Brand Details
About Wartburg
- Category
- Car
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Europe
- Founded
- 1898
- Headquarters
- Eisenach, Germany
- Format
- Transparent PNG
Shown for identification. Wartburg and its logo are trademarks of their respective owner.
Brand History
The Wartburg Story
Wartburg was an East German car brand produced at the Automobilwerk Eisenach, with the name first used in 1898 and revived in 1956 for a line of two-stroke sedans named after the Wartburg castle overlooking Eisenach. The Wartburg 311 and long-running 353 became staples of Eastern Bloc motoring, powered by simple three-cylinder two-stroke engines. The final model, the Wartburg 1.3, adopted a Volkswagen four-stroke engine in 1988.
Logo History
Evolution Of The Wartburg Logo
Model Evolution
Wartburg Through The Years
3 milestone models from 1956 to 1988.
1956Photo: Wikipedian Vladimir Krupka (Czech Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0
1966Photo: High Contrast · CC BY 3.0 de
1988Photo: Torsten Maue · CC BY 2.0
Current Lineup
Production ended in 1991 after German reunification exposed the cars' outdated design, and the Eisenach factory site was taken over by Opel.
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