Dear Less Hair,
Thanks for this, and the Link to to Italdesign project. Interesting.. The Trabant P603 was designed by Chefkonstructeur Werner Lang 1964 - 1968 in Zwickau. It was described by MDR zeitreise "Forerunner of Golf, is reminiscent of the first golf six years before the Golf was launched. (Turin motor show 1969. Also interestingly in another recent article 30 jahre Mauerfalls asks "Hat die DDR den VW Golf erfunden ? another article states. "It can be doubted that the Golf drawn by Italy's star designer Georgio Giugiaro is a pirated copy". My view now, thanks to your attachment is that Georgio Giugiaro is responsible for the final Golf 1. but I am not sure if the alleged sold plans of the Trabant P603 played a part in the final design.
Lance.