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The girl's name is "Trabant"


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The Trabant /trəˈbɑːnt/ is a car that was produced by former East German auto maker VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau in Zwickau, Sachsen. It was the most common vehicle in East Germany, and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the communist bloc. The main selling points was that it had room for four adults and luggage in a compact, light and durable shell; it was fast (when introduced); and it was durable.
With its mediocre performance, outdated and inefficient two-stroke engine (which returned poor fuel economy for the car's size and produced heavy exhaust), and production shortages, the Trabant is often cited as an example of the disadvantages of centralized planning; on the other hand, it is regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the failed former East Germany and of the fall of communism (in former West Germany, as many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in their Trabants after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989). It was in production without any significant changes for nearly 30 years with 3,096,099 Trabants produced in total.[3] In 2008, Time magazine rated the Trabant as one of the 50 worst cars ever made.

Edited by ernabc, 04 July 2012 - 03:59 PM.


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then you imagine her sniper rifle, it suits very well...

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Trabant means satellite or companion.

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Basically, what vakkanal said.

Of all the meanings "Trabant" can have (Satellite, Moon, Companion, Follower, Bodyguard...), the DDR-car is the least likely meant here.



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Btw., the mentioned car is mostly referred to as "Trabbi" and not Trabant.

Trabant is mostly used in astronomical context when used as a loanword (since it is a standard vocabulary-word in Slavonic languages so it's used regularly over there in everydays life).


Edited by Theoderich, 03 August 2013 - 11:52 PM.

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So what about Chaika?



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Basically, what vakkanal said.

Of all the meanings "Trabant" can have (Satellite, Moon, Companion, Follower, Bodyguard...), the DDR-car is the least likely meant here.

Yeah?  Then why are the bro & sis named "Acura"?



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Also, don't forget about Gaz (Chaika's real surname), Abarth and Skoda xD


Edited by CBuHoKoT, 09 April 2014 - 06:49 PM.


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Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaika_(car)



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there are also characters named Gillette and Abarth, both after cars. I guess author just had no idea for names so He came up with cars, though there are Gillet cars not Gillette  :D


Edited by Wojti, 10 April 2014 - 05:29 PM.


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omg this topic is interesting & kinda funny


Harujuku moment is crucial to me

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i just realized it all after i read this thread. though i know most of those cars..

damn.. how could i not realized it sooner..



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When you consider that Hitsugi no Chaika (original novel that this manga is based on) was written by the same guy who wrote Scrapped Princess, where almost all characters were named after guns manufacturers or other things related to guns (for example Casull, Steyr, Mauser, Cz, Barrett, Dragunov), it's not so strange that this time his characters are named after cars ;)