My parents drove one to their University with me in the back seat as a baby. You could buy one for 500 levs at the time which was a few months salary and it would take you from point A to point B. That said, the surface of the car was cardboard-like and thus fodder of so many jokes. Example:

- A: Are you happy with your Trabant? B: Yes, except I need to repaint it and some point. It’s blue and as soon as I open the window people start dropping letters for me to mail.

— 4 men were carrying a Trabant. Somebody asks them why? Was it broken? They reply: Nope, nothing wrong with it, we’re just in a hurry.

- A Japanese car manufacturer ordered a Trabant. When it arrived they wrote back: “We got the engine and chassé in a cardboard box, but where is the rest.

- A cop busted a Trabant driver hitting 100km per hour. The cop says: 100levs. The driver counters: another 50 and the car’s yours.

- Trabant stops next to a Lamborghini. Driver rolls down the window and asks - Hey, are you happy with your car? The Lambo driver responds “Yes, why do you ask?”. The Trabi replies: I don’t see many Lambos around, must not be a good car if people aren’t buying it.