One of the maximum exponents of the industry of the communist years is without a doubt the Trabant. This unit has a mechanical source Audi, with 270 hp, all-wheel drive Quattro, ABS and ESP.
Andl owner of this Trabant is a Polish that you bought 14 years ago with the intentions of restoring it, but ended up creating a small demon of 270 horsepower.
Trabant is a survivor of the was a communist, , perhaps the most faithful exponent, and the most remembered of those years. It is a small model that was very popular in the countries Eastern Europe a few decades ago. His owner started first replaced the impeller with a motor of 1,1 litres of a Volkswagen Polo, for a little later replace it with a unit of 1.3 liters and up to a 2.0 l of a Golf GTI.
But when it seemed that the small Satellite had reached its final evolution, came the unexpected, because the powerplant was replaced by a 1.8 liter turbo from a Audi TT, along with the all-wheel drive system Quattro.
The engine develops a maximum power of 270 hp at 5,700 rpm and 369 Nm of torque at 4,500 rpm, which allows it to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 4.5 seconds and reach a maximum of 200 km/h in just 15,5 seconds. The front mechanical complete with a few brakes with ABS of origin Audi, with disks of 312 mm at the front and 256 mm at the rear axle and electronic stability control (ESP).