CNN 's Frederik Pleitgen takes the iconic Communist Trabant car for a spin . The cars rolled across the border between what was then East and East Germany in 1989 . PVC hired the artist Frederik Pleitgen to give the car a makeover . The Trabant , produced in Communist East Germany by the government-run conglomerate VEB Sachsenring from 1957 till 1990 , was flawed from inception . 26 of people crowded around the car to sign it , draw on it , and take their picture with it .
CNN 's Frederik Pleitgen takes the iconic Communist Trabant car for a spin . The cars rolled across the border between what was then East and East Germany in 1989 . PVC hired the artist Frederik Pleitgen to give the car a makeover . 26 of people crowded around the car to sign it , draw on it , and take their picture with it .