"Heinz Melkus designed and produced a range of single seat racing cars and road going sports cars between 1959 and 1986. The cars were produced in Dresden in East Germany.

The Melkus RS1000 was a stylish road going sports car featuring a mid-mounted tuned version of the Wartburg 3 cylinder 2-stroke engine. Most cars used the 992cc version of this engine, but a few of the later cars were built using a special 1200cc version.
The RS1000 had 'gull-wing' doors and both the looks and performance to rival western contempories. Just 101 RS1000s were made." (for specification just click the image!)

Bevor Trabis so aussahen, wie sie die meisten kennen, sahen sie so aus:

Als ich klein war, fuhren die Rundgelutschen noch zu Hauf rum, heute muss man schon lange suchen (bei der Feuerwehr in Neuwürschnitz z.B. ;-)