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Once upon a time these mean machines roamed the earth, some elegant and charging while others trudged dolefully. From the Wild West to the windswept East, we feature our favourite cars of the prehistoric era.
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From the barren lands of communist East Germany came this odd creation. Not exactly the fastest on four wheels, its numbers multiplied rapidly until its homeland was suddenly wiped out in 1989. Specimens have been discovered since, most notably on that U2 tour a few years back.