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SOLVED - What car #112 - 1969 Wartburg 355
« on: December 13, 2007, 04:15:30 AM »
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Re: What car #112
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2007, 11:54:13 AM »
This is a Wartburg 353 based GDR design proposal  for a sports coupe from ca. 1970.

It was called the AWE Wartburg 355


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Re: What car #112
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2007, 01:07:45 PM »
You're so right! And for an Eastern European car, it's not bad-looking at all.
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Re: SOLVED - What car #112 - 1969 Wartburg 355
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2007, 07:30:24 AM »
especially the front looks a little bit like the Lancia Fulvia Zagato, the back is similar to the first VW Passat series.

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Re: SOLVED - What car #112 - 1969 Wartburg 355
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2012, 11:09:10 AM »
Here are a couple more pictures of this car:

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Re: SOLVED - What car #112 - 1969 Wartburg 355
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2014, 03:24:03 PM »
A contemporary picture;

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Re: SOLVED - What car #112 - 1969 Wartburg 355
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2018, 04:08:50 PM »
From a private photo album:

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Re: SOLVED - What car #112 - 1969 Wartburg 355
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2022, 04:59:38 PM »
Six of these cars were built. Their body was made of fiberglass. The Wartburg factory got technological help from Hans Wax.