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The Spyker driver image, son of Eighties F1 star Manfred Winkelhock, started the race from the pitlane on wet tyres and ended up leading when it began to rain in the early stages.
It"s regarded as one...
It"s regarded as one of the most unreliable cars of all time. But the Trabant is about to make a shock comeback as an electric model!
A German consortium is behind plans to resurrect the car, which was one of the symbols of communist East Germany. Alongside model maker Herpa, which created a ò€˜new Trabantò€™ concept in 2007, engineering firms IAV and IndiKar are raising funds to start production.
But as with its forebear, which used a two-stroke engine for most of its 34-year life, the new model takes a no-frills approach ò€“ albeit with roof-mounted solar panels for the air-con.
A Herpa spokesman said: ò€œThe e-Trabant is ecological and economical.ò€ Despite the original Trabantò€™s flaws, more than 3 million were sold between 1957 and 1991.