If you happen to be in Czech/Slovakia or somewhere around the borders of those two state, you definetely should drop by to Kopřivnice as it is the hometown of Tatra and they have one hell of a exposition there taking you from the very beginnigs till nowadays. It is a unique expirence indeed! Have been there twice, and wouldnt hesitate visiting once again! Thank you for the cool video ;-)
Moje srdce bije pro československá auta (a předtím, ne potom). Stará česká auta jsou stavěná tak, aby vydržela. Žádné moderní plastové harampádí. České motocykly byly vždy světové třídy. Mám Babettu v severních Čechách a chci, aby moped jel trochu rychleji. Pořád je to stará Babetta, bez zadních tlumičů a bez tachometru. Díky za tip, navštívím muzeum Tatry. Miluji svůj český moped a vždy jezdím po Českém ráji. Ahoj.
They are designed and build to fit a job, they would be brilliant in cold weather, low traction situations, not so suited to hot dusty applications perhaps. I do like the engine sound from their air cooled diesels, super cool.
Tatras were the coolest vehicles from the so-called 'East Block', which says a lot about the spirit of-of the Czech and Slovak people. Thanks for posting!
I have an acquaintance in Los Angeles who has 3 Tatras- a T87, a 603, and a Tatraplan. Add stuff like A Mercedes 170H and a BMW Isetta, and his shop is almost a black hole of bizarre. Just when I thought my Citroen DS wasn't weird enough......
I have been a co-driver to an 815 a year before. It was during summer season, and I realised that it had some disadvantages with Greece's high summer temperatures. The engine tended to lose power after 3-4 hours of hard work, during the day. Also, the gearbox was not its strong card. Now about 813. I have driven an 813 (RM-70) when I was learning driving in the army. I had the opportunity to drive one of them. The Ju-87 Stuka-like whistling is still in my ears. I saw them again, with a snow blade, givin' a lot of pain around! Harddicks!!!!
Tatra was quite well known in the 1970's and 80's in West Europe in the building industry in the form of dump trucks and concrete mixers, as they were the best off road vehicles of the time. They had technically much similarities with the Deutz trucks from West Germany.
Never heard much about tetra , but do like the old Detroit diesel engines, the 6v71 with 5" straight pipes sound awesome, and can be heard from 3 days away! The 2stroke with intake valves, is just awesome. Especially with a turbo added! From the tiny 2-53. To- 16 cylinders+ and 100+ cubes per cylinder. Huge engines!
Seen the video before, but came back to see these excellent machines, especially the 607 Monopost & the MTX (real shame it never went into full production)! Chamberlain was a total fool for not realising that Hitler really wanted Czechoslovakia for the high standard of industrial engineering development the country had achieved!
I have seen a 603 in a Car collection near Melbourne in Australia. On the other side of the country in Perth West Australia, Tatra had a truck sales outlet some years ago but I am not sure if it is still there. I have had a die caste model 603 in scale 1:43 for many years, and it was hard to get .
I wish we could get Tatra trucks here in the states. I've always envied the way they made trucks over on the other side of the pond. the 813 is my dream.
From the US, usually we only get to see Tatras in the Dakar Rally or RU-vid videos either made by you or offroad amazing feats by the 813s and 815s. I love seeing videos of local rallies in Europe to see the Tatras, Fiats, Alfas and all the other cars we don’t really see here.
For me it's Volvo. Everytime I see a 245 station car from early 80s I must smile because we always went for holidays with such one. Therefore I understand your feelings on Tatras.
Great video! Bud you forgot one important vehicel made by Tatra - the 97 model. The one Germans used to cheaply and quickyl design their Volkswagen's KdF-Wagen, later known as VW Beetle.. VW then had to pay 1.000.000 Deutsche Marks to Tatra in 1965 as a compensation...
here in North America, I was introduced to Tatra trucks by Lane Motor Museum in Nashville TN. A very neat Museum that should be visited given the opportunity.
I like to think my Haflinger was a micro Tatra, with its link via Hans Ledwinka's son Erich who did the design work. They had the same modularity with the chassis, I have seen up to 8 x 8 being built and 6 x 6 being a factory option. Great Video as per usual.
In the land of Euro think , the Tatra , in all it ' s forms , is a breath of fresh air . They have done well , in the political landscape , to keep it on the road .
3:00 no diesel engine can make that beautiful sound (when i hear this iam so happy because there are almost none tatas driving today- exept for the phoenix but it has iveco engine)
I personally would include more pre-war cars, namely Tatra T80 - liquid cooled V12 chassis that had both Tatra and independent coachbuilders built body. Also, from the other end of scale the Tatra T57 and 57a - a durable and very successfull "peoples car" and perhaps the unfortunate T111 - grandfather of all heavy duty Tatra trucks. And I would also give an "honorable mention" to Tramway Tatra T3 - the most widely produced tram car in the world (according to wikipedia)
The water jacket dampens sound, so the engine itself is much louder on an airhead. Finally the angle of the V, the firing order and the layout of the exhaust system makes for a different sound.
he is from Slovakia, which was part of Czechoslovakia where Tatras were made in a city called Kopřivnice, the city is located in Czech Republic, now Czech Republic and Slovakia are separate repubilics, but we sill are brothers, forever
TATRA had two problems First Hitler rob Tatra (later invaded too) to create Volkswagen Beetle or more precise Ferdinand Porsche copied Tatra wihout permison for that. after that come Stalin and shut down (by stalin not necessary) the development of Tatra But spirit of Tatra lived in another country Mr Ledvinka junior (his father was creator of pre II WW Tatras) flee to Austria and in Styer Puch company created a Hlfinger/Pinzgauer vehicle and with this know how later also a famous Puch G or Mercedes G
@@jannadrielcervo7753 jep same "father" btw in the name Püch you dont use "ü" Because this name is from company founder who was Slovenian with real name Janez Puh in german language in the time of austro-hungarian kingdom convetrted to Johan Puch
Jay Leno loves his Streamline Tatraplan, I saw one at the Studebaker Museum in South Bend Indiana, They built off-road heavy Trucks for the Czechoslovakian Army, unfortunately Tatra is no more! It's rival company, Skoda,got bought up by VW and is successful where Tatra is now history!
Wife? Never needed one....dream job? HA! NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT. Win lotto? The least of my desires.. To own a loud ass Tatra Truck 4 axle and go through a McDonalds drive through..... priceless
didn't know about Tatra till now, not really a big fan of European vehicles, but the history and diversity of the companies line up is very interesting
Might be a dumb question, but are Tatras sold outside of eastern europe? ....I am originally from Denmark, but have lived in both America, UK and now in Ireland, and have visited most of the western world, I have never seen these on the road anywhere.
Tatra was exporting some vehicles even during communism era of CzechoSlovakia, but now they export even more, even to the US. Used as heavy duty vehicles for mining, various modules made by Tatra specially for specific company or even done by 3rd party companies. So yes, they exist all over the world :) but probably not in very high numbers. If we talk about passenger cars, during WW2 they were very popular in Germany ;)
In the 1970s they were available in the Netherlands. I remember the T148 being quite popular for a while and I recall having seen a T813 on a truck show back then.
I suppose you will be seeing more of them soon... Tatra used to be owned by TEREX USA and they didn't want to promote Tatra business, instead they used to import Tatra vehicles in both knock down kits or fully built and carry out assembly operations, repair and service, body building on chassis in the US These trucks were offered to the military and other government organizations and were badged and sold in the US under the ATC brand. Nowadays Tatra is owned by succesfull Czech enterpreneur Strnad and his CzechoSlovak Group, so chances are they will penetrate western markets soon... Their main advantage is the backbone tube chasis, they cannot compete with "normal" trucks under normal conditions, but they outshine the competition in heavy duty applications, where other vehicles fail...
Reason is Iron Curtain. Economic sanctions during Cold War. Tatra trucks was exported to 53 countries in the world. The biggest exportes were to the USSR, Eastern Block and to developing countries. Russians loved Tatra trucks, because these were reliable and air cooled engine ensured a trouble-free start in frosty climate. Also, in comparasion with ZILs, Tatra's fuel consumption was considerably smaller. New Tatra trucks you can't see - now, the production of new vehicles is minimal.
Seeing a Tatra does make me a lot happy,here in India, the Indian army,they use Tatra trucks and other Russian and soviet trucks,Tatra these days don't make machines as beautiful as they used to be ,these days they make only cheap looking but durable trucks ,I want them to be a legend they used to be and start making good looking machines
I'd love to drive a Tatra 613 one day. Beautiful cars. I love the design and the fact that they are so different from our modern-day cars which, more or less, look all the same. I read about its successor too, the Tatra 700. but I'd prefer the 613.
Just write "Truck trial" on RU-vid. Its an off road action here in czech republic. Many Tatra vehicles are winning, there aren't much better trucks, that can beat Tatra
