Trabant Commercials with english subs (part 1)

Trabant Commercials with english subs (part 1)
Wikipedia:
The Trabant (/trəˈbɑːnt/; German pronunciation: [tʀaˈbant]) is an automobile produced from 1957 to 1990 by former East German auto maker VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau in Zwickau, Saxony.
It is often regarded as a symbol of the defunct East Germany and of the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in general. The car had a reputation for being uncomfortable, slow, noisy, and dirty. Nevertheless, it was very sought after in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall. It had a hard plastic body mounted to a single-piece steel chassis (a so-called unibody or monocoque), front-wheel drive, a transversely-mounted engine, and independent suspension -- all features that were unusual for the era in which it was manufactured.
Dubbed a "spark plug with a roof", 3,096,999 examples of various models of the Trabant were produced over nearly 30 years with few significant changes to its basic design.[3] Older models of the car later became popular among collectors in the United States due to their low cost and fewer restrictions on importing antique cars. The Trabant also gained a following among car tuning enthusiasts and for use in rally racing and other motorsports.

[@bangerbangerbro]

When you advertise a specific car and every other car around it is the same in the advert. Definitely makes it seem unique!

[@davidgrisez]

Only in East Germany would a Trabant 601 be called fast and powerful in an advertisement. Especially when this car has a 26 horsepower 2 cylinder 2 stroke engine, it would be amazing to get this car up to a speed of 100 kilometers per hour or 62 miles per hour on level ground.

[@COIcultist]

David I suggest you are looking through modern or at least 1989 (year of reunification) eyes. In the 1950s the Trabant gave nearly all that a VW Beetle did but for a lot less. Much like the Beetle it came from a pre WWII design but unlike the Beetle it was not the offspring of state intervention but a sort of bastard son of the DKW two stoke cars en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKW with an elder brother of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWZ_P70_Zwickau All the Allies were going to deindustrialise Germany after WWII. Fortunately for VW cold hard facts met a need for vehicles for the British Army of occupation. Russia was much more aggressive in its deindustrialisation. That said if you look at late 50s early 60s Trabants people in Britain had cars that were not any better or only marginally better for much more input. Look at the early P50 Universal or even better the AWZ P70 Estate and would you be choosing one of these or Citroën 2CV? Hell BMW and other West German manufacturers were producing damned bubble cars at the time. They just never developed it e.g. If they had developed the DKW two-stroke V4 that SAAB used as a base for their own engine with the all four speed freewheeling gearbox they would have had a much better performing car, but they didn't. No competition and the Trabant might have become something that wasn't desired, but it did service a need.

[@TheGearhead222]

@@COIcultistAs much as I like the Citoren 2 CV. the Trabbie still beats it hands down, in terms of engineering and reliability, besides performance! John in Texas

[@wanderschlosser1857]

It easily makes 100 kph, not the quickest accel though. About 15s to 80 and about the same from 80 to 100. Anyway, not bad for 26hp, compared with same era small cars it would easily get away from a 2CV or 500 and can quite keep up with a Beetle, no chance to a Mini though.

[@spacecatmowgli4723]

You think my trabant 601 can't hit the highway? You easily drive between 100 and 110 kilometers an hour. I drive it every day and its not been upgrader or anything, its original.

[@grayv-horse3443]

I am doing ad readings for a class and these ads are fantastic. I own a Trabant myself so I even have my own prop.

[@JadeyFreakinM]

Ad: Saying that the 601 is fast. Me: For a engine who used mostly on bikes, yes.

[@mihaiilie8808]

How brave are you but i think you never drove a 2 stroke bike 650 cc because you wouldnt be alive to coment on youtube 😂. If you drive one such beast you wouldnt go past the second gear like the most owners of a 500 cc 2 stroke .

[@JadeyFreakinM]

@@mihaiilie8808 Nah, i don't have a moped.

[@starstencahl8985]

@@JadeyFreakinMAh yes, 200HP superbikes are mopeds 💀

[@michaelleskauskas3645]

It's amazing they made commercials for the only car that was actually available. What's worse is they made commercials for models that were never produced.

[@sutherlandA1]

You could get a Wartburg if you could stretch to one

[@skataskatata9236]

it was sold in the west also.... in the begonning years, when it eas state of the art.

[@eltfell]

Most successful advertising of all time: at least 10 years waiting period.

[@tuna3461]

I genuinely love these things and totally want to get one, even if it’s barely more powerful than a… shopping cart

[@thesandvichgenuine27]

2:16 having 24 frames per second is for western imperialist

[@mr.derpyface558]

Was the camera made in Zwickau as well?

[@KKBED781966]

Ok let’s be honest a Trabant is actually more reliable than many new cars today.

[@jonandersen1737]

*cough* Chrysler *cough*

[@KKBED781966]

😂

[@thetrabantguy3934]

jup

[@minecraftcucezar7119]

The mechanicals or the body?

[@aureliojaneiro]

@@jonandersen1737 cough chinese Cars cough...

[@Derna1804]

1:30 It's exciting to drive because you don't know if you're going to die.

[@scaryb69]

The Trabant Tramp, I want one!

[@silviamills5218]

0:24 to bad you have to wait 11 years to get your "reliable" Trabant thought

[@mihaiilie8808]

Those that had to wait that much were getting it for free. Comunists gave all the homes and apartments for free thats why after the fall of comunism a house here costed as much as a new fridge. You dont know in what context they had to wait that much.

[@quirble]

western articles are so hard to take seriously because they all repeat the same line, just with different statistics. Oh, the max waiting time was 13 years? No, never mind, a different article says that's the average. The max is 18 years? no, a different one says 15 years, hmmm... which do i trust? which american-written article shall I believe, if any? Also, yeah, none of these state the context.

[@thetrabantguy3934]

It truly is reliable

[@skeed.5768]

My grandma got one without waiting. She didn't get it for free though as she had to pay for it ,but still the 11 year waiting list is generally bs. Also my grandpa got a Skoda after waiting just 2 years (still had to pay for it)

[@Rusty-the-datsun]

First one was just like the green light trailer form jalopy

[@kanazamkniety7705]

it was white..

[@parsil8158]

Because Jalopy wanted to replicate it.

[@kanazamkniety7705]

@@parsil8158 No? its not even green in trabant commercial jalopy "Laika" commercial is alot diffrent

[@parsil8158]

@@kanazamkniety7705 GreenLight doesn't mean the paint of the car. Steam had a service called GreenLight that made users rate new games and if they got enough votes they got addded.

[@kanazamkniety7705]

@@parsil8158 i think you dont understand lol

[@noambelder5850]

SHCHNELL!!!

[@grzesiekgregory]

Actually we had trabant for many years. Loved it ❤

[@stevedoubleu99B]

I love the Trabant with no roof. Next best thing to a Mini Moke !!!

[@11Kralle]

If you order now, Your Trabant will be delivered in 16 years!

[@dakkanTM]

Trabant! Its what you're gettin'.

[@tovarishdimov3317]

Trabant is all you need in these years.

[@minecraftcucezar7119]

And think for a moment that the workers at Zwickau drove the same car they produce!And they still have to wait 11 years!

[@bangerbangerbro]

5:38 some of the words this guy says sound like they are being said by a 2nd doctor cyberman from doctor who.

[@vitameat]

Could also be American defector Elmer Fudd...TWABANT!

[@bangerbangerbro]

@@vitameat Yes it could be indeed!

[@polybius223]

ah, a whovian I see.

[@bangerbangerbro]

@@polybius223 haha. I'm not a full time nerd but I've watched a few bits and pieces and I used to be obsessed with certain things in it at times when I was younger.

[@mukulpanwar7034]

I want a Trabant now.

[@Frank-mv1ce]

4-speed synchronised was very advanced in the 60s, but then a two-stroke and cotton body panels aren't really things to write home about.

[@thetrabantguy3934]

2 stroke was largly used in that time and cotton Bodypanels that don't rust are things to write home about

[@slome815]

The duroplast panels are one of the greatest things about a trabant. A trabant might be rusted underneath, but those body panels almost always look like new. It's really stong too, it really is a lot like fibreglass, but without the osmosis and aging problems.

[@mannequinfukr]

The trabant may be lively (in my experience) but no way am i gonna say its fast

[@5Andysalive]

Just wanna point out: People in East Gemany would have found that as ironic and silly as you do. I mean you only needed to drive one.

[@Buledde]

We had a presentation day of our vehicle engineering faculty. Some older working colleagues, which lived in the former GDR, took a Trabant for a spin. After getting out: "Ok, that's enough for the next 20 years."

[@uzaiyaro]

6.8L/100km. Its amazing how my car with an engine 6 times the size and 8 times more powerful gets between that and 7.2 on the highway, and it's nothing special, it's actually a bit of a dinosaur today. We've come so damn far in not a lot of time.

[@TimmyXXVI]

“The car for modern people, the Trabant 600” while their making driverless cars in the western world

[@ayanashar7863]

This video didn’t get a single dislike👍

[@danny-ee8ye]

check now buddy

[@user-jx2xc9ex8f]

danny you are gay because you disliked :p

[@polybius223]

@@danny-ee8ye you sneaky little...

[@polybius223]

@@user-jx2xc9ex8f "The definition of gay is someone or something bright or happy. An example of gay is a bouquet of flowers with many brilliant colors."

[@user-jx2xc9ex8f]

@@polybius223 he is stupid and dumb then

[@NissanSilviaKs]

imagine turn signals being a selling point

[@11Kralle]

Once upon a time there were mechanical indicators on vehicles...

[@Faceless_time_traveler]

You know , with how fast they drive these during advertising , and how loudly the engine is , I'm sure the whole thing just falls apart the moment they stop recording

[@TheGearhead222]

For an air cooled, 2 cylinder 2 stroke, this is a pretty bulletproof engine. A buddy of mine brought over his P601 from WG and used to drive it on the Interstate!-John in Texas

[@spacecatmowgli4723]

The m&thfckrs are just extremely loud. Think about how people still drive these cars until today... They don't fall apart, even if you push their limits, but I get where you're coming from.

[@spacecatmowgli4723]

Oh I have the semi automatic function where you can switch from third to fourth gear. If you are going about 50km per hour, you do not need to use the clutch to change to the 4th gear anymore.

[@DrKlausTrophobie]

They all had this. The 4th gear is free-running because, when coasting the carburetor will run lean and the motor get less lubrication. Doing this on a regular basis would seize the engine. Especially in high gears, with higher speeds when inertia is high as well.

[@spacecatmowgli4723]

@@DrKlausTrophobie Yep, super nice :) Smooth sailing with my Trabbi 601

[@_Orhan_]

wunderbar!

[@themilestonelp1524]

6.8 litres per km would be too much. I think the "6.8 liter normverbrauch" refers to 100 km.

[@selflesssamaritan6417]

Better fuel efficiency compared to most US pickup trucks and modern SUVs?

[@notobamabossagming4890]

The second commercial is in Dutch.

[@locutus155]

Whatever happened to part 2?

[@Zolega89]

It is schnell if you ask people to push it

[@Mihai-eg6ux]

Look comrades, I have car!

[@VinePest]

Where's part 2 😢

[@MrLouis-of3yl]

1:21 this can all be yours... if you're willing to wait 13 years.

[@thetrabantguy3934]

Im willing

[@MrLouis-of3yl]

WE are willing comrade

[@thetrabantguy3934]

@@MrLouis-of3yl r/unexpectedcommunism

[@MrLouis-of3yl]

lmao

[@polybius223]

@@thetrabantguy3934 C o m m u n i s m

[@DollyBoy_1923]

What year is the first commercial from?

[@andre_roim0511]

well, dont have a good motor, but is more beauty than some american cars

[@juansanchez351]

Lindos autitos, lástima que acá a Argentina aparentemente nunca llegaron 😕

[@lilibethdoherty295]

The Irony is while these trabants were being made in East Germany Mercedes Benz was making The best cars in the World in west Germany !

[@vadelmakakku-ye3mq]

i wishd id id had some day p50 green. 601 yellow and 601 white

[@sarahdotswift]

Hello - I work for a TV Production company in the UK. Would you have any objections to us including this film in a television series? Kind regards, Sarah

[@vadelmakakku-ye3mq]

i wishd id had 601 green, p50 yellow and 601 red

[@dchegu]

But why the ads tho? Is there alternative to trabant in east germany then?

[@Buledde]

Just a friendly reminder that in East Germany there were elections. You could choose from a list consisting of 1 party. No joke.

[@sutherlandA1]

Wartburg but quite a bit more expensive

[@quas392]

there were in fact some options, but the commercials were more or less aimed at exporting them

[@TS-1267]

,,, MUST BE GOOD... THEY'RE SPELLING TASTEFUL WITH AN EXTRA ' L ' ...YES! THEY'RE GIVIN ' L '... HAVE AN APPLE 🍎 ,,,

[@laurin_stg446]

Ich bin froh meinen zu haben

[@vadelmakakku-ye3mq]

i wishd id had 601 and p50 and 601

[@litlgrey]

Oh... my... GOD!!!!

[@kanazamkniety7705]

??

[@sutherlandA1]

In eastern bloc there is no god

[@litlgrey]

@@sutherlandA1 Actually, the religious orders there exert a great deal of political influence. If what you're thinking of is so-called "Godless Communism," that's a western myth.

[@adamjacobadamson]

How robust!

[@mustardip4807]

where is 1.1 commercial?

[@kanazamkniety7705]

there was no 1.1 commercial only wartburg 1.3

[@ilyasaismail5500]

But there is trabant 1.1 poster ads

[@Buledde]

Probably not the worst idea to wear a helmet.

[@sutherlandA1]

Actually the duroplast bodywork was found to hold up well in crash tests in the early 90s especially against western European models

[@selflesssamaritan6417]

For similar reason they persuade cyclists to wear dumb-looking helmets.

[@user-wc6cr2db6d]

👍🏅

[@ungurdani8346]

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[@l__l2328]

"6,8 litres per km" Yeah seems about right

[@MrSzwarz]

Famous passenger killer

[@selflesssamaritan6417]

Meanwhile US cars larger than Trabant: Famous pedestrian killer.

[@AlexanderSixtyFour]

6.8 litres per km??????

[@greatcanadianmoose3965]

I think it is per 100km

[@polybius223]

what the hell is this "Liters" and "km" you speak of???

[@thetrabantguy3934]

@@polybius223 Its the metric system

[@thetrabantguy3934]

well, acctually like 7-9 Liters

[@polybius223]

@@thetrabantguy3934 r/woooosh

[@andre_roim0511]

"""Fast"""

[@-poop-6017]

Shit.... Look at that car!

[@OMENAHILLO-hl4ch]

MEINE TRAUME

[@ChaChiVooDoo]

Horrible little cars built by people that were forced to work in the most horrendous of unhealthy and hazardous environments. A job there meant you prob wouldnt live to a ripe old age

[@sixteenavenue]

Volkswagen's motto : "Das Auto" Trabants's motto : "Gechouchenpuch"

[@theavaddar4814]

if you could afford this in the former Soviet satellite countries, you were very well to do by communist standards. most people could not afford cars in the former communist satellite states, unlike in the west where even a labourer could buy a car.

[@selflesssamaritan6417]

"Socialism is when the government encourages public transport use instead of your own vehicle."

[@neilfoster9508]

Back in the day, East Germans had a choice, walking or a Trabant. If you would rather walk, fine, but I'm staying dry and comfortable in a Trabi for that 100km trip. Oh, and I actually own a Trabant, a 1988 P601s Kombi.

[@devinthedoodler6471]

When you watch this today and know how much of a shit car it sadly is today, you're just like: oooooo ouch

[@ginomarone8831]

Schnell my ass. A death trap and a clown car? Ja, natürlich!

[@erikdevries9208]

Compare the trabant with the VW and you see the difference between communism and capitalism.

[@danielsellers8707]

The Trabant 600 looks a bit like the VW Type 3 and the horn grilles look like the 1952-67 Beetle...

[@ricusserfontein1086]

Plain an simple. It will still run in 50 years.

[@paranoid9678]

so many lies in 30 sek !!!

[@caj1119]

If there was a waiting list of 10 years or longer to buy one of these from the only car company in the former German Democratic Republic, why would they need to have commercials for them? The way they describe their feature is laughable as well.

[@thetrabantguy3934]

Well, its not laughable

[@skeed.5768]

There was also Wartburg and I'm guessing Skodas, Ladas, GAZ, Moskvitches, Chaikas, Warsawas and just about any communist car at the time. Also im not from former GDR, but I live in a former soviet satellite country and here my grandma bought one right on the spot without waiting. Im pretty sure the 10 year thing is about the soviet union only, though my grandfather had to wait 2 years to buy a Skoda.

[@theavaddar4814]

@@skeed.5768 your gramps were Uber rich commies.

[@BG-360]

It's funny because I'm communist

[@allantoft9961]

"sturdy and longlasting!" ArE yOu SuRe AbOuT tHaT? lol

[@henryseidel5469]

I am absolutely sure. I had one, drove 116 thousand kilometres in it throughout Europe without any problems. I had to replace the brake pads twice and needed a new exhaust pipe after fifty thousand. Replaced the belt twice and needed three sets of sparking plugs. That was it. Never been to a garage or mechanic.

[@thetrabantguy3934]

Yes