I started this blog seven years ago and since that time, the price of decent Trabants has doubled and Wartburgs have trebled. Nowadays, a de...

Hi everyone. After an absence of 4 years, I'm back! Much has happened since I last posted including many personal trials and tribulatio...

The car is a June 1990, one of the last 601's built. It was exported to Hungary and came to the UK in 2009. It was sold to an a...

I love classic cars of all genres and eras.  Last year I bought a 1991 Daihatsu Applause 1.6 GXI Auto, with only 36K on the clock, good serv...

I've sold my 311 and it's going to the UK, to an enthusiastic collector of GDR vehicles. The new owner has a Zwickau P70 and an IFA...

I had a number of proof edition books and they've all sold out.  I will have plenty of books available very shortly, so if you want one ...

Yesterday on German Ebay a 1958 Wartburg 313 Sports Coupe sold at auction for 50,050 Euros.  The car was in good (not concours) condition a...

I've decided to sell my 311. I would like to buy a Barkas or Framo to use as a van and also as an advertising vehicle, so I need the fun...

Goggomobil Postal Vans. Goggomobil were a car maker from Bavaria and was the brand name for the 'Glas' car company. They made...

Goliath: Many people have heard of the German car marque that is 'Borgward', and particularly well known is their 'Isabella...

The blog stats make for interesting reading. The most popular blog posts tend to be the ones relating to the Barkas van and the Brakas Fram...

I haven't posted here for a few weeks, partly due to a  sudden death in my family. I hope to rectify matters somewhat and post more fre...

Erich Honecker, the Party Leader and one time Political head of East Germany certainly liked his car's. While the ordinary citizens of ...

Although they pioneered Front wheel drive, they also made conventional rear wheel drive cars too, called Schwebeklasse (floating class) and...

Statue in the grounds of the Trabant factory ruins on same site as Horch Museum. Road Test: Trabant 601           Extract from a 1966 ...

I noticed for sale a few weeks ago a 'Goliath 700' car on Ebay that needed total restoration. It was a 1954 model and if I wasn...