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Tatra

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One of the oldest automobile manufacturers in the world (1880). Tatra (named after the mountains that protect Slovakia from Poland) makes trucks. It used to make the most glamorous limo of the communist era. And provided the engine for the super rare MTX Tatra V8 that was made famous by Kanye West and Vanessa Beecroft in the 2010 Runaway video.

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Tatra 87 Streamline car - Tatra became synonymous with the advanced streamliner of the pre-war era, enabling remarkably fast travel (100 mph) on the fledgling Autobahns of the Third Reich. Favored especially by Luftwaffe brass, they had a nasty habit of killing them, due to its wickedly-abrupt oversteer, thanks to the combination of rear V8 and swing axles. That earned it the nick name of “the Czech secret weapon”. So many died at its hands, that supposedly Hitler forbade his best men to drive them. In many (other…

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MTX Tatra in Kanye West's Runaway - Image found on Sucksqueezebangblow . Watch the video here . Vanessa Beecroft

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Tatra A77 - Streamline form Czechia. image found on Conceptcarz

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Tatra Hydrogen fueled concept from 2008 - image found at Hydrogen Cars Now .

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Tatra 813 Kolos 8x8 25ton truck - image found on Vermont Unimog

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Tatra Dana - The chassis of the Tatra 813 Kolos is handy to mount other stuff on... image found on Military Images

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Contact information

  • Tatra
  • Areál Tatry 1450/1
  • 742 21
  • Kopřivnice
  • CZ