Tatra (company)

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Chapters: Tatra vehicles, Tatra 600, Tatra 603, Tatra 815, Tatra 77, OT-64 SKOT, Tatra 813, Präsident, Tatra V570, Tatra 148, Tatra 87, Tatra 12, Tatra 111, Tatra 810, Tatra 138, Tatra 163, NW First Truck, Hans Ledwinka, Tatra 97, Tatra 30, Tatra 54, NW Rennzweier, NW S, Tatra 816, Tatra 17, Tatra 20, Tatra 57, NW B, Tatra 10, Tatra 49, Tatra 26, Tatra 700, NW J, Tatra 613, Tatra 80, Erich Übelacker, Austro-Tatra, Tatra 75, NW Elektromobil, NW D, NW C, Tatra 90, Tatra 82, Tatra 15. Excerpt: Tatra is a vehicle manufacturer in Koprivnice , Czech Republic. The company was founded in 1850 as Schustala & Company later renamed Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft, a wagon and carriage manufacturer, and in 1897 produced the first motor car in central Europe, the Präsident. In 1918, it changed its name to Koprivnická vozovka a.s. and, in 1919, started to use the Tatra badge named after the nearby Tatra mountains in Slovakia. Tatra is the third oldest car maker in the world after Daimler Mercedes-Benz and Peugeot. During World War II Tatra was instrumental in the production of trucks, and tank engines for the German war effort. Production of Tatra cars ceased in 1999 but the company still produces a range of primarily all-wheel-drive 4×4, 6×6, 8×8, 10×10, and 12×12 trucks. Tatra Präsident on the Koprivnice coat of arms. Ignác sustala, founder of the companyIgnác sustala (1822-1891), founder of the company in Koprivnice, Moravia, started the production of horse-drawn vehicles in 1850. In 1891 he branched out into railroad car manufacture, naming the company Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft, and employed Hugo Fischer von Roeslerstamm as technical director in 1890. After the death of sustala, von Roeslerstamm took over running the company and in 1897 he bought a Benz automobile. Using this for inspiration, the company made its first car, the Präsident, which was exhibited in 1897 in Vienna. Orders were obtained for more cars and under the direction of engineers Hans Ledwinka and Edmund Rumpler, ten improved cars were made. Präsident (1897)The first car to be totally designed by Ledwinka came in 1900 with the Type A with rear mounted 2714 cc engine and top speed of 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph), 22 were made. This was followed by the Type B with central engine in 1902 but then Ledwinka left the company to concentrate on steam engine development. He returned in 1905 and designed a completely new car, the Type S with 3308 cc 4-cylinder engine. Produ