Below you can see the predecessor, which is oddly called 'P70'. These are the beginnings of the GDR, where the first hopes, for example, with the worker uprising of 1953 have already flown. The wall does not exist yet and the west is still to be overtaken. Therefore, there are the very popular mini-cars out of the question.

A family with two standard children should have enough space, if necessary, two adults behind. Amazingly large is the luggage compartment. Only the two-stroke engine from the legacy of Auto Union is a heavy burden. Otherwise could the P50 with the early front-wheel drive with a transverse engine even boast of the oft-praised Austin Mini.

After all, there is already the principle of the inner body of sheet steel and the planking with duroplastic. It is even said to have worked the better tin than later on the 601, because it came from the West before the supply restrictions. The originating from the Soviet Union are repeatedly disparaged, even in Western vehicles such as the Alfasud later.

It does not remain alone in the sedan, towards the end of 1962 comes with the Trabant Universal a station wagon with left hinged rear door. The engine power also increased, first with the 500 cm³ and then as 'P60' or 'Trabant 600' with 100 cm³ more. So it reached 17 kW (23 hp) in the final phase. As P60 the car is built parallel to the 601 for two years. 07/18