Live the socialist dream, drive a Trabant in Budapest!
If you want experience a bit of old socialist-nostalgia while in Budapest there´s no better way than to drive an authentic East-German Trabant. A vehicle with a chassi made of Duroplast (plastic composite) and a low performing two stroke engine, today a symbol for the former Easteuropean socialistic culture.
The vehicle was produced in East Germany by VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau in Zwickau, Saxony and became one of the most common vehicles in many East-European countries. Budapest, Hungary was no exception and there is still many Trabants driving around in Budapest.In German the word “Trabant” means “fellow traveler”. In Budapest the vehicle is called Trabi.
Renting a Trabi for a day cost about 40 Euro. Of course you need a drivers license. You can rent a Trabi here:
- http://www.rentatrabantbudapest.com
- http://www.cityrama.hu
Read more about the Trabi here:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant
