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Trabant celebrates 60th anniversary

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Video. Trabant celebrates 60th anniversary

Updated: 07/11/2017 - 9:58 GMT+1

It was 60 years ago that the first Trabant rolled off the production line. A symbol of mobility in Communist East Germany, 'Trabis', nicknamed 'plastic bombers', have achieved cult status and are now a collector's item.

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