The preparations for upcoming Rallye Dakar are approaching.
This race represent the turning point for Ales, the InstaForex Loprais Team driver, since he will start at Rallye Dakar 2015 in a new truck made by MAN which was prepared in a dutch team VEKA.
In his last performance at successful Rallye Breslau [...]
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Loprais’ Tatra not homologated for the 2015 Dakar; will race Dutch VEKA Team, German MAN truck instead with Czech-Spanish-Belgian crew
October 22nd, 2014
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Events & Meetings
Danish T613-2/4 forsale
October 19th, 2014
I wish to sell my Tatra 613.
The car is first registered in 1977.I have all documentation and car history. The car was in 85 transformed to a type 4 at the factory.
The has driven approx. 5000 since complete engine refurbishment at Krnepo.
New muffler, Weber carburetors, sport suspension, fuel pump and more.
Some [...]
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Classifieds & Requests
Has Tatra finally made it to the classic-car big league?
October 16th, 2014
The Czech marque is emerging from the shadows, and collectors are taking note
Until recently, Tatra, at least in the eyes of most western collectors, was one of those weird brands from behind the Iron Curtain. Most early Tatras could easily be mistaken for a prop from “Metropolis” or some early Jules Verne screen adaptation that melded [...]
The T 87 auctioned at Bonhams
October 10th, 2014
1948 TATRA T87 SEDAN
Engine no. 222667
Sold for US$ 104,500 (€82,687) inc. premium
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21929/lot/335/
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Rear engined Corvette
October 10th, 2014
Rumors of upcoming mid-engined Corvettes are one of those things that never seem to go away, like that funny rash on your thigh or that process server who just can’t seem to take a hint. Strangely, there was another alternate Corvette layout that never seems to resurface: the rear-engined ‘Vette. Yet there actually was one.
http://jalopnik.com/forget-the-mid-engined-corvette-there-was-once-a-rear-1635589421
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History, Miscellaneous
Tatra among Czech economic delegation visiting Iran
October 10th, 2014
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Martin Tlapa is to arrive in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Saturday to hold economic talks with Iranian officials.
Tlapa is heading a trade delegation comprising representatives of 20 Czech companies.
The mission’s visit to Iran, which has been organized by the Czech Chamber of Commerce, will last until [...]
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Tatra Works
ZUZANA
October 10th, 2014
ZUZANA 2 is an advanced wheeled 155mm self propelled gun howitzer developed by KONŠTRUKTA-Defence and produced by ZTS – ŠPECIÁL primarily for the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic.
The artillery system is a new version of the 155mm / 45 calibre ZUZANA self propelled howitzer which entered into service with the Slovak Army in [...]
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Events & Meetings, Press
Tatras at the Dessauer Woche to celebrate the return of the Hanomag Diesel Record car to the German Autobahn near Dessau
October 9th, 2014
http://enricoberbig.de/die-dessauer-rennwoche/
http://jingzhou.de/fotos/events/dessauer-rennwoche-der-oldtimer/
Last weekend, 20, mostly streamlined classics and Hanomags, classics accompanied the Hanomag Rekordwagen in its return to the German Autobahn A9 near Dessau, a spot where it achieved record 75 years ago.
http://www.wochenspiegel-web.de/wisl_s-cms/_wochenspiegel/7378/Fotogalerie/42608/Sport__und_Rennwagenwoche_Dessau.html
Background info: http://www.tatraworld.nl/2014/08/23/historic-racing-cars-and-t-87-to-dessauer-race-weekend/
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A 25 year old fraternal kiss
October 7th, 2014
On 6–7 October 1989 the national celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the East German state took place with Soviet Union preseident MichaelGorbachev in attendance. During the event, several hundred members of the Free German Youth began chanting,“Gorby, help us! Gorby, save us!”.[53] In a private conversation between the two leaders Honecker praised the success of [...]
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History
T 87 at Bonhams Auction Philadelphia on October 7
October 2nd, 2014
Bonhams’ annual ‘Preserving the Automobile’ auction always features a number of museum-worthy oddities, and this year’s sale includes a fine example of one of history’s most unconventional production cars.
At the time of its launch, the Tatra T87 was unlike anything else, real or imagined, and even today its unique mechanicals and shape inspire ‘oooh!’s and ‘huh?’s [...]
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