A Bavarian model-car manufacturer is dreaming big, planning to put the boxy East German Trabant back on the road with a new version. But is nostalgia enough to sell one of history's most-maligned cars? Between BMW's new Mini, the Volkswagen Bug, and the recently announced comeback of the Fiat 500, the market for underpowered classics from the past has never been hotter. But is it hot enough to bring back the most-mocked, least-loved car to ever grace the autobahns of Germany? A model manufacturer in Bavaria thinks the answer may be yes. Herpa, better known for its 1:87 scale models of sports cars and classic autos, is hoping to take advantage of the trend with an unlikely entry: a full-sized car based on the boxy East German Trabant.
A Bavarian model-car manufacturer is dreaming big, planning to put the boxy East German Trabant back on the road with a new version. But is nostalgia enough to sell one of history's most-maligned cars?
Between BMW's new Mini, the Volkswagen Bug, and the recently announced comeback of the Fiat 500, the market for underpowered classics from the past has never been hotter. But is it hot enough to bring back the most-mocked, least-loved car to ever grace the autobahns of Germany?
A model manufacturer in Bavaria thinks the answer may be yes. Herpa, better known for its 1:87 scale models of sports cars and classic autos, is hoping to take advantage of the trend with an unlikely entry: a full-sized car based on the boxy East German Trabant.
(it's his third, one of them was electric - the problem with old trabbis is, you collect more then one over time, because you need more than one to run one....)
