Overview

• Market data from Classic Data show prices roughly doubling since 2018 for key models such as the Trabant 601 and Wartburg sedans.
• A pristine Trabant 601 now fetches up to €7,000, while a Wartburg 353 in top condition approaches €10,000.
• Wartburg 311 values reach about €16,600 in top trim, with the rare 311 coupé nearing €35,000, and EMW 327 examples exceeding €100,000.
• KBA records list about 8,900 Eisenach-built vehicles and roughly 40,800 Sachsenring Trabants still registered in Germany last year.
• Ownership is not confined to nostalgia: more than half of Trabi owners are under 60, with around 2,800 under 30, even as expert Veit Kohl cautions that broad gains may have peaked.