Production chronology1963–1990
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
curated ↗28 years
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Trabant / Model record
Trabant601
Production1963–1990
Recorded originEast Germany
Classpassenger car
Background
The Trabant 601 is a Trabant model produced by VEB Sachsenring in Zwickau, Saxony. It was the third generation of the model, built for the longest production time, from 1964 to 1990. As a result, it is the best-known Trabant model and often referred to simply as the "Trabant" or "Trabi". During this long production run, 2,818,547 Trabant 601 units were produced overall, and it was the most common vehicle in East Germany.
Text adapted from “Trabant 601” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1960–1994
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗35 years