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 Duroplast 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 and the AWZ P70 became the ''Sachsenring P70''. The P70 was replaced by the Trabant P 50 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:Classic Moto Show 2014 (168).JPG, AWZ P70 rear File:AWZ P70 1957.jpg, AWZ P70 serial number plate

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