Hip-hop artist Kanye West is credited as director of the abstract 35-minute film, which features portions of nine new West songs, boldly colorful visuals and off-kilter camera angles. The mostly dialogue-free piece, set to premiere this weekend on cable channels MTV, VH1 and BET, will accompany West’s upcoming album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” which [...]
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2010
Kanye West drives MTX Tatra V8 in Runaway prelude
October 19th, 2010
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Personal
Tatra production figures Q1-3 2010
October 19th, 2010
Tatra manufactured 648 trucks in Q1-3 2010, a rise of 5,88% compared to 2009.
http://ekonomika.ihned.cz/
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Tatra Works
T 87 finishes in Paris (Updated)
October 17th, 2010
The Peking to Paris rally ended on Saturday with a parade through the streets of Paris celebrating the end of this remarkable 10,000 mile event.
A large crowd including many friends and family greeted the cars when they entered Place Vendome after roller skating marshals cleared their progress round the Arc de Triomphe and down the [...]
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Racing & Rallying
Tatra trucks present at Goldfields Mining Expo
October 15th, 2010
Offroad Trucks Australia – exclusive distributor of Czech Tatra trucks for Australia will be present at this year´s GME in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. 26 – 28 October 2010.
Adopting for Australian conditions, TATRA will introduce new safety cabin, automatic transmission and new “bus” modification.
For more information, please visit:
www.offroadtrucks.com.au
www.goldfieldsminingexpo.com.au
http://www.mzv.cz/
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Events & Meetings
Tatra scales back cuts
October 9th, 2010
By: Lubomir Sedlak, Friday, October 08, 2010, AutomotiveWorld.com
Czech truck maker Tatra, which planned to make redundant 167 workers before end of this year, gave in to the company’s trade union and has promised to 91 of the workers in writing that by June 2011 at the latest it will take them back at the same [...]
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African Tatra story
October 8th, 2010
Used Tatras every now and then find their way into Central Africa. Here is a nice Tatra story from an interesting truck blog. http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/
Truck blog: http://www.roadtransport.com/
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Tatras for sale
October 8th, 2010
Needs to sell my restored T603. Car was built in 1972 and has CZ registration. Contact my English speaking Dutch friend for details: hesselwestra@hotmail.com
More pix at: http://picasaweb.google.com/Ondra.Rozum/Tatra603RV1972
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1975 Tatra 613, VIN 370 for sale. In original, unrestored condition. Original engine with DDSR carburators, original interior, original Girling brakes. For more info and photos please contact: robo@somora.sk
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Classifieds & Requests
Tatraplan needs YOUR vote in Classic Car of the Year Contest
October 6th, 2010
Only a few days left to vote! Let’s start a final spurt to boost Tatraplan’s chances.
Last few days of voting for the the choice of the Classic Car of the Year 2010 with the Tatraplan chosen in one of the ten entries in the 1940s category. Please cast your vote choosing the Tatraplan if you [...]
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Miscellaneous
Czech TV news video on Tatra dismissals
October 5th, 2010
Koprivnice – Kopřivnice Tatra Unions could eventually forced to leave 77 staff instead of the originally planned 167 people. Workers’ representatives argue that the situation looks more favorable contracts and even outlook for the next year is optimistic. More… (automatic translation)
Czech text: http://www.ct24.cz/
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TRN Annual meeting 2010
October 5th, 2010
The TRN annual meeting held on the first weekend of October in the very south of the Netherlands, the province of Limburg, attracted Dutch, Belgian, German and UK visitors.
Here is a photo impression by Dutch enthusiast Bert Barends
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