We are not talking about a toy car.

The Trabant was a real car which had a steel unibody frame and the roof, hood, fenders and doors made of a hard plastic. It had two-stroke engine and its weight was 600 kg.

The production of the car lasted from 1957 to 1990 and more than 3 million cars were produced in East Germany over that period.

WORDS
hood: (AmE: the bonnet) the movable part of a car covering the engine.

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Velorex is probably the simplest car that was ever made and driven on the roads.

The three-wheeled car was able to carry two adults.

Leather cloth, instead of sheet metal, was used as its bodywork.

The maximum speed of the car was 30 km/h.

The production of these cars began in 1950 and it was ceased in 1971.

WORDS
bodywork: the outside part of a car.
bodywork in other languages

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