I'm glad we have a blend of the old and the new; we shouldn't destroy reminders of the part of history we don't like. For if we forget history, we will also forget the lessons we have learned from it.
These cars were in mass production and were very popular, but they were not designed for long life, by the turn of the millennium they had almost disappeared from city streets and highways. I haven't seen a Zaporozhets car for a long time, but then enthusiasts started restoring old cars, and now we can see them at exhibitions:)
Thank you so much!
I saw brand new ones in garages! Never driven, just collected. I called them throwaways with the short life, but, done purposely! The Trabant is another car that was abundant there, and made from 1957 to 1990 by former East German car manufacturer VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau. It is often seen as symbolic of former East Germany and the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in general.