Photos under http://tatraportal.com/etienne/?ukaz=special, for more photos please contact me. Robo Somora

(Ian Tisdale) The TRUK Tatra stand has been awarded ‘Best Medium-sized Club Stand’! …an unexpected and thrilling result after a huge effort by organiser Dave Richards, Vita Hinner’s Ecorra team, Jeff Lane’s support, and all the other car providers and stand staff. On show were: Jeff Lane’s Ecorra built snowmobile Jiri Pechan’s T75 & T87 John McEntagart’s T600 Tatraplan Ian Tisdale’s T603 Simon Redrup’s T613 Special

Nowadays – while the economic crisis deepens – Tatras are still bought but also offered for sale. Two examples: A Dutchman bought a RHD Tatraplan and a rare MTX-Tatra V8 sportscar is offrered for sale. :http://auto.blog.nl:80/verborgen-schatten/2008/11/14/tatraplan-uit-tsjechie http://www.auto-muzeum.cz/en/tatra-v8-mtx

The Typ 935, Skoda’s streamliner Tatra wasn’t the only Czechoslovak brand that experimented with streamlining and rear engined cars in the thirties. Skoda built several prototypes with the 1935 Type 935 as the most striking design. In several aspects, its design could rivalise with Tatra. The Type 935, of which two units were built, for instance featured a two-litre water-cooled in-line four cylinder mid-engine, reducing overhang. Disadvantage was the difficult engineaccess though. Gearbox was an electromagnetic Cotal one. No production followed. http://faimg1.forum-auto.com/mesimages/207405/proto%20skoda%20938

NEC Classic Motor Show Ledwinka exhibition on tour! The phantastic 2008 Tatra season ends with a challenging Tatra Register UK 144m

Found on Flickr, this sidecarcombination, looks more like a converted Honda with some eastern-bloc sidecar, its tank crowned with a Tatra badge. See for yourself at http://www.flickr.com/photos/94957089@N00/3012254160/in/photostream/

TATRA 2009 CLASSIC CAR EVENT AGENDA go to the right sidebar

http://karmann1952.de/html/austro-tatra_.html

(Gary Cullen) The Wind Tunnel Wonder Few people know that a Zeppelin airship designer named Paul Jaray also engineered a car in his wind tunnel. Aerodynamically ahead of its time, the Tatra challenges even the most modern marques with its unique shape and features. Hidden gems include a pushbutton centralized lubrication system for all mechanical joints, an air-cooled rear-mounted V8, all-wheel independent suspension, precise rack and pinion steering, sunroof, and a co-efficient of drag of .36, which make this treasure sound like an exotic European sports car. But the real surprise is its Czechoslovakian origin dates back 72 years! http://www.tatraworld.nl/T87CarCollectorNov08GFoster.pdf

Thursday, November 6 through Sunday, November 9, 2008 http://www.motortrendautoshows.com/tampa/generalinfo.jsp http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/autos/article892001.ece http://thebrainiac.wordpress.com:80/2008/11/08/tampa-bay-auto-show/