This weekend, the 41th!! Beskydy rally, the mother of all Tatra events, was held. Held traditionally in the Koprivnice area, it attracted lots of competitors. The weather was grrr… but freshly restored cars managed to get smiles on the faces of all the competitors and audience. Almost all models were presented including pimped models. Participants came [...]
Fiat 8V Supersonic is Best of Show Het Loo 2010
De grote winnaar van de 2010-editie van het Concours d’ Elegance Het Loo is de Fiat 8V Supersonic van Jan de Reu. Hij troefde met zijn Italiaanse pronkstuk tal van andere adembenemende klassiekers af tijdens een uiterst geslaagd evenement. More…..
PS Kees Smit became class winner in [...]
After a promising debut in 2009, the Silk Way Rally is running into its second edition from St. Petersburg to Sochi. Ales Loprais will be its only Czech driver in the truck category.
Loprais Tatra Team headed into a hard work upon its arrival from Dakar 2010 and it worked on two substantial projects. The first [...]
In August 1850 Ignaz Schustala founded his carriage works, meaning hat Tatra celebrates its 160 th birthday. Watch a historic Tatra video, covering several highlights in Tatra’s history.
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On september 4&5 2010 the gates of Royal Palace Het Loo will open again for the 9th Concours d’élégance Paleis Het Loo.
With the usual Royal Sprint, Royal Paddock, Royal Fair, National Autovisie Concours and of course the International Concours d’élégance, all in a brand new setting, the organisers hope to offer a spectacular Classic Car Event on [...]
Czech truck maker Tatra plans to export its way out of financial trouble by increasing its exposure in emerging markets, a decision which backs up BMI’s optimistic outlook for growth in the BRIC countries.
Tatra’s decision is highly strategic. We forecast that, as North America continues to lose its one-time leading share of the market, BRIC [...]
UPDATE: Watch John Haugland drive his works Skoda as well as the ejector cooled T 603 at a Czech TV news item. The item will start after some commercials at 11.50 and lasts till 13.25. http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/
UPDATE2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q176bLpyWGg
In an earlier article we mentioned the Hajdusek T603 being prepared for Goodwood, featuring a nely built engine with [...]
Lubomir Sedlak, Thursday, August 19, 2010, AutomotiveWorld.com
Tatra is soon to start assembling some of its trucks in either Russia or one of the other post-Soviet republics. Over the past few weeks, it has begun to recruit new workers who will make the necessary parts at the OEM’s factory in the north Moravian town of Koprivnice.
Tatra [...]
On Thursday August 19, 2010 John Haugland, Norwegian rally star of the eighties and former Skoda Motorsport works driver, came to visit Kopřivnice. He was accompanied by colleague Arne Berg and the director of Subaru Norway, Peter Solberg. Both distinguished guests will be with team members of the Tatra 603 team to test the the T603 with an [...]
Inspired by Paul Greenstein’s T87 winning the New York Times car competition, the Czech Embassy in Washington, DC, USA has decided they would like to have Tatras at their next open house in May of 2011 (I do not have the exact date handy). Anyone who cares to bring their Tatra to the event is [...]
