Wartburg 355: Warum dieser Wagen nie das Licht der Welt erblickte
Wartburg 355: The Car That Was Never Built It was finished. It drove. And yet, no one ever got to buy it. The Wartburg 355 is one of the most fascinating chapters in German automotive history—a fastback prototype from Eisenach that got everything right in 1968, yet disappeared into obscurity. In episode 200, we tell the whole story: from the very first Wartburg in 1898, through EMW, IFA F9, the elegant 311 with its ten body variants, the indestructible 353—and the car that could have been. ... *Timestamps:* 00:00 The Wartburg 355 — Eisenach 1968 02:10 The Beginning: Eisenach Vehicle Factory 1896 04:30 A New Beginning Without a Name: EMW & IFA F9 07:00 Wartburg 311 — Ten Variants, One Chassis 11:00 Wartburg 353 — Three Faces, 1.2 Million Units 13:30 The Tourist & the 1993 Youth Initiation Ceremony 15:00 The Engineers: Four-Stroke Engine, Dacia, and a Destroyed Prototype 18:30 The Wartburg 355 22:00 Why It Was Never Built 25:00 The Wartburg 1.3 — Too Late 27:00 1989 — An Open Border 28:30 What Remains Which Wartburg is yours? Let us know in the comments. 🔔 Subscribe to the channel for more forgotten legends from automotive history. *#Wartburg #Wartburg355 #GDRCar #Eisenach #EastGermany #TwoStroke #GDR #ClassicCar #AutomotiveHistory #WartburgKnight #Wartburg353 #Wartburg311 #IFA #EMW #ForgottenCars* • Maschinen, die Deutschland bewegten!
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