The unique East German Trabant car celebrates 60 years

A visitor takes a snapshot of a restored mural showing a Trabant car breaking through the Wall along a still-existing portion of the former Berlin Wall known as the East Side Gallery on its official re-opening day on Nov. 6, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

Trabant cars stay in a line as fans and owners of East German-era Trabant cars gather at the 2011 International Trabantfahrer Treffen (International Trabant Drivers Meeting) in Zwickau, Germany, June 25, 2011.

The iconic Trabant (nicknamed "trabi"), produced in East Germany from the late 1950s, celebrates its 60th anniversary in November 2017. Here, owners of East German-era Trabant cars take part in the 2012 International Trabant Drivers Meeting Aug. 4, 2012 in Piestany, Slovakia . The Trabi, was among the main cars produced in communist East Germany and built by VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke in Zwickau for 30 years until 1989. Today the car has cult status for many followers and one company, IndiKar, is even seeking to revive the brand in a modern, electric version.

Firefighter Lieutenant Imre Doka poses for photographs in a Trabant car transformed into a miniature fire engine in the yard of Nyiregyhaza Fire Department in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, Nov. 2 2017.

A solar panel charges a modified Trabant automobile during a Trabant enthusiasts' weekend near Nossen, Germany, Aug. 8, 2015.

Seventeen-year-old Akos Domjan poses for photographs atop his Trabant in Gyor, Hungary, Oct. 30, 2017.

Zoltan Mato and his wife, Arabella, sit on a sofa made from a Trabant's boot in their home in Tiszaújváros, Hungary, Nov. 3 2017.

Fans and owners of East German-era Trabant cars gather at the 2011 International Trabantfahrer Treffen (International Trabant Drivers Meeting) on June 26, 2011 in Zwickau, Germany.

This Trabant 601s decorated with a design depicting old newspaper articles in Budapest, Hungary.

A woamn waves as she takes part on a parade as fans and owners of East German-era Trabant cars gather at the 2011 International Trabantfahrer Treffen (International Trabant Drivers Meeting) June 26, 2011 in Zwickau, Germany.

Modified Trabant cars drive on a tribune during a parade in Zwickau, Germany, June 25, 2011.

A woman poses a on a Trabant in Zwickau, Germany, June 25, 2011.

Visitors shop for spare parts at a Trabant enthusiasts' weekend near Nossen, Germany, Aug. 8, 2015.

Visitors inspect a Trabant automobile near Nossen, Germany, Aug. 8, 2015.

Trabant automobiles at a Trabant enthusiasts' weekend near Nossen, Germany, Aug 8, 2015

A Volkspolizei East German (DDR) Wartburg automobile is reflected in the hubcap of a Trabant automobile at a Trabant enthusiasts' weekend Aug. 8, 2015 near Nossen, Germany.

A Trabant automobile near Nossen, Germany.

Visitors shop for spare East German (DDR) car parts at a Trabant enthusiasts' weekend Aug. 8, 2015 near Nossen, Germany.

Visitors look at a Trabant automobile during a Trabant enthusiasts' weekend on Aug. 8, 2015 near Nossen, Germany.

A worker assembles hand-crafted wooden figures of a snowman wearing sunglasses and driving a Trabant car in Seiffen, Germany. Nov. 25, 2014 Seiffen, located in the Ore Mountains, is home to a plethora of specialized manufacturers who produce hand-crafted Christmas ornaments and toys made from wood in a tradition that has its origins in the 17th century.

A Chihuahua waits inside a Trabant 601 car at the 7th annual get-together in Zwickau, Germany, Aug. 23, 2014 Hundreds of enthusiasts arrived to spend the weekend admiring each others cars, trading stories and enjoying activities.

A dog stands guard nearby a Trabant car at the 7th annual get-together in Zwickau, Germany, Aug. 23, 2014 Hundreds of enthusiasts arrived to spend the weekend admiring each others cars, trading stories and enjoying activities.

Tourists drive Trabant cars on a guided tour through the city center Sept. 19, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Several companies now offer tours with the cars that have become an icon of the former communist East Germany.

Fans and owners of East German-era Trabant cars gather for the ITT, of the convention, at the 2011 International Trabantfahrer Treffen (International Trabant Drivers Meeting) June 26, 2011 in Zwickau, Germany.

Modified Trabant cars drive on a tribune during a parade at the 2011 International Trabantfahrer Treffen (International Trabant Drivers Meeting) in Zwickau, Germany, June 25, 2011.

A man pulls a carved wooden model trabant as fans and owners of East German-era Trabant cars gather at the 2011 International Trabantfahrer Treffen (International Trabant Drivers Meeting) in Zwickau, Germany, June 25, 2011.

The first Trabant car which crossed the border 25 years ago, drives across the former border crossing-point Ullitz from Saxony into Bavaria, Germany, Nov. 9, 2014. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a caravan of around 100 historical cars drove to commemorate the border opening.

John Short demonstrates the camping tent he installed on his 1972 Trabant in Longmont Colo. Over 3,000,000 of the East German cars were built beginning in 1957 and ending in 1991.

The new "Trabant nT" electric car is unveiled during the 63rd International Motor Show (IAA) in the central German city of Frankfurt am Main Sept. 15, 2009. Once the much-mocked symbol of drab communist East Germany, Trabant cars are revving up for a dramatic rebirth as electric cars.

Members of an association work on a vintage East German-era Trabant car ahead of a car rally on Oct. 27, 2017 in Chemnitz eastern Germany.

Frank Hofmann, the founder of "Trabantwelt" mail order company, poses in a vintage East German-era Trabant 601s Deluxe car at the company's workshop in Zwickau, eastern Germany, Nov. 2, 2017.

Owners of East German-era Trabant take part in the 2012 International Trabant Drivers Meeting Aug. 4, 2012 in Piestany, Slovakia.