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Ales Loprais joins De Rooij/ Iveco Team for the 2016 Dakar

April 1st, 2015
no comment Posted by smitkees

Dutch news sites reports that Ales Loprais will join the De Rooij’s Iveco team to fight the mighty KAMAZ team in next year’s Dakar
https://www.facebook.com/dakartrucks.nl/posts/349002198626440?notif_t=notify_me
http://www.motorpasionf1.com/dakar/ales-loprais-la-alternativa-a-kamaz-e-iveco

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Low attention for Tatra reason that Clarkson was fired by the BBC

March 26th, 2015
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According to motoring journalists in very close contacts to James May, Jeremy Clarkson was fired because he had paid not enough attention to Tatra, the BBC’s direction favourite brand.  After the BBC ordered Clarkson to pay more attention to the Czech brand, Clarkson got furious, and shouted at a colleague and gave him a few [...]

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Published in Personal, Video

Italian branch of TFI showing Tatras in Milan

March 26th, 2015
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From March 20 to 22 was held the exhibition MILANO CLASSIC CAR. Organized by the TFI Delegazione Italiana, TATRA was present with four cars T600 Tatraplan (with 8-cylinder engine), T87, T603 and T613 have been very success

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Published in Events & Meetings

Topolino Amaranto Video: Italian T57 near Maranello

March 26th, 2015
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In the realm of Ferrari Modena, close to Maranello, the Italian Delegation TFI has discovered a Tatra T57 1932.
In you tube with the title Tatra 57-1932 amaranth mouse you can see the video of the car.

TFI Delegazione Italiana news

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Published in Tatra Spotting, Video

Another tail fin success

March 19th, 2015
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As much as we venerate men like Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell, Virgil Exner, and Dick Teague as characters who shaped what an American car meant during America’s automobile-centric century, Raymond Loewy and Brooks Stevens—industrial designers who dabbled in automobiles—defined the midcentury American aesthetic. The French-born Loewy drew inspiration from transport, and, of course, his Studebaker [...]

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Tatra at IDET, Abu Dhabi

March 19th, 2015
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TATRA TRUCKS will present itself for the first time at one of the most important defence exhibitions in the world, IDEX in Abu Dhabi.
The firm is the new owner of TATRA automotive company, based in Koprivnice.
The relation with the Middle East countries is very important for this famous Czech automotive company, and IDEX is a [...]

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Published in Tatra Works

T 815-7 for Australian fire fighters

March 9th, 2015
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http://www.auto.cz/tatra-815-7-pro-australske-hasice-86118

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Published in Tatra Works

Video: Pebble Beach winners 2014

February 19th, 2015
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All the winning Tatras at Pebble Beach 2014 at 1.38
http://www.pebblebeachconcours.tv/

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Published in Events & Meetings, Video

T 600 restoration progressing

February 16th, 2015
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This is the second installment in the BaT Success Story of the Tatra that the current owner purchased from a BaT listing way back in 2011 (link). The first BaT Success Story came quickly (link), but the next four years have all been inside a body shop. With paint finally complete, the owner has sent [...]

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Published in Restoration

German T 77a offered by Movendi at Retromobile, Paris

February 6th, 2015
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An unrestored T 77a, since 2000 under German ownership, showed up at Retromobile, at the stand of MoVendi. More photos at the Düsselsdorf based classic car dealer: http://mo-vendi.de/index.php?article_id=16&data_id=333&clang=0

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