I'm sure you're seeing that '99' up there and are a little incredulous. How can an archaic, bizarre car like this possibly get almost a perfect score? Nothing's ever scored that high! The answer's ...
Tatras are some of my absolute favorite cars. Tatra tended to make high-end, large(ish), four-door, V8, rear engine cars, and as such they're one of the few examples of the 30s-era streamlined, rear ...
IN retrospect, perhaps, it should have seemed inevitable: the Tatra won the 2010 Collectible Car of the Year Contest on nytimes.com. Yes, the Tatra. Of course. The what? From 30 finalists (culled from ...
Back in the mid-1930s, this forgotten gem used to be one of the fastest-production cars in the world, achieving this feat thanks to innovative aerodynamics rather than raw power. Originally founded in ...
If variety is the spice of life, then Tatra was the European habanero pepper of the auto industry prior to World War II. Those familiar with the Czech company often point to its luxury sedans of the ...
Despite the now countless articles on them being just a search away, Tatras remain on the mysterious side. Most people never get to see one in the metal, and without careful examination, who could ...
Most people say that car design peaked somewhere in the 60's or 70's, but it would be nothing without inspiration from the 30's and 40's. This week's episode of Petrolicious features the Tatra T87, an ...
Happy Boxing Day! In the British Commonwealth countries, this is a holiday that commemorates the practice of giving a box of ...
RM Sotheby’s comes to Florida’s Amelia Island on March 3 for an auction replete with automotive treasures old and new. Among the most unusual cars on the auction house’s docket is a rare and ...
The rear-boxer engine-powered Tatra T600 Tatraplan was a highly influential, undeniably cool car, but as a luxury vehicle designed and built behind the Iron Curtain, it didn't really see large-scale ...
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — There's no mistaking a Tatra. With its sloping back and a big fin, the Czech-made Tatra T-87 stands out on any road. John Long and Helena Mitchell know. They have taken one of ...