Owes much of
its success to Hans Ledwinka, an engineering genius
who brought much innovation to the marque. His
early Nesseldorf car introduced 4 wheel braking
and an overhead-cam engine. After World War I
the company was renamed Tatra and Ledwinka charged
with designing a new small car.
The 1923 Type-11
was simple yet extremely rugged, and became a
huge success. This was followed by Type-77 in
in 1934, the worlds first enclosed streamlined
production car. Since 1999 has concentrated on
the manufacture of trucks.
1975 - 2000
The Eastern European countries seemed to have a passion
for rear engined cars - and from Czechoslovakia comes
the Tatra 613, a rear engined air cooled V8 saloon. More>>
