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Quality control and assurance - the Trabant Way

Jim Riley

10th March 2012

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A huge hat tip to James Hazeldine for spotting this truly extraordinary 4-minute video on YouTube which illustrates quite beautifully the process of quality control…at the old Trabant car factory…

The clip provides vintage footage of the production of the Trabant, showing end of line adjustment and testing procedures. According to the video profile:

“The Trabant was an intentionally labour intensive car, with a total production run of little over three million units in 34 years and for the customer, an average waiting time of 15 years.”

You can find out a little more about the Trabant here.

Now, sit back, relax and see how it was done:

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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