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1. Luxury in Germany: Sick Cars and Healthy Bodies.

Author

Biehl, Brigitte

Subjects
*LUXURIES, *POPULAR culture, *SPORT utility vehicles, *TRABANT automobile, *MERCEDES automobiles
Abstract

The car is one of the few luxury items that historically is widely accepted in Germany, the land of "discreet consumption." This contribution draws on social science research, includes writings on popular culture, and presents examples from people and their cars in the media that give evidence of how luxury is increasingly emotionally charged, enriched, and negotiated. Cars were status symbols in Germany as a divided nation, with people in West Germany driving a Mercedes and people in the East driving a Trabant. Today, German rappers praise their "sick" cars, and paradox 'Bio-Germans' shield their luxury body in an expensive SUV. These examples illustrate luxury consumption that aesthetically and narratively links identities to cultural heritage. The media discourse reflects the symbolic and also the increasingly affective nature of luxury, while healthy "luxury" bodies remain in a competition for limited resources in a social context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021
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2. The car who came in from the cold.

Author

Ceppos, R. and Kelley, D.

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile
Abstract

Examines a Trabant, a front-wheel drive, 3-door wagon that has been in production in East Germany for 26 years. Specifications; Handling; Equipment; US restrictions. INSET: Save the Trabant!, by W. Jeanes..

Published
1990

3. Import Car of the Year.

Author

Burnside, D.

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile
Abstract

Describes the East German Trabant, a 31-year-old car that has changed little over the years. It's a front-engine, front-wheel-drive, four-passenger, two-door sedan that costs about $780, has few options, and little performance, but goes nearly anywhere and lasts for years.

Published
1990

4. A brick of a car.

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile, *WASTE recycling
Abstract

Focuses on the recycling capability of the two-cylinder Trabants, a Soviet-era cars used by locals in East Germany. Significance of Werner Reichelt in designing the car; Material composition of the car; Industrial applications of the recycled materials.

Published
1997

5. Go, Trabi, go.

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile
Abstract

Reports on the sale of the `Last Edition' of East German-made Trabant `Trabi' automobiles. Trabi clubs in Germany; Repatriation of Trabis from Turkey.

Published
1996

6. The car that wouldn't die!

Author

Drew, T.

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile
Abstract

Presents excerpts of entries from `Car and Driver' magazine's `Save the Trabant' contest. Readers submitted reasons for not demolishing the magazine's Trabant 601 car. First place winner is Ed Hawk of Shelby, Ohio.

Published
1991

7. Ezra Dyer.

Author

Dyer, Ezra

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile
Abstract

The article reviews the Trabant automobile from VEB sachsenring.

Published
2019

8. Trabbies laid to rest as drivers go West.

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile, *AUTOMOBILES, *GERMAN Unification, 1990
Abstract

Reports on East Berlin residents' disposal of their Trabant automobiles after the 1990 unification of East and West Germany. Purchase of West German cars; Increased business for Berlin's Steptoes; Rise in the rate of road accidents; Increasing popularity of the Trabant automobiles as collectors' items.

Published
1991

9. The lemons of reunification.

Author

Breslau, K.

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile
Abstract

Discusses the Trabant, a 26-horsepower, smoke belching automobile made by East Germany's largest automaker, which is one in a long list of inferior East German goods that will not stand up to a free market system. Volkswagen AG has joined up withTrabant's manufacturer in a rush to invest in the East German auto industry; Plans of the Volkswagen company; Slow production; Trouble ahead for East German manufacturers.

Published
1990

10. Any colour as long as it's yellow.

Author

Moran, Joe

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile, *AUTOMOBILES, *BERLIN Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
Abstract

Discusses East Germany's contribution to automobiles, the Trabant. Cult society based around the Trabant (Trabi) after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and continuing today; Abandonment of Trabis due to a market flooded with western cars after the fall of the Berlin Wall; Plans of Sachsenring, a German business group, to sell a Trabant-like car to third-world countries in Africa and Latin America.

Published
2004

11. Remnants of things past.

Author

Furlong, Robert

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile, *POLLUTION
Abstract

Reports on the Budapest city council's urge to the owners of Trabant to turn the seriously polluting cars to be recycled. Pollution in Budapest; Trabant as the worst contributor of air pollution; Budapest's Clean Air Action Group's offer among Trabant owners.

Published
1997

12. Trabi dearest.

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile, *MOTION pictures
Abstract

Focuses on the German motion picture "Go Trabi Go." Film's homage to the East German automobile the Trabant; Characters and plot of the film; Commentary on the cultural differences between East and West Germany; Film's writers Peter Timm and Reinhard Kloos; Divided public reaction to the film in Germany.

Published
1991

13. Berlin Welcomes Back the Trabant, if Only for a Day.

Author

HOCKENOS, PAUL

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile, *AUTOMOBILES, *BERLIN Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989, *PARADES, AUTOMOBILE collecting
Abstract

The article discusses the Trabant automobile and the resurgence of popularity of the car in Germany. Topics discussed include a scheduled parade of the car that will take place November 9, 2014 as part of the celebration of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, Olaf Seifert, who edits the magazine "Super-Trabi" that is dedicated to the car, and people who collect the cars.

Published
2014

14. The Trabant Takes Manhattan On a Tour of East Bloc Nostalgia.

Author

JAKAB, SPENCER

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile, *AUTOMOBILE exhibitions, *AUTOMOBILES, *CONFERENCES & conventions
Abstract

The article discusses the popularity among some in the U.S. of Trabant automobiles, originally manufactured in East Germany and discontinued in 1991. Details are presented about how the vehicles are able to circumvent emissions standards in the U.S., events for enthusiasts including the International Spy Museum's Parade of Trabants in Washington, D.C., and the experiences of owners including Andy Burzynski and Mike Annen.

Published
2014

15. Microbes and `the Trabi problem.'

Author

Balter, M.

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile
Abstract

Explores the possible biological solution to the problem of disposing of some 200 million east German-built Trabant (or `Trabi') autos by 1993. Biodegradation of Trabant resins; Naturally found in the environment; Development timetable.

Published
1991
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16. Trabants.

Author

Ross, Daniel Charles and Hutton, Ray

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile
Abstract

Features a photograph of a dressed-up Trabant automobile. Description; Engine; Weight.

Published
1995

20. Where Have the Trabis Gone? Not Far.

Author

TOMPKINS, TOWLE

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile, *AUTOMOTIVE engineering, *AUTOMOBILE industry, *AUTOMOBILE industry workers
Abstract

HOW many workers did it take to build a Trabant? Two -- one to fold and one to paste. How do you double the value of a Trabant? Fill its gas tank. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2008

21. A Red Menace That You Can Drive.

Author

TOMPKINS, TOWLE

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile, *AUTOMOBILE driving, *BRAKE systems, *AUTOMOBILE industry
Abstract

OSTENSIBLY, there's not a whole lot to love about a car that creaks like an out-of-warranty pirate ship and spews more smoke than a Winston Churchill-Fidel Castro summit could have produced. Yet, somehow, the Trabant I drove here recently has a primitive charm -- along with an aroma of burning oil and smoldering brakes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2008

22. A Rattletrap East German Icon Has Its Day Again.

Author

Landler, Mark

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile, *ANNIVERSARIES, *AUTOMOBILES & society
Abstract

The article reports on the 50th anniversary of the car Trabant, celebrated in Zwickau, Germany, on June 15, 2007. The first car of the model was manufactured in this town in 1957. The production of the model came to an end in 1991. The Trabant car is said to have become an enduring symbol of former East Germany. To celebrate the anniversary, 2,000 Trabant owners took out their cars in a field.

Published
2007

23. History's Rose-Tinted Windshield.

Author

Colman, David

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile, *AUTOMOBILES, *MOTOR vehicles, *AUTOMOTIVE transportation, *AUTOMOBILE industry
Abstract

Profiles Doug Wright of the "I Am My Own Wife" theatrical production. Plastic Trabant bought by Wright for his nephew; Views of Wright regarding Berlin in Germany; Symbolism of the Trabant car; Price for the Trabant car that you can purchase on the Internet.

Published
2004

24. East Germans take pride in their `little stinker'

Author

Sacirbey, Omar

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile, *AUTOMOBILE emission control devices, *AUTOMOBILE industry, *CONFERENCES & conventions
Abstract

Focuses on the sixth annual Trabant Meet car show held in Zwickau, Germany. Design of the East German Trabant; Popularity of the discontinued car; Cost of the Trabant; Versatility of the Trabant; Foreign popularity; Limited number of the cars left; Environmental concerns.

Published
1999

25. Little car that couldn't finds love.

Author

Nash, Nathaniel C.

Subjects
*TRABANT automobile
Abstract

Reports from Zwickau, Germany, on the decline of the Trabant automobile. Comments from Ulf Rittinghaus; Safety of car; Features and cost.

Published
1995

26. Did you hear one about...?

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
*AUTOMOBILE industry, *TRABANT automobile
Abstract

Focuses on Sachsenring Automobiltechnik AG, the company that made the East German Trabant. Ridicule and jokes aimed at the car; The company's rebirth as a manufacturer of car parts; Inclusion of Volkswagen, Daimler-Benz and General Motors' Opel subsidiary among its customers; Sales figures between 1995 and 1998; Their design of a hybrid van powered by both gasoline and electricity, and an updated version of a London-style taxicab; Overview of the company.

Published
1998

27. Fruits of the revolution.

Author

Richardson, David

Subjects
*FIRST person narrative, *TRABANT automobile, *HOTELS, *FARMERS, *LAND tenure
Abstract

The article relates the author's experience in visiting Germany. He relates that Trabant automobiles have been consigned to museums, and hotels have been brought up to western standards. He narrates that the country's ownership disputes on farms have been resolved and several farmers who fled to the west came back on land that had been in their families for generations. He cites that German farmers are processing and using home-produced energy.

Published
2007

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