A Slovak website has announced that Navistar and Tatra have won a contract from the Canadian Defence Ministry to build trucks for the Canadian
http://translate.google.nl/translate?hl=nl&sl=sk&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.auto.sk%2Fclanok12822.htm
The news has still to be confirmed by Navistar
Earlier announcement: http://www.navistar.com//Navistar/News/Newsroom#
Koprivnice, June 25 (CTK) – Czech lorry maker Tatra fell into a loss of Kc712m last year, mainly due to negative impacts of the economic crisis, according to a report submitted by board chairman Ronald Adams to the company’s general meeting Friday.
Due to lower demand the firm had to sell vehicles at discount prices. Its sales thus fell by about Kc140m to around Kc3bn.
Tatra also had to cut staff numbers by nearly 1,400 to 2,300 and to pay them severance pays totalling about Kc100m. More…..
No time to restore but my T603 is still around. Dutchman Peter Paul Geelen is selling his T603. Exteriror is very rusty, engines looks well, interir0r OK. Dutch documents. Car is located in central Netherlands. Just E 800 ono.
Contact the owner at peterpaul344@hotmail.com
Here is a photo of Tatra’s latest: The ATX6 universal container carrier at the Eurosatory Exposition in Paris, France. The team’s tactical vehicle utilize proven Navistar and Tatra technology.
Navistar-Tatra also shows their new ATX8 troop carrier. The vehicles on display include Navistar engines and other components in addition to Tatra’s proven backbone-tube chassis design and independent suspension system. Tatra’s chassis concept uses swinging half-axles for world class tactical vehicle mobility and added resistance against chassis wear and tear.
“The Navistar-Tatra alliance positions this team well to compete for new vehicle programs with U.S. and Allied Forces,” said Archie Massicotte, president, Navistar Defense. “Both our companies have extensive histories when it comes to vehicle design, production and support and we are proud to display our combined expertise in tactical vehicle technology at this year’s Eurosatory Exposition.”
Under the strategic alliance formed in October 2009, Navistar and Tatra branded trucks will be marketed under Navistar Defense in all North American markets, which includes sales to the United States military and foreign military sales financed by the United States government. Tatra will also source parts and components through Navistar’s global parts and support network for Tatra trucks delivered in markets outside of North America.
“Our technical and business teams have put their shoulders to the wheel to develop these vehicles in a matter of a few months,” said Ronald Adams, board of director’s chairman and CEO, Tatra. “It is gratifying to have the first two products ready for customers’ review at Eurosatory. These are truly exceptional tactical vehicles that will be offered through the combined Navistar and Tatra distribution channels.”
Navistar and Tatra have also agreed to market and sell Navistar-Tatra trucks in their respective existing markets around the world.
A new book has been published in German on Eastern-bloc cars. Author is Tatra and Panhard fan Bernard Vermeylen.
Wer an den Ostblock denkt, verbindet damit oft zweckmäßige, schlecht verarbeitete und unzuverlässige Wagen – und nicht unbedingt rassige Sportwagen und elegante Cabrios. Dass es genau die aber sehr wohl gab, zeigt Autor Bernard Vermeylen in seinem neuen Buch „Autos aus dem Ostblock“
Der knapp 300 Seiten starke Band dürfte wohl so einige Vorurteile der Leser zerstreuen. Zwar trifft das Pauschalurteil, Autos aus dem Ostblock seien unsportlich und unbequem, manchmal bestimmt zu. Trotzdem brachten die Ingenieure aus Ländern wie Ungarn, Polen, Rumänien und Tschechoslowakei einige automobile Schätze hervor.
In „Autos aus dem Ostblock“ zeigt der Autor anhand vieler Fotos und Beschreibungen luxuriöse Limousinen wie die ZIL aus der UdSSR und schicke Cabrios wie den IFA F9 (DDR). Auch an putzigen Kleinwägen wie den tschechischen Velorex fehlt es nicht, ebenso wenig wie an Fahrzeugen, die nie in Serienreife gingen, wie die ungarische Surányi – ein Kleinstwagen, der von einem Motorradmotor angetrieben wurde und eher wie ein Spielzeugauto aussah.
Wer noch nie etwas über die Automobilgeschichte des Ostblocks gelesen oder gehört hat, sollte in diesen Band reinschauen – und Fans von Tatra, Lada und Jawa sowieso. Schade nur, dass einige Kapitel sehr knapp ausfallen – das über Bulgarien etwa fasst gerade einmal eine halbe Seite, Fotos vermisst man hier auch.
Ansonsten ist der Band aber sehr schön bebildert, die Qualität der Fotos ist hervorragend, was ja nicht selbstverständlich ist, wenn man die Qualität der Kameras aus dem Ostblock denkt – aber damit wären wir schon wieder beim nächsten Vorurteil.
Kasanobu Serdarov
„Autos aus dem Ostblock. Alle Modelle seit 1945“ von Bernard Vermeylen erscheint im Delius Klasing Verlag. Das Buch umfasst 288 Seiten und kostet 34,90 Euro. Kaufen kann man es im Buchhandel oder beim Verlag: (0521) 599 955.
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Indian Army Test Drives Tatra Vehicles All over India – Passes through Panambur NH
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SR/SB)
Mangalore, Jun 18: Latest Tatra vehicles likely to be inducted into Indian Army were found test driven here on the highway at Panambur on Friday June 18. The vehicle was moving down south the state from Bangalore as part of the vehicles’ all-terrain test drive all over the country. More….
I bought the lot and with the help of a friend hauled it all back to my spread and started unpacking and sorting. Quite the “Mother Lode” indeed. I have sold a few extra bits to hungry Tatra owners trying to complete their restorations, and managed to buy another lot of parts from someone else and quickly am finding myself in the used Tatra parts business! As for the main car itself, I recently spent some time assembling it and preparing it for display at the annual VW Classic in Irvine California this past weekend.
In hopes of blowing some VW minds I decided to give it a slight drop job and bolt on some custom VW wheels on the front. And to fit in with the VW Freak Show theme of the main display this year, I hand painted some faded signwriting on it to make it appear as it was a promotional car for a fictional Human Cannonball performer, “The Amazing Karaznov” of the Moscow Circus Company.
The response was truly epic…More
One year old news on the same vehicle: http://bringatrailer.com/
Despite our efforts to put together an interesting program and to present many Danish attractions, we have not succeeded in getting enough applications for our NOTAM meeting in Denmark on 26-29 August 2010.
With great regret we must therefore cancel the meeting.
Yours sincerely, Tatra Tatra Team Denmark. svca@post3.tele.dk
Ronald A. Adams replaces IBM’s Ales Bartůněk.
Ronald A. Adams, CEO of Tatra, the General Assembly on 10 June 2010 the board voted in as the tenth president of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic (AmCham). On Monday it announced a coronary in a press release. More…..
PARIS – (Business Wire) Navistar Defense, LLC and Tatra, a.s., today unveiled the ATX6 universal container carrier and the ATX8 troop carrier at the Eurosatory Exposition in Paris, France. The team’s tactical vehicles utilize proven Navistar and Tatra technology. The vehicles on display include Navistar engines and other components in addition to Tatra’s proven backbone-tube chassis design and independent suspension system.
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