In the OTL there was a lot of cooperation between the East German and Czechoslovakian carmakers despite many of the projects never reaching production, on top of that the Horch / Sachsenring P240 lost out to the Tatra 603 in trials to determine which country would continue production to supply the other with luxurious vehicles.
What if though Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic avoided becoming part of the Eastern Bloc after WW2 and how would the absence of Skoda and Tatra impact the development of the East German car industry?
Other East German carmakers include Wartburg and Trabant with there being indications of cooperation between the two companies (along with Skoda), particularly with the Trabant replacement prototypes that were to be derived from Wartburg and Skoda mechanicals.
What would have been interesting is a scenario where EMW was somehow revived from the mid/late-60s and essentially producing copies of BMW's 02, New Class and New Six, even down to using a BMW M10-inspired/copied engine family as appeared in the Moskvitch 412 though not sure what would have been the best way of realizing such an ATL scenario.
What if though Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic avoided becoming part of the Eastern Bloc after WW2 and how would the absence of Skoda and Tatra impact the development of the East German car industry?
Other East German carmakers include Wartburg and Trabant with there being indications of cooperation between the two companies (along with Skoda), particularly with the Trabant replacement prototypes that were to be derived from Wartburg and Skoda mechanicals.
What would have been interesting is a scenario where EMW was somehow revived from the mid/late-60s and essentially producing copies of BMW's 02, New Class and New Six, even down to using a BMW M10-inspired/copied engine family as appeared in the Moskvitch 412 though not sure what would have been the best way of realizing such an ATL scenario.