Trabi - Vehicle facts
Trabant Kübel
Typ P601A
Built for the first time: 1966/600 cm²
Engine: 2 Takt OTTO Motor - Luftkühlung
Power: 19,1 kW (26 PS) bei 4200 min−1
Weight: 650kg
Size: L 3,5m / B 1,5m / H 1,55m
Four-speed gearbox with gearshift.
In fourth gear without gas, the engine runs idle despite the gear engaged.
Average consumption 6,9 l
Mixed 1:30 later 1:50 (for 50l Petrol = 1l Oil mixed)
Top speed: 107 km/h
Price for a Trabant in 1985 was the cheapest model, 601 Standard Limousine 8.500 GDR Mark (average) with various „Extras“ more than 10.000 GDR Mark.
Trabant is a two-axle vehicle with self-supporting body and independent suspension.
Waiting for a new Trabant about 10 Years.
Average income of a GDR citizen about 850 GDR Mark.