Wartburg 1957-1991 - inconspicuously simple and timeless
Summary
There have been around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is Wartburg, which was active from 1957 to 1991. Wartburg's vehicles impressed with their poor and practical body shapes, which still looked comparatively modern even years later.
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There are body shapes that look sensational when they are introduced and yet are quickly forgotten. And then there are those that are unobtrusively simple but still look modern years later. One of the latter was the Wartburg 353 presented in 1966. Its contours were designed by Hans Fleischer, of whom we do not know to what extent he was ever committed to the all-decisive SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany). Masterpiece or not - in any case, this four-door notchback body, which always rested on a box frame chassis, continued to be built almost unchanged until the brand's demise on January 31, 1991.
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