Every car enthusiast knows her. The Tatra MTX V8 is the most tested domestically produced super sports car, even though it never got past the prototype stage. At the end of last year, all three manufactured specimens went to the Kopřivnice museum for a while, a good reason to examine them carefully. We are opening … Read more
Seeing one is a miracle, seeing all three side by side is basically impossible. Nevertheless, visitors to the Tatra museum in Kopřivnice can do it if they manage to get there in the coming months. When Tatra from Kopřivnica still produced passenger cars, in cooperation with the company Metalex, it was able to bring a … Read more
Parody of Bentley’s Sexy Car Ad Goes Viral A provocative blonde in tight black shorts highlights the features of the luxurious Bentley car in a new advertisement, which has sparked a viral video trend around the world. Even Czech social media users have jumped on the bandwagon, creating parodies of the video. Following suit, volunteer … Read more
The Lane Motor Museum in Nashville is one of the most popular automotive museums in the United States. And that’s thanks to the remarkable collection of European vehicles. The collection also includes cars from the former Czechoslovakia, such as Aero, Škoda and Tatra cars. The museum also has Jawa machines, Velorexs or a Praga car. … Read more
Although sometimes it may seem that all the vintage cars hidden in the barns have already been found, there is always something surprising for the vintage car fan. Sometimes it’s just a few pieces in an old barn, but this time we have a giant collection in front of us, numbering some 230 pieces of … Read more
One of the things we can be really proud of from our history is the Tatra T77 car. The car was designed by Hans Ledwinka and Erich Überlacker, but airship designer Paul Jaray also contributed. The result was a very advanced car in terms of technology, design and aerodynamics (for its time), which is admired … Read more
While the Tatra 138 caused a revolution, the Tatra 148 was just an evolution of a successful concept. There was actually no reason for a fundamental departure from successfully tested solutions. Designers also focused on fine-tuning a number of details, increasing reliability and also increasing the performance of the eight-cylinder diesel engine. At the beginning, … Read more
An auction of vintage cars and motorcycles took place on the last Sunday in October as part of the Prague Car Festival car show. Thirteen cars were put up for auction, but the prices of some were surprising and in the end five items were not sold. Jawa 500 OHC 15/00 “snail” was sold for … Read more
The metallurgical company Liberty Ostrava presented a special Tatra car, which it bought for transporting long bars. It is the longest vehicle that the Kopřivnice car manufacturer Tatra Trucks has ever produced. Special modifications to the vehicle were performed by the Frenštát company Partner Ipex. The vehicle, together with other technologies, such as special saws, … Read more
It was the first Czechoslovak aerodynamic car and one of the first in Europe. Wikov 35 called Kapka had at that time advanced shapes of the jet body, which provided the car with less resistance to aerodynamic air. From the outside, he looked more like a submarine. In October this year, it is 90 years … Read more