The wood in the initial versions of these things was replaced with a new material invented by Rolf Weichert.  
The wood in the initial versions of these things was replaced with a new material invented by Rolf Weichert.  A mostly useless part in these things was nicknamed the "mouse screen".  The Battle Law prevented steel from being used in these things, so, like the earlier P70, lightweight Duroplast was used instead.  These products were ostensibly competitors to the more up-market Wartburg 310 and 311.  An order for one of these things could take up to (*) 16 years to be fulfilled from the VEB factory which produced them, causing used ones to sell for twice the price of new ones.  These things are fetishized in Ostalgie.  Modern owners of these things need to carry around extra oil with them since they lack a fuel injector and thus can't use conventional gasoline.  They declined in popularity following the November 1989 collapse of the government which made them.  For 10 points, name this brand of East German car.
The wood in the initial versions of these things was replaced with a new material invented by Rolf Weichert.  
Trabants [or Trabbi; or Trabi; or Trabant 600; or Trabant P50; or Trabant 601