The AWZ P70 "Zwickau" is a small family car which was produced in

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by ''VEB Automobilwerke Zwickau (AWZ)'' between 1955 and 1959. It succeeded the

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F8 using the same 684 cc two-cylinder,

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engine but with a completely new

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body on a wooden frame and plywood floor. The engine produced . The saloon was introduced in 1955, followed by an estate version in 1956 and a coupé in 1957. After the

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, the P70 was one of the first cars to be built using an all plastic body. In 1958 AWZ was united with the former Horch factory to become the

VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau HQM Sachsenring GmbH is a Zwickau-based company that supplies chassis and body parts to the automotive industry. The company was named after the Sachsenring race track. Founded as VEB Sachsenring after the end of World War II, Sachsenring was one ...

and the AWZ P70 became the ''Sachsenring P70''. The P70 was replaced by the

Trabant P 50 The Trabant P 50 (), also known as the Trabant 500, is the first series production model of the East German Trabant series, made by VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau. It was produced from 1957 until 1962; in total, 131,495 units were built ( ...

in 1959 after 36,151 examples had been produced. File:P 70 (7906422426) (2).jpg, AWZ P70 Zwickau estate File:AWZ P70 Coupe.jpg, AWZ P70 Coupé File:AWZ P70 1957.jpg, AWZ P70 serial number plate

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