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Tatra (company)

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TATRA TRUCKS a.s.
Company typePrivate
IndustryAutomotive industry
Founded1850 (original)
1897 (as a car manufacturer)
FounderIgnaz Schustala
HeadquartersKopřivnice, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic
Area served
Worldwide (except Japan, and North America)[citation needed]
Key people
Hugo Fischer von Roeslerstamm (designer)
Hans Ledwinka (designer)
Julius Mackerle (designer) Lukáš Andrýsek (CEO)
ProductsAutomobiles, wagons, carriages, trucks
RevenueIncrease CZK 5.4 billion (2016)
Increase CZK 482 million (2016)
Owner
Number of employees
1,658 (2016)
Websitetatratrucks.com

Tatra is a Czech brand headquartered in Kopřivnice its the third oldest vehicle manufacturer in the world.[1]

Brief History[change]

It was founded in 1850 as Ignatz Schustala & Cie. In 1890 it became a joint-stock company and in 1897 it was renamed to Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft. the Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft produced the Präsident, the first first factory-produced automobile with a petrol engine to be made in Central and Eastern Europe

It made its first truck one year later in 1918 it was renamed to 1918, the company was renamed Kopřivnická vozovka a.s., and in 1919 the company changed its logo to the Tatra badge.[2] named after the nearby Tatra Mountains located on the Czechoslovak-Polish border (now located on the Polish-Slovak border) during the interwar period, Tatra came to international prominence with its line of affordable cars based on backbone tube chassis and air-cooled engines.

This started with the Tatra 11 it became pioneer on automotive aerodynamics, starting with Tatra 77 Following the 1938 German-Czechoslovak war and Munich Agreement Kopřivnice was occupied by the Nazis and Tatra production shifted towards military vehicles the company's trucks like the Tatra 111 had became instrumental both for the German Nazi war effort as well as the post-war reconstruction in Central Europe countries and Soviet Union.

Models[change]

Currently Tatra focuses mainly in heavy off-road Trucks.[3] it previously made cars the last car was the Tatra 700 that was made from 1996 to 1999 after the failure Tatra decided to focus mainly on Trucks.

Current Models[change]

  • Tatra 810 Tactic – medium off-road truck based on conventional frame, portal axles and equipped with Renault water-cooled engine and cabin. Primarily intended for military operators, also offered on civilian market.
  • Tatra 817 Force – heavy off-road truck based on Tatra backbone chassis, Tatra air-cooled engines (other engines also possible) and Tatra cabin. Primarily intended for military operators, also offered on civilian market.
  • Tatra 158 Phoenix – heavy off-road truck based on Tatra backbone chassis and equipped with DAF cabin and ZF water-cooled engines. Primarily intended for civilian operators, also offered on military market.

Former Models[change]

Passenger cars[change]

Before the company was renamed to Tatra[change]

After the name Tatra was adopted[change]

Trucks[change]

File:T805 hasiči.JPG
"baby" Tatra T805
File:T813 army2.JPG
RM-70 multiple rocket launcher
File:OT-64 SKOT.jpg
OT-64 SKOT

Buses[change]

Trolleybuses[change]

File:Trol Tatra T 400 Brno.jpg
Tatra 400 trolleybus
  • Tatra 86 (1936–38)[4]
  • Tatra 400 (1948–1955)[4]
  • Tatra 401 (1958; only one built)[4]

Railcars[change]

  • Tatra 14 (1925-1968, self-propelled freight trolley)
  • Tatra 15 (1927-1932, railcar with T57 body)
  • Tatra 16 (1926, small freight railcar with van body)
  • Tatra 18 (1925-1926, armored version of T14)
  • Tatra 19

Prototypes and racing cars[change]

References[change]

  1. ↑ "About the Company". Tatratrucks.
  2. ↑ Margolius, Ivan & Henry, John G. (2015). Tatra - The Legacy of Hans Ledwinka. Dorchester: Veloce Publishing. ISBN 978-1-845847-99-9.
  3. ↑ "Navštívili jsme společnosti Tatra Trucks a Tatra Defence Vehicle".
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. pp. 99, 148. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
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