The East German Trabi This small East German passenger car, pictured here in a 1980s advertisement, was one of the best-known symbols of everyday life in East Germany. Produced between 1963 and 1990, the cars were notorious for their poor engineering. The growing number of Trabis on East German streets nonetheless testified to the increased availability of consumer goods in the East Bloc in the 1960s and 1970s.

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