Trabant Crashtest

Crashtest

[@walzi2001]

Kompliment, ich hatte mit Schlimmerem gerechnet!

[@nibortv6592]

@@jager894 Nein, das war dieser fake test um den Trabi schlecht zumachen! Dieser Aufprall wurde sogar mit höherer Geschwindigkeit durch geführt als normal bei den damaligen West Autos!

[@nibortv6592]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWG5e6ShhZZ2p7M

[@ienes2]

Those trabby's were good cars. Back in my time, they said: "Mitt Hammer, Zange und Draht, kommst du bis nach Leningrad" :)

[@jonas-xv3bj]

😂😂😂🙏

[@thomasbachmann4795]

Und mit ein bisschen Glück...kommst du auch wieder zurück... 😁

[@hugodeckers3880]

Hihi

[@millitariahistoria7321]

To be fair plastic crashing into plastic wouldnt be as bad as it is today (I know its cotton but it was like plastic)

[@MREnzoHerbie]

Hier in Brasilien sagen sie dasselbe, aber beziehen sich auf Käfer statt auf Trabant und auf irgendwo statt auf Leningrad.

[@babsbeaver6113]

plot twist: this was 5 mph.

[@hasch5756]

Physically impossible. The shards should come down with a velocity of S g dt = gt. Instead they are as slow as a Viennese post official.

[@babsbeaver6113]

H. Sch. what the hell is S g dt=gt. regardless of speed the shards would always fall at 9,8 meters per seccond, per seccond.

[@hasch5756]

S g dt is the integral over g. If g is constant over time, then v=gt. You only described the special case: g = constant, start velocity is 0 and terminal velocity is infinitely high.

[@babsbeaver6113]

H. Sch. your explaining was very bad, could you restate and/or post a reference?

[@hasch5756]

www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/physical-processes/acceleration-mcat/v/average-velocity-for-constant-acceleration

[@AversaS2]

On the plus side, the steering wheel kindly got the fuck out of the way!

[@Galland_]

Now thats brilliant, what do you need an airbag for ..

[@SpitfireMkIIFan]

Which samll car of 1989 did have an airbag?

[@proiectistorie9575]

Special thanks to the steering wheel....

[@hadibe9929]

🤣🤣🤣

[@yimpa123]

14 years ago I had a crash with a Trabant at ~45-50 kmph and it had the same impact. The front of the car completely disappeared, the engine ended up 5 meters from the car and unfortunately the guy next next to me had serious injuries.

[@tiziano316]

I am sorry

[@fl570]

Hope all is well now. P.S. Interesting to see that although your channel is 14 years old and your comment was posted 11 years ago, you are still catching up on the latest trends. ;)

[@Arthur32O]

26 years now.

[@yimpa123]

@@Arthur32O It's probably one of my oldest comment on KZbin :-D. And indeed, just over 26 years ago. Last century...

[@Arthur32O]

@@yimpa123 wow

[@v-m-a-p]

Not bad for such a old car, safer than most chinese cars nowadays

[@CaptainDangeax]

Not that bad for such an old car, with plastic and cardbox doors. It's very light though.

[@v-m-a-p]

there's no actual cardboard on the car... also there is a pretty durable steel frame underneath it all

[@CaptainDangeax]

@112547699349495891302 Sorry guy, I don't know how to translate "duraplast"

[@Watcher3223]

_"Not bad for such a old car, safer than most chinese cars nowadays"_ Well, not exactly. The Chinese cars were subjected to more strenuous crash-testing, such as moderate overlap collision tests into a collapsible barrier, which is actually much harder to pass than full frontal collision tests into a solid wall. Chances are, take the Trabant and subject it to the current battery of IIHS and Euro-NCAP tests and the car will probably fail quite spectacularly.

[@v-m-a-p]

yeah, probably...

[@romanruzicka4736]

In comparison with other small cars of the era very well protected occupants, no deformation of pillars, low intrusion, there was only fire risk. Check cars like Fiat Cinquecento/Seicento, Rover 100, etc. they simply collapse.

[@tomatosoupwoo]

Ah yes, late reply time. The more it crumples (as long as it doesn’t puncture the cabin) the better. As more impact absorption, the better.

[@romanruzicka4736]

@@tomatosoupwoo Right you are, Trabant has very soft front with a tiny 2-cylinder engine, which allows for much deformation without impact on the cabin. That is essential for slow deceleration, a key factor to prevent internal damage to human organs. However, what is crazy, is the way how the steering wheel missed the dummy's face, being pushed far up to the roof:-)

[@type2523]

@@tomatosoupwoo if the Trabant would crumble any more it would crush the occupants legs

[@larissacarolinenikolaus5900]

@@type2523 I once had a crash with my Trabant, when turning left I was hit by an Opel Kadett who ran a red light, my Trabi had a serious squint afterwards, with the right headlight pointing left, and vice versa, and I conveniently triggered the hazard lights with my left knee, had a serious bump on my forehead from the steering wheel and bruised knees afterwards, but was otherwise fine, crash happened at around 30 .. 40 km/h

[@kuntakinte4333]

@@larissacarolinenikolaus5900 At least there is no Trabant known involved in accidents with speeds over 150 km/h ☝

[@ylwpyro9549]

Many people believe that the Trabant 601 was constructed solely with "Duroplast" (which was this cardboard/Plastic mixture that was pressed very tightly together to construct the body panels), but there was a steel frame under the panels, just like any other car. The location of the fuel tank, though, was poorly thought out...

[@GrandTheftChris]

+YLW Pyro the location of the fuel tank didn't matter because the people in the gdr didn't crash their trabis they waited 10+ years for.

[@P7777-u7r]

One thing about the trabant in terms of safety is that while they wouldnt hold up now back in east germany you only had to worry about crashes involving other trabants

[@theinnocentbuda]

+YLW Pyro sorry to correct your correction but there is No cardboard in it. It is a resin plastic reinforced with fibers (either cotton or wool) making it a fiber-reinforced plastic similar to fiberglass.

[@crabteethrm4115]

Fuel tank was deformative zone.

[@type2523]

Duroplast was a cotton , resin mixture. It has nothing to do with paper

[@granddad8664]

So i wouldn't be able to break through the Berlin Wall with it very easily.

[@stop4690]

yes

[@petrhaisman8645]

You surely wouldn´t...LOL

[@drpoundsign]

Is THAT how the Steppenwolf front man escaped??

[@CrazyKraut20]

Can't outrun the Stasi's Volga GAZ-24 - V8 either comrade ))))

[@Erik_Blomgren]

If you compare this car to a lot of other similar cars from that time, i'd say the Trabant did exceptionally well actually! Most other cars would either curl into a tin-foil ball or launch the steering wheel straight through the drivers chest.

[@somedudedelespagne]

40-50 km/h full front...

[@kuntakinte4333]

In the 90s Auto Bild (?) crashed a Nissan Patrol vs a Golf III. As thought the Golf was crumbled... but the steering gear of the Patrol stood up at the Golf motor and the steering column including steering wheel sent the Patrol dummy to " death"

[@m3chan1k]

The greatest issue with Trabant was it's light weight, thus making it almost impossible to drive it in a windy weather. The funniest car accident that I've witnessed was a Trabant that rolled over on it's side in the middle of a crossroad when the driver attempted a 90 degree left turn. :)

[@aronkovacs1386]

In the US a lady was blown off a bridge driving a yugo

[@miljororforsprakpartiet290]

just load a bbw or a equal amount concrete on its roof. not even tornados can lift it

[@gabrieletosi3792]

It wasn’t that light, ~650kg was pretty average for a small car of the ‘60s: Fiat 600, Citroen 2cv and Renault 4 weight approximately the same

[@barsanyibela4027]

I'm a bit surprised by this case. While the Trabant is a lighweight car by today standards, it wasn't that light among its contemporaries. Also, since most of the superstructure was built of plastic (actually, GRP-like light material) and the underparts of the car was made of steel, the center of mass was at unusually low height. This mad the car very stable. Although it had very simple suspensions, it had surprisingly good cornering capabilities.

[@slome815]

@@barsanyibela4027 I have a trabant as a semi-daily driver. I doubt a trabant would overturn before losing traction very much. For all it's faults, road handling is really not all that bad, a trabant stays nice and flat in the corners. And it will drift before it rolls, even on dry asphalt. It's also fairly fine in high winds or storms. Yeah, you'll feel it, but nothing exeptional for a light car of the time. A 2CV is way, way worse in high winds.

[@P7777-u7r]

One thing about the trabant in terms of safety is that while they wouldnt hold up to safety standards now back in east germany you only had to worry about crashes involving other trabants

[@maksuree]

probably not even in slow motion lol

[@Apocalipaya]

that was rude! ;d

[@cocoadome1909]

I can promise you that is not in slow motion. That crash test speed is 54km/h. And the trabant build quality is very good. The Trabant do very well in the crash and in the reel world crashes the car has saved many people life. The car was actually safer than the average car at the time. Read more facts about Trabant and you will understand.

[@Apocalipaya]

I actually had a head on crash in a trabi with a decent 40-50 km/h 10 years ago, so I know what you are talking about! ;)

[@CisBanger]

cocoa dome Im sure Honecker himself told you that bullshit.

[@JevStn]

I expected it to dissapear and I'm actually amazed! Trabby is a good car. :)

[@petrhaisman8645]

Das Trabi forever... Germglish:-)LOL

[@eltfell]

It doesn't have a crumple zone, but a disintrigation zone.

[@type2523]

It’s a crumble zone you fool

[@tommyscollection]

@@type2523 Crumble zone? Crumble?

[@FalceWolf]

I saw the crash Trabant and VW Golf 2, where the Golf was destroyed, the seriously injured passengers and driver fatalities..The Trabant nobody is seriously injured and even killed.

[@filipkorac8537]

My father had a trabi, actually he had two of those. Some guy in lada, crashed into him, lada's front was destroyed almost completely, and trabi had just minor plastic cracks. Just for you to know, trabi had steel chassis under that plastic, so that car was perfectly safe for it's time.

[@filipkorac8537]

***** Well, the real fact is that Lada rusts so much, that after few years of driving, car starts to disintigrate, while on Trabant that steel chasis (excluding trunk), is very well protected, and doesn't rust so much as Lada. Also, Lada is constructed badly for direct impacts. As you can see on KZbin, when Lada crashes, you can see that frame of passenger cabin is deformed. About fuel tank, i havent heard about Trabant explosions or fire ever. I heard that on hard impact, fuel tank, pops up avoiding high forces, also steering wheel shaft brakes and steering wheel moves up, which reduces chances of chest injuries.

[@newgenerationisbg]

+Filip Korac That is literally impossible. The steel chassis of the Trabant is MUCH weaker than the body of a Lada. The only reason this crash test is decent is because the Trabant weighs next to nothing. A crash between a Lada and a Trabant would result in the Trabant being flung backwards due to the force. Twice the mass equals twice the force at equal speeds. If the Lada DID have a dent in it, then the Trabant's frame would have been the one to cause it. The Duroplast would have disintegrated (like in the video), and the force of that impact would have SERIOUSLY injured the driver.

[@filipkorac8537]

+Newgenerationisbg Well I said above, Lada was i terrible condition and there was lot of rust on that car. Trabi was almost brand new in that time. For that statement "flung backwards", Trabi was moving downhill, while Lada was moving uphill. Also, in Trabi, there were 4 people, while in Lada I think only one. As i sad, there were plastic cracks, but sheet metal under it (excluding front steel mask, and part under left fender) was intact. Also, radiator on Lada was destroyed in that crash, so LADA wasn't drivable. My father drove trabant back home after crash, and after few weeks of work, he repaired it by himself. I remember that as a kid, I wanted black front and back light rings, so he painted them like that after crash. I don't have a reason to make up stories about this. I must say that it was not high speed crash or anything like that, it was slow speed, but compared to a Lada, Trabant was a better car, especially for people who wanted to take care about car by themselves.

[@newgenerationisbg]

Filip Korac I honestly just cannot see that Trabant causing so much damage unless the Lada was actively falling apart anyway. And 4 people will not make the Trabant weigh more than a Lada. A Lada with no one inside weighs just about 1000KG. A Trabant weighs 600 in the same state. Even if all 4 people weigh 100KG, the one in the Lada would still tip the scales in that direction. Granted, the recoil from the crash would be MUCH lower in that case. Honestly, I would agree with your statement, right up until you said he drove it home. The steel frame would suffer at least SOME damage at a speed high enough to puncture even a rusted radiator, and that point it would heavily interfere with drive-ability.

[@poldrpol4614]

Despite our expectations, Trabant deformations aren't so bad in comparison to the cars of the same generation, and even some years after ! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@thefreedomguyuk]

The cabin seems reasonably sturdy. However, there's next to no energy absorption in the deformation zones, they are simply disintegrating.

[@romaniangamer1]

That... was unbelievably safe

[@YourLocalUkrainianGerman]

No.

[@silviopozza8413]

@@YourLocalUkrainianGerman For what the Trabis were made of, I agree

[@antti_kukkonen]

Lol car from year 1964 is safer than 50 years younger chinese car (first 601 produced at 1964)

[@RetroGUY77]

And before that you had the P50 from 1957. I don't know if underneath was different however not much changed on the outside

[@antti_kukkonen]

Mini Mort 2 I know P50/60 because my dad have 601S

[@RetroGUY77]

Very nice! What colour?

[@antti_kukkonen]

Beige. I would just walk away if I would have head-on collision with Brilliance BS6 (watch the crash test failure)

[@antti_kukkonen]

And it's 1987 so it have front head resistans and seatbelts. We needed to add for register sode blinkers, rear seatbelts and reversing light

[@TheSkyRender]

I love how the Duroplast shell literally breaks apart. The Trabant is one of the few cars in existence that has shatter zones instead of crumple zones. Still, the steel frame beneath did about as well as one would expect for a car of that era.

[@MagnusRoe]

I was in the ex-DDR as a child in 1990 and one of the things I remember the most is an accident between two of these with the blue and teal shards that littered the road along with all the occupants' belongings

[@TeionM83]

I thought that Trabant is a load of rubbish. But actually it's better than the Brilliance BS6.

[@nathanbrock87]

lol its garbage

[@lpflore]

The Trabant may be slow nowadays but back then it was used for everything, it was easy to maintain, didn't need mich fuel, was cheap to produce (still sometimes took 10 Years because there were too many buy requests in the GDR) and it was simply useful

[@simonrichard9873]

Theodore Marakas Or you could buy a used one for about triple the price, but hey, at least you got it right now.

[@ratza]

Now that's a well built chassis. Not many cars can compare with this, even nowadays. Trabant was very stable on curves.

[@IsoGrifoGL350]

better than Landwind, Geely or Brilliance!

[@bucharestbiketraffic]

This was at 15km/h. Now let's see what happens when you take this baby up to 30 km/h.

[@bigouncer4029]

adevarat :)))

[@ThomasFarquhar2]

You think a trabant could do 30km/h? You must be insane or something

[@bucharestbiketraffic]

@@ThomasFarquhar2 Sorry, it was a typo. I meant 20 km/h.

[@bigouncer4029]

@@bucharestbiketraffic tocmai ce m-am uitat la noul tau video si vad ca mi-ai dat like la com :))

[@ThomasFarquhar2]

@@bucharestbiketraffic yeah that's somewhat more reasonable

[@lupopower1]

5 Sterne für Video und Trabi im Crashtest!!!! Trabi, Du hast uns mit uns Geschichte(n) geschrieben, die keiner, der dich nicht besessen hat je nachvollziehen kann. Dafür ein RIESIGES DANKESCHÖN!!!

[@RavingLunaticNWC]

I'd say that's pretty damn amazing. If it had an airbag, it'd be great.

[@kefirroo]

To było kultowe auto, zaprawdę :) Kumpel nawet tym dachował, ojojoj to były przygody! ;)

[@SpitfireMkIIFan]

Leider ignorieren viele, dass der Trabant noch auf das Jahr 1963 zurückging. Ich möchte mal den Kleinwagen aus der Zeit sehen, der besser abgeschnitten hat! Das Westpendant aus dem hause VW war nämlich nicht ein Stück sicherer, obendrein war die Fahrgastzelle im Vergleich zum Trabant ein Haufen Schrott!

[@johnnyspirelli]

+SpitfireMkIIFan - Pferdekutschen waren noch unsicherer und im Westen gab es neben dem Käfer auch den Kadett, Mercedes, BMWs, Glas etc. in den 60ern. West-Deutschland bekam in den 70ern den Golf, die DDR eine Reserveanzeige und wärend wir uns im Westen in den 80ern fragten "braucht man einen Golf II GTI 16v wirklich oder tut es auch der normale GTI?", hat man in der DDR die Pegelanzeige einer Stereoanlage ins Armaturenbrett des Trabants gesetzt. Technisch gesehen geht die Erbse ja sogar auf den Ur-Trabbi zurück, alles danach war ja mehr Modellpflege und motor aufbohren. Und auch wenn die Kröte aus den 60ern kam, selbst die sozialistischen Bruderstaaten wussten, dass mit solchen Arbeitern und Bauern kein Staat mehr zu machen sein würde. :-D Gut, dass wir 1989 nicht PEGODA gegeründet haben angesichts der 17 Mio Wirtschatfsflüchtlige, die für Farbfilme und Viertaktmotoren und ein Leben in Farbe statt s/w ihren Staat verkauft haben. ;)

[@pufferkuesser97]

johnnyspirelli Dafür gabs im Osten noch GAZ, Volga, Saporoshez, Moskwitsch, Shiguli,...

[@redcar9949]

Uhh.. Ja. Ich spricht kein deutsch. I hope I go that right. I really speak just enough to get by a few days in Germany

[@chris85er]

Vollpfosten

[@DoktorGPS]

genius! notice how the steering wheel rises so you dont hit your face in it, who needs airbags lol

[@bogika98]

Funny comments :D This car was made for the poor and unlucky parts of Europe! The maximum speed was about 120 km/h. It was enough in the 1960's I think. This car wasn't as bad as you think. And what about the small, slow and primitive Fiat 500, Citroen Duck, or the first Minis?

[@tavriadriver]

In most impacts, the front wheel intrudes into the passenger compartment. The Trabant has a strong perimeter frame around the front of the floor pan which prevents this. The energy is thus absorbed by the deformation of the suspension wishbones and the wheel and tyre - which is a simple act of design genius.

[@GlossaME]

But you get a tank full of gas in your face

[@tavriadriver]

@@GlossaME But you don't. I can tell you from experience.

[@fl570]

How can you be so sure that this is "design genius" and not simple luck that resulted from a design that had no regard whatsoever for crash-worthiness?

[@tavriadriver]

@@fl570 It's a highly-unusual design - in fact possibly unique. Someone clearly thought about it long and hard. Maybe it was just chance of course: the perimeter frame comes around the front to meet the front subframe and perhaps that's the only reason that's the way it is, but it would be more usual to have the normal arrangement of two longitudonal chassis legs set well inside the track of the wheels, coming forward to meet the subframe.

[@fl570]

@@tavriadriver Very interesting; I guess we'll never know for certain!

[@robinwells8879]

That is a very respectable performance. Decent chassis I suppose.

[@DanieruShidebuteru]

Wow. Waaay better than I thought!!! That's comparable to 80s-90s mini car results.

[@tonyramona15]

Impresionat ... :P chiar rezista f bine la vechimea lui ... Impresed it did very well for it`s oldness

[@O1eg_TV]

Over 9000 times better than 1998 Fiat Seicento and 2004 Chery Amulet!

[@iviwest]

was erwartet ihr von so n altes auto , manche fiat oder manche asiatische scheiss karren platzen genau so

[@foxxxxie]

That's... better than I'd expected.

[@EarthlyDerision]

@AdrianMuravey most socialist designed cars were better than their reputations suggest i think. The issue for most is that the aims of designers were different to capitalist designs that were based on desirability, socialist designs were based on utility, that they should be rugged and effective at the job of being a car rather than glitz and glamour.

[@xxlightingboltxx7749]

They probably took the fuel tank out so it wouldn't explode on impact

[@GrandTheftChris]

+XxLighting BoltxX7 fuel tanks only explode in movies

[@xxlightingboltxx7749]

GrandTheftChris oh so the ford pinto isn't real?

[@GrandTheftChris]

+XxLighting BoltxX7 that was no explosion. the fuel tank leaked and then catched fire.

[@xxlightingboltxx7749]

GrandTheftChris ... and then it blew up. watch the crash test. you'll see.

[@GrandTheftChris]

+XxLighting BoltxX7 as i said. the leaked fuel catched fire. just look up what an explosion is.

[@motleyz2003]

Cry me a river. How I long for the days of Erik Honeker & DDR. Filling up my trabant with gas and oil and having to shake the car to mix the two when it was -25 degrees outside. I especially loved waiting 8 years for Turbo Trabant & inhaling the exhuast that made me gasp for air, but the pollution was pretty as the sun set. I enjoyed the sub-standard steel the USSR sold to build these foxy death traps. The toilet paper roll in the back window with the cozy over it was a lovely added touch!

[@AdrianSilea]

@interpol007 I think we're comparing two entirely different contexts. America pretty much won the 2nd world war. Germany didn't. That meant a slightly different approach to economical car building. Did Canada ever import these? Hard to believe. This was an European budget car, made with budget materials back in 1957. Sold by the millions. It somehow became a cult car throughout Eastern Europe. Pretty much bulletproof within its operational parameters. Give it a break! Or a brake :).

[@AdrianSilea]

I don't understand the point of these jokes. For a car designed some fifty years ago out of a steel embargo and an economically and socially ravished German society, I'd say it's a damned good result. And what do you know: fast-forward to 2011 and you still have them on the streets, relatively rust-free. Because of the Duroplast coachwork.

[@nandutzu]

5 Stars - ★★★★★

[@Lonely_Benzer]

0,5

[@PAVONEZORZ]

That's actually damn good for such a small car. Look at the American cars from the same time period, they crumple til the driver is folded in half!!

[@MrSupercar55]

I really wasn’t expecting much from the Trabant there, owing to the plastic construction of the bodywork.

[@FMXchaos]

heh poczciwy trabancik.... mój dziadek miał kiedys takie 2 . Jeden nowy kombi a drugi sedan chyba ?? ale sprzedał póki były jeszcze coś warte . Z jaka predkościa sie on porusza to nie mam pojęcia ale widac że plastyk nie wytrzyma impetu uderzenia . W koncu to stara konstrukcja :P

[@McLarenMercedes]

@dinamoboy48 actually not. they made it from some "duraplastic" which was cheap and easy to replace and fix. Why? Because all the steel they had in East Germany was used to produce tanks and other weapons of war. I doubt the Trabant was more unsafe than any other small 70's car from West Germany, France or Italy.

[@McLarenMercedes]

this car was a joke even in the former eastern block countries east german were the only ones forced to drive them anyway according to them it was easy to fix and ran on any fuel

[@holdenbrougham7768]

This old small piss ant car still looks safer than some modern cars china make today, body cabin area looked to hold up well but what about your feet and face no soft padding back then on steering wheels and dash boards

[@agt155]

Wow look at that crumple zone. This car was ahead of its time.

[@mcrubar]

Never ever are this 54 km/h. Of what socialist wolrd are you dreaming?

[@BansheeBLN]

Zur Zeit, als der Trabant entwickelt wurde und letztendlich in den Verkauf kam war er das sicherste Fahrzeug Europas! Und technologisch deutlich vor dem Golf 1! Ein Golf oder Escort oder Audi aus der gleichen zeit würde heute auch nicht besser aussehen. Also immer schön realistisch bleiben.

[@Innochamp]

fischersachs hat recht. Es war ein 25 Jahre alter Trabant und dieser wurde mit 64 km/h, statt mit 50km/h gecrashed. Die "Westreporter" dachten der Trabi würde zusammenfalten, aber selbst so hat er besser abgeschnitten als andere Kleinwagen zu diesem Zeitpunkt

[@letterbekmen]

lol, myu grandfather said that the best snowshovel is made from the Trabant's body

[@roket205]

depends on the speed but that is not bad for that time. Big surprise for me....

[@Jannes2015]

Hä, dafür dasses als Rennpappe angepriesen wird ist das ja wohl in Ordnung, also da gibts schlimmere. Schaut mal, was Chinesen bauen, die kriegen selbst heute nicht mal das hin.

[@jimpanse3166]

Pro con ten wurde also nicht von Audi entwickelt sondern von Trabant .🤣😂

[@Yoyo378]

EPIC :D

[@TheSlenderFan]

that's pretty damn good result for a crap economy and old cars

[@Gaiajohan]

The car was developed in the 40 and 50's. So indeed not bad :P

[@trucksoner]

the trabant does better than some chinese cars from 2007 haha

[@pnemeth]

Not bad! Regarding the fact there is not much metal in it.

[@SacreDro]

5 stars :))

[@LeSarthois]

This crash-test was done in the 90's for Dallianz, by a TÜV. The speed was 50km/h; and they where amazed because the test revealed (with the dummy) that a Trabant is safer than a Fiat Cinquecento or a Ford Escort 1984.

[@supertrinigamer]

50kmh? kinda scary for 50, i thought thsi was 64kmh

[@Steve1766]

this should be in the worst crash tests video

[@raulgradinar3132]

Can someone make this slowmotion?

[@RetroCat969]

Plot twist: this is actual speed

[@drackula1985]

I think that the shot is in real time :D

[@zoltandomjan4764]

TRABANT CARS FUTURE CARS!!!

[@yahoopunctcom]

trabant is BETTER than fiat seicento

[@trex0911]

u made my day dude... LOL!

[@Darklordkime]

does not stop me from wanting one

[@Mici125]

Whoa, look at the rear wheel at the end of movie! Anyway, I have Trabant 1.1 combi and that's really cool car. Stein papp karton rulez :]

[@TheAssassin1213]

40km/h

[@hadibe9929]

Adana Adana Merkez patlıyo herkes. Adana adana merkez patlıyo herkes müziğin sesiyle coşuyor herkes.

[@bossvlad7988]

Berlin Wall - Trabant 1 - 0

[@irmakaymelek]

Really good, these vehicles should never be underestimated. Sachsenring Trabant should be appreciated for its time, it is safer than a very big flashy vehicle, the only minus is that the fuel tank is at the front, which is a different fantasy for a classic vehicle today, and there are still those who think that all of these vehicles are made of cardboard. This is very funny.Duroplast is made of wool and phenolic, which makes it special from fiberglass. It is a solution found in the absence and has engineering on it. Unfortunately these tools were used without care and this caused many idiots to perceive this tool as a bad tool. The Trabant is very high quality and very hard to find, so these tools should be much more valuable.

[@fotorabia]

They could also be eaten by pigs..and eventually they came up with a bacteria that ate the Duraplast in the recycling process...which was very expensive..good idea..dont dump your Trabi on a Berlin st....cos then u got hit with a massive bill...

wow, this is not so bad!

[@Joohnnney]

it´s 10 km/h xD

[@MOTOPATRYK]

trabant is very safe plastic car. I from poland, i know it, but People driving this car! haha realy funny

[@hadibe9929]

Ne diyonuz anlamıyorum alınır mı Urfa'da 40 bine satıyorlar.

[@andindi]

wooow...bin beeindrückt

[@chris_884]

Don’t worry it goes 0-16 in 2.never so you won’t have to worry about not having an airbag

[@MrRoyalrobbins]

better than many of the western european cars of that period.

[@ontopoftheroof]

Wow! Proves with some luck you could survive a crash in a school zone.

[@KoziNaToMas]

"das Auto.."

[@Cesko_Plny_Fialovejch_Zmrdu]

Wow, crash test in 25 km/h

[@ikt93]

Awesome, a shitty old Trabant (their imago isn't really good here thanks to the Sovjets, but the cars are nice) beats a brand new Chinese car. AWESOME!

[@pesek11]

Trabant rlz !

[@tomcio1208]

20 km/h xD

[@jeiku5041]

I think the key parts of this car were it was rather easy to fix and it's just adorable.

[@Gavichap]

It was a small 2-stroke engined car made in the DDR (East Germany) until the USSR collapse. The design dates back to the 50s and production went on since then virtually unchanged. It was slow, unsafe, very polluting (uncat 2-stroke engine) and pretty unreliable car (for Western standards). But it was the only car available to the DDR masses. Other models (albeit sooo old-fashioned themselves) were too expensive and reserved for the big bosses.

[@CisBanger]

Never ever the usual 64km/h. i dont even think this test was done with 50km/h or more

[@Hless421]

yes, it's not pressed cardboard, but that was the joke back in the days :) still remember that engine sound they should remake that car, and keep it small.

[@trompomix]

el chasis y la cqarroceria de este carro se me ase paso muy bien este test la verdad lo iso mejor q muchos carros q se venden en el mercado hoy dia lo q si yo le cambiaria es el parabrisas q sea glass laminado NO templado y q sea pegado con diuretano no con hule o gasket tambien le pondri bolsa de aire y creo q con esos 2 cambios este carro estaria listo pera pasar cualkier prueva en cualkier parte del mundo

[@Hless421]

Yes, the same look and maybe just a little bigger. Like a 21st century version that looks exactly the same from a distance.

[@jurajkovacik]

zabudli napísať že v rýchlosti 10 km/h

[@TheSoilemezidis]

if you can take a bmw and do a trip at russia to greece in 1 day....noooobb only russia

[@ludwigsamereier8204]

How fast is the Trabant at impact? 80 km/h may be? If so, compare this vid with the one done by BAST on the contemporary SIMCA 1000 I owned 50 years ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJbWiqGqnsmjmK8

[@Xenium_Q]

Quite safe. Considerring a car developed in 1957...it was esentially a restyle of the p50 and p60...