VehiclesDB

Wartburg 353

Car Sedan

1 register with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Wartburg 353 on record.

Netherlands
1965–1990
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
1975–2021
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 50% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Finland Netherlands

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Powertrains on record

1 register with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

Create a free account Already have one? Sign in

Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/car/wartburg/353/full

Registration history

1965: 2 vehicles 1967: 5 vehicles 1968: 7 vehicles 1969: 1 vehicle 1970: 1 vehicle 1971: 4 vehicles 1972: 13 vehicles 13 1973: 3 vehicles 1975: 1 vehicle 1983: 1 vehicle 1985: 1 vehicle 1986: 1 vehicle 1988: 1 vehicle 1989: 2 vehicles 1990: 1 vehicle 1965 1990
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
1975: 1 vehicle 1976: 2 vehicles 1980: 8 vehicles 8 1981: 2 vehicles 1982: 5 vehicles 1984: 5 vehicles 1985: 4 vehicles 1986: 5 vehicles 1987: 8 vehicles 1988: 3 vehicles 1989: 4 vehicles 1991: 1 vehicle 2008: 1 vehicle 2010: 1 vehicle 2017: 1 vehicle 2020: 1 vehicle 2021: 1 vehicle 1975 2021
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
View as table
Netherlands
1965 2
1967 5
1968 7
1969 1
1970 1
1971 4
1972 13
1973 3
1975 1
1983 1
1985 1
1986 1
1988 1
1989 2
1990 1
Finland
1975 1
1976 2
1980 8
1981 2
1982 5
1984 5
1985 4
1986 5
1987 8
1988 3
1989 4
1991 1
2008 1
2010 1
2017 1
2020 1
2021 1

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

Try the API

The Wartburg 353 as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

GET /api/v1/vehicles/car/wartburg/353/full

2 credits per call. Unknown ids are free. Free accounts start with 100 credits.

Get a free API key

GET …/car/wartburg/353/full free plan response 

{
  "id": "car/wartburg/353",
  "name": "353",
  "make": {
    "id": "wartburg",
    "name": "Wartburg"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "sedan",
  "availability": [
    "fi",
    "nl"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 4,
    "mass_decile": 5,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "years": null,
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

On Developer and up, enrichment carries production runs, variants, related models, powertrain counts, reference links and make facts.

More cars from Wartburg

353 W

Sedan · 1972–2025

Tourist

Hatchback · 1981–1989

Something off about this record? Fix it on GitHub. The catalog is open data, and corrections make it better for everyone.