Production chronology1966–1988
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
curated ↗23 years
← Wartburg
Wartburg / Model record
Wartburg353
Production1966–1988
Recorded originEast Germany
Classpassenger car
Built1,125,190 units
Background
The Wartburg 353, known in some export markets as the Wartburg Knight, is a medium-sized family car produced by the East German car manufacturer AWE for their Wartburg brand. It was the successor of the Wartburg 311 and was itself succeeded by the Wartburg 1.3.
Text adapted from “Wartburg 353” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1965–1990
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗26 years