Davy Dutchy published some fine pix of mid-september’s TRN jubilee meeting. www.flickr.com
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2011
More TRN meeting pix
October 9th, 2011
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Events & Meetings
Chinese launch of Phoenix
October 9th, 2011
TATRA, a. s. will be represented at the 14th China Coal and Mining Expo 2011 by its dealer Goelink and also, at the Czech Republic national stand.
The China Coal and Mining Expo 2011 has been held every two years since 1985 and the trade considers it the only national presentation event of this segment held in Beijing [...]
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Events & Meetings, Tatra Works
The Phoenix on show
October 9th, 2011
Three important events for the public – 2011 NATO Days – Ostrava, Nitra Motor Show 2011 and Brno International Engineering Fair 2011.
KOPŘIVNICE (20 September, 2011) – After being recently officially introduced to journalists, the new model range of TATRA PHOENIX heavy-duty trucks will be, for the first time, also launched to the public.
The TATRA, a. [...]
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Events & Meetings, Tatra Works
Tatra reduces loss of 554.8 million to 157.6 million crowns last year
October 8th, 2011
The entire group, including the Tatra subsidiaries decreased its loss of 470 million year on year to 119 million. Tatra Group Sales in 2010 reached 3.8 billion crowns, which is roughly half a billion less than last year.
Chairman Ronald Adams in a report presented today at the general meeting, said the Tatra repaid more than [...]
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Tatra V 855 propellersledge has moved to Prague for exhibition in new National Museum
October 8th, 2011
The exhibit weighs about 1,500 kg, and thus put their shift workers really hard time. After unloading the truck had to cope with emphasizing aerosání from road to pavement. Finally, everything solved several strong hands.
Due to large dimensions had to be dismantled part of the glass facades of the new National Museum building, the former [...]
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Grillanzünder als Starthilfe
October 8th, 2011
Der Dessauer Tüftler Wolfgang Horn mit dem von ihm sanierten Tatra 27 aus dem Jahr 1943. Auf der Ladefläche des Oldtimers unübersehbar: der Kessel für die Holzverbrennung. (FOTO: SEBASTIAN)
DESSAU/MZ. Not macht erfinderisch. Ein Beispiel dafür steht seit einiger Zeit im Dessauer Technikmuseum “Hugo Junkers”. Ein Lkw Tatra 27, Baujahr 1943, produziert [...]
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Tatra Spotting
Video: Stanislav Hajdusek explains the B5
September 24th, 2011
Stanislav Hajdusek explains the B5. See him telling some Tatra racing history, driving on Tatra’s test circuit and explaining the B5 engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0B3OZV7saY
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A VW-Tatra discussion. Want to join?
September 23rd, 2011
But as we reached the area showing the roots of the Volkswagen Beetle, full of KdF cars and early Beetle prototypes, I realized something was missing. If Volkswagen were sophisticated enough to give credit where credit is due to, say, Citroen for the DS, surely there would be at least one [...]
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Miscellaneous
TRN jubilee meeting
September 19th, 2011
Tens of Tatras came to the Dutch Tatra Register Jubilee Meeting last weekend. It celebrated its 25th birtday. Tatra fans from Holland, Belgium, Germany and the UK came to Hotel Rijper Eiland, some 25 km north of Amsterdam. Models attending were T 57a, T 87, Tatraplan, T 603 and T 613. Organised by Marcel Tillemans [...]
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Truck of the Year jury present at Tatra Phoenix introduction
September 19th, 2011
The new range of heavy off-road TATRA PHOENIX trucks was launched to representatives of the TATRA dealer network and journalists on September 8. This was the very first time in the history of TATRA, a.s. – and of the entire automotive industry in Central and Eastern Europe – that the oldest Czech auto [...]
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