Talk:Wartburg 353

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FSO Warszawa states that pictured Warsazawa was the prototype of the body of the Wartburg 353 Randroide (talk) 22:11, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Performance data for Wartburg353W is greatly exaggerated. I know people who owned these, my family had one, and nobody would reach more than 130 km/h in a factory-spec Wartburg. Acceleration time 0-80 was listed in owners manual as 14sec, 0-100 would be over 20sec. The 0-80 time is often quoted as 0-100 time which is probably why some think of Wartburg as a quicker car than e.g. Lada or Skoda of the 70's- I dont know how to edit this into main text, just hoping somebody would take note and help with correcting — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.223.48.193 (talk) 06:18, 29 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I know from personal experience that a heavily loaded (5 persons + full trunk) 20 years old plain Wartburg 353 could reach at least 135 km/h on the shaky East German autobahn (Rennstrecke Dessau, A9) without problems. It didn't even take too long. 79.194.13.175 (talk) 20:40, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

True. There's a whole society around 353-s in every Eastern country. My dear friend 80.223.48.193, from standstill such as traffic light, or on a highway - be as it might - Skoda or Lada of that age does NOT stand a chance against a 353. None whatsoever. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kirka80286 (talk • contribs) 19:18, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The picture of the "Volkspolizei Wartburg" is not a 353, this is a Wartburg 1.3 with a 4-stroke engine. You can see the plastic bumper and the blinker lights next to the headlights, which were introduced with the 1.3 model in 1988. (By the way, even the picture description says, that it's a Wartburg 1.3 ;) ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.244.198.163 (talk) 23:22, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]