Tatra practically lost government orders in the 1990s and relied on exports to Britain, which did not work out. President Vaclav Kral was to be appointed for the Czech head of state …
The Tatra 613 representative limousine needed the successor literally as a salt in the 1980s. However, the all-new 625 engine with a front engine, in addition to a lack of finance, has definitely bridged the political changes at the end of the decade. The second option was a bigger upgrading of the existing model. After all, the prototype had more than two decades of career.
Fojt
Finally, a cheaper version was made, with the greatest possible use of existing parts, including the skeleton of the bodywork and the roof. The “organ donor” became 613-4 Mi Long. The prototype was designed by Václav Král and was created in the existing Ecorra company in Lubina. He was named President by the first car or coach, which was driven out of the Kopřivnice road in 1897, so Tatra returned to the roots … First of all, the name Fojt (mayor, rector, purkmistr) was used, an interesting car was born Retained the sixteenth-century features, but underwent considerable modernization.
The line was drawn by the designer in February 1990, all started on the basis of the requirements of the Ministry of the Economy, which wanted to renew the fleet. However, the 613 “New Face” project (new face) was put on ice and the cooperation was restored after four years, the new director of the Pribor plant (there were 613 produced) Zdeněk Michálek. Ecorru then led the former Kopřivnice developer Vítězslav Hinner.
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Changes
The most remarkable change of the car would be found in the bow. The prolis at its center referred to pre-war “irons” starting with Revolutionary Type 11 . The rear fenders have been redesigned to fully arched, or the artist’s son, George, asserted the use of the front, “tail” then angular, more massive and not so low. From the original design of the early 1990s, a decent wing and triangular side windows disappeared. The car remained modern integrated plastic bumpers with spoilers and highlighted side sills. The limousine could boast a slim and dynamic, even wedge-shaped appearance and sports lines. And most of all, the windscreen and the rear window.Vignale’s design turned out to be timeless … The body was finished in June 1994, and was made mostly by hand.
Volvo and Opel
The main headlamps came from the Volva 850 and the cranks for change from Opel Omega A , the knurled horizontal belt of the rear reflectors was born in the Autopalu in Nový Jičín. The luxury car was, of course, an air-cooled DOHC eight-cylinder forklift with a ninety-degree opening over the rear axle, specifically with a 3498 cm 3 capacity and basic drilling and stroke parameters of 85 x 77 mm. Thanks to the multipoint fuel injection, it delivered 148 kW (201 hp) at 5750 rpm. The five-speed direct-shift transmission translates its power (300 Nm / 4000 rpm) of course only to the rear.Technically, virtually nothing has changed, not even a chassis with a wheelbase of 3130 mm from longer versions of type 613. The exhaust pipe was equipped with a three-way catalytic converter. A four-door five-seat 1850 kg sedan was up to 230 km / h and burned 10.1, 12.8 and 14.9 liters of gasoline for a hundred kilometers. The data corresponded to the then methodology: the first figure consisted of 90 km / h, the second at the 21st and the third in urban traffic.
For the president?
The car was driven out of the Tatras plant in August 1994 and was introduced to a narrow circle, including the then President Vaclav Havel, to get his name. The head of state also personally tried it in an unannounced visit and she was really surprised. However, the public did not see it, but the official presentation was finally dropped. In 1994, development work was stopped at the command of the new Tatra management. Despite the more refined interior with a four-arm wooden steering wheel, gray-leather dashboard, air conditioning and even a video player, this was not a major upgrade.
The Rare President, instead of the official presentation at the October Motor Show in Prague, went to the collections of the factory museum in Kopřivnice, where we can see it in a permanent exhibition today. It is functional, occasionally appearing on exhibitions and other events. Several tried and tested elements came into production in the last sixteenth version of the 1995 model. Some opponents of the King’s intervention consider the President as ugly, Vignale’s work allegedly “tortured” . Matter of opinion. Orthodox Tatra fans do not let him do it, it is wonderful for them.
700
The successor was shortly in two series produced type 700 (1996-1999), which was largely based on T613, but it represented even more significant change and more intense innovation. Brit Geoff Wardle line in front skewed. The heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, which was already considered for the President, has come up here. In the second row, the horseman went through the modification of the sculptor Jiří Španihel’s pen, lost the spoiler and smothered. The Coupon-Privatized Tatra, which was overwhelmed by bankruptcy, had already relied on British exports earlier, but only 613/5 for Tim Bishop’s importer came into being … The seven-part became the last personal type of brand. Finally?