petrol
_(cropped).jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
12 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. AWZ Trabant 601S, Verkehrszentrum des Deutschen Museums: High Contrast· CC BY 3.0 de
- 2. 1988 VEB Sachenring Trabant P601S Beige (1 bearb Sp) (cropped): Damian B Oh· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Trabant-601 1973: Luc106· Public domain
- 4. Trabant 601S Universal 1984 II: Max schwalbe· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Trabant 601 Kombi: Rderijcke· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Trabant 601 L at the Szocialista Jáműipar Gyöngyszemei 2008: János Tamás· CC BY 2.0
- 7. Trabant 601 S de Luxe from 1986 original condition I: Max schwalbe· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Trabant 601 Tramp: Oostblokblik· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. 00-20140501-trabant-601-treffen: Elmschrat· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. 1963 Trabant 601 (9917450865): Niels de Wit from Lunteren, The Netherlands· CC BY 2.0
- 11. 1963 Trabant 601 (9917619933): Niels de Wit from Lunteren, The Netherlands· CC BY 2.0
- 12. Yellow Trabant 601: joost j. bakker from ijmuiden, the netherlands· CC BY 2.0
base stats
Bars compare against all cars: 600 hp, 0 g CO₂, 400k registrations, €150k.
what the fuel types mean
- petrol Cheapest to buy, simple, but fuel is expensive in NL.
spec sheet
- built
- 1960–1990
- body
- sedan, estate / wagon, hatchback
- engine
- 0.6 L
- cylinders
- —
- turbo
- —
- power
- 23–31 hp
- drive
- —
- gearbox
- —
- seats
- 4
- doors
- 2
- weight
- 707 kg
- fuel use
- —
- CO₂
- —
- US rating
- —
- EV range
- —
- US size class
- —
- avg new price NL
- —
Ranges cover every version ever sold. Blank means the sources don't say.
🇳🇱 on Dutch roads
462 are registered in the Netherlands today, #813 of all models. Most common build year: 1970 (49 cars).
19601990
Cars still registered, by year of first registration (RDW).
names it's registered under (4)
- 601 331
- 601 K 97
- 601 S 18
- 601 Special 16
Sources: RDW open data.Updated 2026-10-24.