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 Tatra in the joint. After all, Ferdinand Porsche has admitted to at least being inspired by Hans Ledwinka’s Tatra designs. And even if he hadn’t admitted a thing, it’s tough to deny that the Beetle design wasn’t on some level influenced by the contemporary Tatra V570. So I asked my guide, a slick young Dutchman who had probably spent half his life with the company: “are there any Tatras in the Zeithaus? Where are they?”

My guide gave me a peculiar Dutch look that didn’t betray a thing. “Tatras?” he asked. “What’s a Tatra?”

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/09/show-me-your-tatras-an-argument-for-automotive-preservation/

How many T 603s do you count?

December 4, 1968, Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Various shots of the Czech Communist Party members arriving at the Castle in Prague for the Party Congress. The arrivals include Oldrich Cernik, Ludwik Svoboda, Alexander Dubcek, Josef Smrkovsky and many more. Shots of the session with various delegates speaking, Dubcek is one of the speakers.

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=72262

The Czech Faro company, http://www.faro-src.com/, has launched a T 602 slot car.  The model has been completely redesigned. The shapes of the front and rear ends, engraving and many details now fully correspond to the preserved documents. At the same time,  interior and figures of the drivers (three versions) were redesigned, the new masters were also made for their heads (6 characters). Original photographs of the models have been moved into the gallery. The e-shop items therefore now have photographs of the serial models, as they are in stock. Like the Tatra Monopost T607, all known versions of the T602 were produced, which will gradually come to the market. Currently, the distribution of pre-orders is in progress, orders received after September 1st  will be processed continuously, as models will be stocked.

T 607:

http://www.faro-src.com/gallery/tatra-monopost-t-607-2.html

International motor car show in Geneva, Switzerland, 1947. 

CU old photographs of Baron Liebig and the original vintage Tatra car. MS a modern Tatra car with camping tent being unfolded from its boot. Various shots SS Jaguar car. Various shots Lancia car. LS an ultra modern streamlined white car. CU flag of the Swiss motor industry flying. CU The Swiss flag flying in breeze. Various shots of 1934 model of the Citroen. Various shots President Philip Etter of Swiss Conference and General Guisan inspecting Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery’s car which is on show (Humber). CU Armstrong Siddeley aviation engine, revolving. CU Citroen engine revolving. LS the Renault car. MS a baby car on show. MS of a car with engine in rear. Various shots Sunbeam Talbot car. Various shots Daimler 36 HP car. MS the Alvis car. 

Item is cuts from Gazette issue 47/24. Date on original dope sheet is 24/03/1947.

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=57830

http://jalopnik.com/5822618/the-two-czechs-who-drove-across-the-world-in-a-tatra

13 juni

18:45

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Sergey Andreev from the Primorie region of Russia (Siberia) recalls that he saw a lot of TATRA-111S2 with wooden cabin and metal dumper. These vehicles were cerrying coal over a distance of 160 km (100 miles) across cross-country terrain, mountains. Originally they were operating with one trailer each. Later the number of trailers was increased to 2, then – 3, and finally – 4. That caused several engine failures, and the super-trains were cancelled. Czech engineer Frantishek Janoshenec described the working conditions of TATRA-111 in Siberia: The Magadan region is more than twice larger than France (1,250,000 square kilometers vs only 547,000) and touches the Ohotskoe Sea on the south. Averagel temperature in this kingdom of perpetual snow and ice is –22°С (-8°F). Locals conside COLD to be under –50°С (-60°F), and often the temperature goes as far down as –65°С (-85°C). In permafrost area the summer lasts for 50 days, and almost no vegitation can grow on the surface. Nevertheless, there were a number of cities, villages and industrial settlements in that area. The only way to reach that destination was by airplane from Moscow or by sea from Nachodka. During the coldest nights the engines would not be stopped for days, and the amount of cargo moved by vehicles was growing year-to-year. Interestingly enough, neither asphalt no cement can be used to build a road in such a climate. During 1950s, TATRA-111 did not have any competitors while delivering cargo across the Kolima Road that linked the industrial city of Magadan to Chukotka Peninsula.

http://www.ro-master.com/news.php?id=959

Sasank Gopinathan, a product design graduate from Cochin, India, decided to revive third oldest car company with new luxury sedan. The super car T8 unveiled by him is worth looking for. Inspiration comes from the Czech automotive brand “TATRA”, which is quiet famous for its unique designs and exclusive technical solutions.

In TatraT8 Project, he incorporated V8 engine in the rear end. This is the most important and one of the unique traits of all the major cars of Tatra since 1940’s. Although mounting of V8 engine at the rear is a real difficult task. But Sasank worked on it and created a vent at the rear end of the car in such a manner that it is not obstructive to the rear passenger’s door.

http://www.automotto.com/entry/mercedes-s-class-based-tatra-t8-concept-looks-futuristic/