The lure of the Bat Cave was too strong for this Czech Batmobile. Though Alfred the Butler and Stately Wayne Manor were nowhere to be seen, the Bronson Caves, in Hollywood, California — once made famous as the entrance and exit for the original Bat Cave in the 1960s television show “Batman” — were pressed [...]
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2012
Batmobile Returns Home
June 7th, 2012
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Tatragate India: CBI to grill Tatra shareholder Ravi Rishi and investigation spreads to Koprivnice
June 7th, 2012
New Delhi – Even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has written to the Ministry of Defence to seek a detailed information of the Tatra truck deal meant for the Indian Army, it has also summoned Ravi Rishi, the Chairman of the London-based Vectra Group and the largest shareholder of Tatra trucks.
The CBI has [...]
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More Villa d’Este T 87 photos
May 29th, 2012
http://www.autojunk.nl/2012/05/tatra-87-1939
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More pix of the Zbiroh TFI meeting
May 28th, 2012
http://paveltl.rajce.idnes.cz/XXXV._Setkani_vozu_Tatra%2C_zastavka_na_hrade_Krivoklate_2012/
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Slovak T 87 awarded with longest vehicle journey prize at Villa dÉste
May 28th, 2012
A special award winner was Slovakian Karol Pavlu, who received the Trofeo Automobile Club di Como for driving his Tatra 87 from farthest away. Making the most of its wind-tunnel developed design, the Tatra was capable of top speeds of 150 km/h (93 mph) despite the modest 75 horsepower from its air-cooled V8.
Celebrating its [...]
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T 603 to be auctioned in Vienna
May 25th, 2012
DOROTHEUM Auktion Klassische Fahrzeuge & Automobilia, 2. Juni 2012, Dorotheum Fahrzeug und Technik Zentrum Wien
(Doktor-Robert-Firneisstraße 6-8, 2331 Vösendorf)
Bereits 1957 hatte Tatra als tschechischer Hersteller ungewöhnlicher Stromlinienfahrzeuge ein Nachfolgemodell des T87 auf den Markt gebracht. Mit luftgekühltem V8-Motor hinter der Hinterachse und angedeuteter Finne war er sofort als geistiges Kind des legendären Ing. Hans Ledwinka zu [...]
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Loprais Tatra-MAN transfer: The details
May 22nd, 2012
Surprise surprise for his fans before this year’s Ales Silk Way Rally. Participants will InstaForex is the general partner of the professional team EUROLAT Veka MAN!
Alex’s surprise move has its origin already in former times, but accelerated after the end of this unlucky Alex’s crew in the Dakar Rally stage in Iquique, when Alex crashed [...]
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TFI 2012 Meeting in Zbiroh /CZ
May 21st, 2012
http://plzen.idnes.cz/historicke-tatrovky-se-prohaneji-v-okoli-zbiroha-a-krivoklatu-p7k-/plzen-zpravy.aspx?c=A120518_145556_plzen-zpravy_sou
http://www.auto-mania.cz/?p=10379
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Loprais leaves Tatra for Dutch VEKA Team
May 21st, 2012
Unblievable but true: Ales Loprais, so identified with Tatra, will race for the Veka team next season. A source, close with the Dutch Dakar participants, had written this on their website.
http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?news/174650762/Ales+Loprais+voor+Veka+naar+Dakar.aspx
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2012 TRUK rally
May 21st, 2012
Tatra Register UK’s Annual Rally took place in and around Weymouth, Dorset, this year. Held earlier than usual, the meeting was plagued by torrential rains which came down incessantly. We visited Weymouth, West Bay, saw the Cerne Abbas Giant, rode a classic train from Corfe Castle to Swanage. Needless to say there was a lot [...]
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