street tours in Trabants, rides, live German music and displays about East Germany. Planned reintroduction The Herpa company, a Bavarian miniature-vehicle manufacturer, bought the rights to the Trabant name and showed a scale model of a "newTrabi" at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. Plans for production included a limited run, possibly with a BMW engine. A Trabant nT model was unveiled two years later in Frankfurt. The Trabant nT consortium includes Herpa, the German specialized-auto-parts manufacturer IndiKar and the German automobile-engineering company IAV. The group was looking for investment, design and production in the Trabant's original hometown of Zwickau, with sales "in 2012". The Trabant nT electric car would be equipped with a asynchronous motor powered by a lithium-ion battery. Models P50: Later known as the 500 (Limousine and Universal [Combi]) 600 (Limousine and Universal) 601 Standard (Limousine, Universal) 601S (Sonderwunsch; Special Edition) with fog lamps, a rear white light and an odometer 601 DeLuxe: Similar to the 601S, with two colours and a chrome bumper 601 Kübel: Doorless jeep with a folding roof, auxiliary heating system and RFI-shielded ignition 601 Tramp: Civilian version of the Kübel, primarily exported to Greece 601 Hycomat: For drivers unable to use their left leg, with an automatic clutch 800RS: Rally version 1.1: Limousine, Universal and Tramp (convertible) Prototype and concepts Dozens of prototypes have been created over the years that have not gone into mass production. 1954 Trabant P50 prototype 1954 Trabant P50 Universal prototype 1959 Trabant P504 1961 Trabant P100 1965 Trabant P602V 1970 Trabant P760 1971 Trabant P610 Prototype 1981 Trabant P601 Z 1982 Trabant 601 WE II Prototype 1988 Trabant 1.1 E 2009 Trabant nT Concept Gallery prototypes Gallery See also August Horch Museum Zwickau Jokes about the Trabant List of automobiles known for negative reception Ostalgie Soybean car Yugo Notes References Further reading Berdahl, Daphne. "'Go, Trabi, Go!': Reflections on a Car and Its Symbolization over Time." Anthropology and Humanism 25.2 (2000): 131–141. online Rubin, Eli. "The Trabant: Consumption, Eigen-Sinn, and Movement." History Workshop Journal (2009) 68#1 pp 27–44. online Zatlin, Jonathan R. "The vehicle of desire: The Trabant, the Wartburg, and the end of the GDR." German History 15.3 (1997): 358–380. online External links UK-based official Wartburg, Trabant and IFA owners' club TrabantForums TrabantForums.com History of the Trabant The story behind Trabant Sachsenring Trabant site IFA Mobile 2-takt Vereniging, de oudste vereniging voor Oost-Duitse auto's Trabant history and