono sings the song to his own father. It is filmed in Berlin and has footage of the band driving in Trabant cars. Also, a large amount of sales from the single went to AIDS charities. Another...
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New York Times | November 28, 2008
Where Have the Trabis Gone?
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum U2's Trabants in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. How do you double the value of a Trabant? Fill its gas tank. Trabant jokes can be as lame as the car's acceleration, but with 3,096,099...
In this article: U2, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Hydrocarbon, Zoo TV, EBay, European Union, Germany, and C.I.A.
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Mysterious Ways (song)
...for this song. When the covers to "Even Better Than the Real Thing", "The Fly ", "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses", and "Mysterious Ways" are arranged, a picture of the band members driving a Trabant is formed. The song reached #9...
In this article: Bono, Mysterious Ways, U2, The Edge, The Fly, Adam Clayton, Achtung Baby, Night and Day, and I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
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Autoblog | January 28, 2008
Herpa toys with idea of Trabant revival - Autoblog
...of Trabant revival Click to view in our high-resolution image gallery If you were born on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain, the Trabant should need no introduction. Ditto if you're a U2 fan. The notorious little sedan, nicknamed "Trabi",...
In this article: Herpa, U2, Frankfurt, Zoo TV, and Volkswagen Beetle
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Zoo TV Tour
...1992 Between U2 and the support acts, eccentric Irish disk jockey BP Fallon acted as emcee, playing records and giving a running commentary while wearing a top hat and cape and seated inside a Trabant on the B-stage. He also hosted...
In this article: Bono, U2, Zoo TV, The Fly, Even Better Than the Real Thing, Zoo Station, George H. W. Bush, Emergency Broadcast Network, and Zooropa
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The Trabant is an automobile that was produced by former East German auto maker VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau in Zwickau, Sachsen. It was the most common vehicle in East Germany, and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the communist bloc. The main selling point was that it had room for four adults and luggage in a compact, light and durable shell. Despite its mediocre performance and smoky two-stroke engine, the car is regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the failed former East Germany and of the fall of communism (in former West Germany, as many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in their Trabants after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989). For advocates of capitalism it is often cited as an example of the disadvantages of centralized planning as even refueling the car required lifting the hood, filling the tank with gasoline (only 6.5 gallons), then adding two-stroke oil and shaking it back and forth to mix. It was in production without any significant changes for nearly 30 years with 3,096,099 Trabants produced in total.
- Name:
- Trabant
- Body Style:
- 2-door sedan (Limousine, Saloon)
- Manufacturer:
- VEB Sachsenring
- Production:
- 1957–1991
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