Trabant Expedition

The Trabant expedition went to Ukraine, to help the Hungarians who live in the Carpathians.

Two of the Trabants and a Tesla left last March, during the third week of the war, to take warm clothes, canned goods and hygiene products.

A journey of 1,500 km, with two days in Ukraine.

Zsolt Vadasz and his team delivered the donations to help the refugees. Afterwards, with the help of an old friend from the Bamako rally, they went to Csop, which is the village that borders Ukraine and Hungary. There, at the station, they distributed sandwiches to those who were waiting for the trains to flee the country.

October

"Last spring, Trabant Expedition transported parcels to Africa sent by the Afrique Autrement foundation.

The Expedition left with two Trabant station wagons with toy pedal cars on their roofs.

One of the cars left Provence with Pál Kozsuch and Zsolt Vadász, the other from Hungary with Zoltán Szűcs and Attila Fehér.

The two Trabants ended up in Tuscany in Civitavecchia near Rome where they left together for Tunisia.

The group passed the mandatory quarantine in the desert, having fun.

The Trabants withstood the conditions well largely thanks to their experience since it was their seventh African action.

Of course, these cars are very different from street Trabants. They are equipped with winches, engine protection plates and other elements necessary for difficult terrain.

This trip is over, but the Expedition has already planned the next one!

It will be to Lac Rose in Senegal, where they want to pick up litter around the lake."

(text : Zsolt Vadász)

June - July

Back to Hungary!

The Trabant expedition is back in Hungary where Zsolt continues his actions for nature conservation and waste collection.

Here they are at the Tiszaroff complex.

May - Tunisia

April -  Tunisia

Getting the hang of driving in the Tunisian sand!

Zsolt Vadasz is Hungarian. He’s an adventurer, traveler and deeply concerned about the protection of the environment.

With the help of Euro4x4parts, Zsolt has equipped the Trabants with winches, skid plates, powerful compressors, sand plates, and Led lighting systems.

The Trabant was manufactured in East Germany until the early 90s. This symbol of the GDR has become a cult car in Germany, just like the Volkswagen Beetle.

"Trabant" means "satellite" in German. The name refers to the Sputnik satellite sent into space in 1957 by the USSR as part of their conquest of space, during the Cold War. This small car was produced in the GDR, former East Germany, between 1957 and 1991, by the manufacturer IFA.

At the time of the separation from Germany, it was virtually the only car produced in East Germany (along with the Wartburg and a few other brands). Manufactured with the means at hand in a difficult economic context, it was the object of mockery as its performance and comfort were limited. Almost 3 million Trabi (nickname of the Trabant) were produced. (source: sixt.fr)

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