Cars Made In The Eastern Bloc

By David Castro | Apr 2, 2021

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA- SEPTEMBER, 29 (RUSSIA OUT) A stuntman with LADA Estate car jumps into the Baltic Sea during the exercises of Russian Emercom Ministry units shown at the International congress Road Safety for the Safety of Life in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on September, 29, 2016. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) /

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A Wartburg car next to a Trabant, possibly in East Germany, circa 1990. (Photo by Tom Stoddart/Getty Images) /

Wartburg 1.3

Produced by Automobilwerk Eisenach it featured a Volkswagen 1.3-liter inline-four engine and a four-speed manual transmission. It had various configurations; station wagon, sedan and truck for its front engine and front wheel drive set up.

The Wartburg 1.3 epitomizes Eastern Bloc styling in the 1980s to me.

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