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HQM Sachsenring GmbH

Logo: Original: HQM Sachsenring GmbH Vector: Oleg89, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

German automobile parts manufacturer

HQM Sachsenring GmbH is a German 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, and operating out of the former Auto Union factory in Zwickau, Sachsenring was one of the few manufacturers of vehicles in East Germany, its best known product being the Trabant, produced between 1957 and 1991.2 It was founded by August Horch.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1957Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersZwickau1
  • Websitewww.hqm-gmbh.de
  • Legal formprivate limited company1

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Zwickau Sachsenring (aka)
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons5

HQM Sachsenring GmbH is a German 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, and operating out of the former Auto Union factory in Zwickau, Sachsenring was one of the few manufacturers of vehicles in East Germany, its best known product being the Trabant, produced between 1957 and 1991. Following the reunification of Germany in 1990, Sachsenring transitioned from a government-owned company under a centrally planned economy to a private corporation in a free market economy.2

The story

Founded by August Horch in 1957.1

Leadership

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Products and brands

  • car

Listed on Wikidata.1

Supermini

AWZ P70 Zwickau (1955–1959)

Trabant P50 (1957–1962)

Trabant 600 (1962–1965)

Trabant 601 (1964–1990)

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Trabant 1.1 (1990–1991)

Sachsenring UNI 1 (prototype, 1996)

Trabant nT (prototype, 2009)

Luxury vehicle

Sachsenring P240 (1954–1959)

Sachsenring P240 Repräsentant (1969)

Trucks

IFA H3A (1957–1958)

IFA S4000 (1959–1960)

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Timeline

  1. 1991Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1957Founded Founded1

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