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Tatra 1919-1998 - innovative and with air-cooled rear engine and streamlined shape

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Created on February 24, 2010

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Roger Gloor

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Daniel Reinhard

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Bruno von Rotz

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- Courtesy Pebble Beach Concours d'Elégance

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Werkfoto Tatra, Archiv Martin Schröder

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Steve Burton - Courtesy Pebble Beach Concours d'Elégance

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Archiv Pavel Kasik

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Daniel Reinhard

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Bruno von Rotz

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- Courtesy Pebble Beach Concours d'Elégance

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Werkfoto Tatra, Archiv Martin Schröder

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Steve Burton - Courtesy Pebble Beach Concours d'Elégance

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Archiv Pavel Kasik

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Tatra 97 (1937)

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Tatra T 57 A at the 2011 meeting for friends of nostalgic cars in Neuheim - pre-war and post-war Tatra united

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Tatra T 57 B at the 2011 meeting for friends of nostalgic cars in Neuheim - easily accessible engine, even if the young man is not interested in it

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Tatra T57 (1933) - at the Ennstal-Classic 2019

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Tatra 57 B (1939) - compact and not inelegant

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Tatra 57 B (1939) - the radiator was basically a dummy

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Tatra 77 (1934) - with rear fin to stabilize the directional stability and rising underbody in the rear area (diffuser)

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Tatra T77 (1936) - Concours d'Elégance Pebble Beach 2014

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Tatra Tatraplan (1951) - the air-cooled engine in the rear, ahead of many in terms of design - at the OSMT Corso Zug 2011

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Tatra Type 87 (1941) - at the Concours d'Elégance of the Schloss Bensberg Classics 2014

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Tatra Type 87 (1941) - at the Concours d'Elégance of the Schloss Bensberg Classics 2014

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Tatra T77 Aerodynamic Limousine (1936) - class winner at the Concours d'Elégance Pebble Beach 2014

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Impressions from the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elégance 2014 - The Tatra T77 Aerodynamic Limousine from 1936

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Tatra 87 (1945) - rear-engined sedan with streamlined body next to the Lincoln Zephyr - Techno Classica 2015

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Tatra T87 (1939) - the aerodynamic from the East - a rare guest at the Gotthard - "Gotthard" exhibition at the Pantheon 2016

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Tatra Tatraplan 600 Aerodynamic (1949) - at the Concours d'Excellence Lucerne on September 17, 2016

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Tatra T 600 (1949) - Zurich Classic Car Award ZCCA 2017

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Tatra 77 (1934) - C-30 - Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2017

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Tatra T87 (1948) - Classic Gala Schwetzingen 2019

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Tatra Type 87 (1940) - with V8 engine and 72 hp - Classic Expo Salzburg 2019

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Tatra 603 (1958) - three front lights under common glazing in the streamlined bow - Geneva Motor Show 1958

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Tatra 613 (1976) - hardly changed - Geneva Motor Show 1976

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There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is Tatra. Tatra attracted attention early on with innovative technical solutions and developed into a supporter of rear-engine design. Thanks to its streamlined shape, the Type 87 presented in 1937 achieved a cs value of 0.31 and thus also a high top speed. In later years, progress fell by the wayside and party cadre limousines were built.

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After the First World War, the Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriks-Gesellschaft in Moravia became the Tatra (Carpathian Peak) brand in Koprivnice, Czechoslovakia, in 1919. It built railroad vehicles, trucks and passenger cars. In 1921, the renowned car designer Hans Ledwinka was brought back from Steyr. He created the Type 11 - a revolutionary small car with a central tubular chassis, swing axles and an air-cooled 1056 cc two-cylinder engine. The concept was retained for the following vehicle types (in addition to the six-cylinder series which continued to be built until 1925). A Tatra 11 won the class at the Targa Florio in 1925. From 1926, the large models also received the central tubular frame. In 1931 Ledwinka created the prototype of a Volkswagen with an air-cooled rear engine, but the following year the Type 57 with a front-mounted, air-cooled 1155 cc four-cylinder boxer went into production. The big Tatras culminated in 1931 in the T. 70 and 80 with 3.4-liter six-cylinder and 6-liter V12 engines respectively.

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