1960 - The Era of Mass Motorisation

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Wartburg 313/1 Sport, 1958, photo: Deutsches Technikmuseum, Lueke

The people in East and West Germany had very similar passions. 50 years ago in Eisenach these dreams resulted in this vehicle. Beneath the elegant bodywork of this Wartburg a noisy, pre-war two-stroke engine with three-cylinders did its duty. Later, the East German leader W. Ulbricht halted the production of these "playboy autos".