TATRA Trucks 2008 - History

HISTORY
Car production in the Moravian town of Kopřivnice dates back to 1850 when Ignác Šustala founded a family company to manufacture coaches and carriages of his own design. 1880s brought a profound change in transport.
The uncomfortable carriages were replaced incrementally by rail transport. Šustala´s company built some new facilities to produce its first 15 railcars in 1882.
An important milestone came in 1897 when the company built the first passenger car in Central Europe, the "Präsident, and in 1898 when the first lorry was produced here. The lorry of payload 2,5 t was driven by two, rear-housed Benz engines, and was a basis for Tatra truck production for the years to follow.
A major contribution to the TATRA tradition was made by the ingenious designer Hans Ledwinka, who in 1923 introduced the T 11 car to thepublic. The car design concept was truly revolutionary-the car was built over a backbone tube, carrying swinging half-axles in the rear. This design idea became famous as " the tatra chassis design" that has been used since.
Between WWI and WWII car designers at Kopřivnice worked intensively on a world novelty - the first series-made streamlined passenger car with a monocoque body and rear-housed air-cooled engine. The T77 was introduced to the public on March 5th, 1934. In the same year the name TATRA was officially registered as the company´s trade name.
The third milestone in 1934 was the aircraft production startup in TATRA. Even in the field of airborne engines production TATRA proved its exceptional design and production capacities.
In the post-war period TATRA specialised in the production of luxury cars in low and medium series. The T 77 and the very successful model "Tatraplán" were replaced by the T 603, a model that was manufactured until the end of 1975 - almost 20.500 units were made. This car was in 1975 replaced by the T 613 a model that was replaced in 1996 by the T 700, the last model so far.
In 1998 passenger car production was terminated and the company focused mainly on truck production - a sector that since 1942 was gaining ever bigger share to become the core business now.
Truck production development was driven mainly by military orders. Extreme cross-country performance, robust design, simple maintenance, high productivity and long durability made TATRA an ideal vehicle to work in extreme climatic and off-road environments.
This was proved first by the T 111 (1942-1962), an air-cooled engine driven truck that proved itself in the toughest regions of Siberia.
The Tatra chassis design concept, specifically the air-cooled engine, rigid central tube and swinging jointless half-axles, was the basis for several model families of starting with T 138 ( since 1959), followed by the T 813 (since 1967), T 148 (since 1970) and last but not least the T 815 (since 1983).
The T 815-2, a model family with fully synchromesh gearboxes and upgraded turbocharged engines, is a world-class vehicle. Tatra trucks comply with the most rigorous environmental regulations (EURO II). TATRA, a.s. has also designed and tested vehicles complying with EURO III limits.
T 815-2 EURO II vehicles served in 1997 as a model for a new truck family - TERRNo.1. JAMAL is a name of vehicles designed for the toughest working conditions, while military vehicles have been labeled as ARMAX. Vehicles nicknamed FORCE are just another proof of exceptional design flexibility and development level achieved by TATRA.
CONTACT
TATRA, a.s.
Areál Tatry 1450/1
742 21 Koprivnice
Czech Republic
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URL: www.tatra.cz

[@jericaanthony4028]

This man was my great great great grandfather 🥰🥰

[@radmis7919]

Krásně uděláno historie je unikátní Tatra je srdcová záležitost, nezapomeňme na LIAZ ten byl na Dakaru dřív a také úspěšný (možná je čas něco vysvětlit proč)na vojně jsem se potkával na Pánově Dakarové LIAZKY a to byl fofr

[@prochy86]

Tatra V570 was a prototype early 1930s car developed by Hans Ledwinka. The aim of the construction team was to develop cheap people's car with an aerodynamic body. However the company's management decided that the revolutionary ideas introduced in the prototype should be introduced in class of large luxurious cars, and therefore the team abandoned the project of small cars in favour of Tatra T77, world's first serially produced aerodynamic car.

[@CarlosGonzalez-kt5be]

THANKS for VIDEO..SALUDOS FROM: NEW YORK..!!

[@LAZASAS]

Respect !

[@doliwsef]

If TATRA would not have been on the Eastern side of Europe, I believe it would be one of the biggest car manufacturers of the world. The technology of the VW beetle is based on TATRA and the trucks are so overwhelming. Now adays TATRA is too good for the fast and Chinese products based time.

[@prochy86]

The project of small car was later continued and led to introduction of Tatra T97. The second V570 was built in 1933, two years before the first Vokswagen which bears a strong resemblance to the Tatra - it was misappropriated by Hitler and Dr. Porsche in circumstances about which the German company remains intensely sensitive to this day.

[@sejfer]

Please, can we use footage from your KZbin for our film about TATRA? We tag your channel as a source ,... thank you. :) ahoooj, můžeme prosím použít záběry z Vašeho KZbin do našeho cyklu TATRA 100x jinak!!!? Uvedení zdroje samozřejmostí. Děkujeme! :)

[@darenzy]

Model 77 @ 2:23 is export model? As I know Czech used to drive on left side of the road before ww2 and their cars were right hand drive, if that is correct? Anyway respect to Tatra and Praga for being so innovative, sadly most of their ideas were stolen by western auto makers. Greetings from Serbia

[@jansvoboda4242]

Yep, that left side driving thing is true, but not all vehicles were made with right side drive. And we had one curiosity, Tatra 77 had steering wheel in center. Actually we can say that the only good thing that Hitler brought to Czechoslovaki was right side driving.

[@1amadeo]

Ehh, szkoda ze Tatra nie produkuje juz samochodow osobowych, to byly maszyny nie do zarzniecia, do tego mialy pazur. Tatra zarzucila tyle genialnych rozwiazan technicznych, ze nawet Niemcy sie chowaja, zdrowie kolesi z Koprivnic!

[@mraziczech]

jsem si jistý, že "kolega" Weigelfilm by ti vyjmenoval X důvodů, proč je tatra špatná... Zajímavý sestřih... pěkné video... skvělá auta;)

[@zsoltdanielrankl3236]

TATRA.COOL.....

[@gabornemurszelovics4794]

Goddddddd wow

[@granskare]

great vehicles...too bad the Tatra plan was ended...

[@billallen4793]

As an American I would love to have a 6 or 8wheel tatra to put a camper on the back of....from Wyoming USA 🔫🤠

[@CarlosGonzalez-kt5be]

EN MI PAIS HAY TRATRA TODABIA EN CIRCULANDON ?? ( CUBA) LEYLAN GUAGUAS TAMBIEM!!.

[@Dahakarsr]

čago mužete se podivat na new web tam toho je hodně bude se diskutovat i o kamionových hrách a hedám taky nějaky zkušeny lidi... tatrovecky ...... webnode...........(cz sry on sem nejde dat inac web doufam ze to chapate

[@papagaj123]

chlapec tak ty mas malo toho teda odjazdene mam firmu a mam many a mercedesy chvalabohu už len jeden kupil som movu tatru 8x8 a v ratane silia spolahlivosti sa jej nik nevyrovna mercedes? ten si nemci mozu akurat tak strcit cez zimu nejde zaradit rychlost poriadne ked je studeny pomali aby soms tale volal servys tatra je sice draha nova ale oplati saskor než mercedes

[@sfenodonte]

A brand that would have been between the large ones dell' car, than for guilt of nazism and the communism is only a brand of truck for difficult lands.

[@Dahakarsr]

aaaachjo kdyby byli prníze nebyli komunisti atd.... tak by mohla tatra byt klidnee v F1 ..... mohla to byt nejlepši automobilová značka světa ..... ale to je jen kdyby kdyby ale o prave kvalitě ví jen češi a slováci taková škoda ,,

[@cimmerianpraetor]

Jakými slavnými spojenci? Sami jsme si to v 1948 ODHLASOVALI, tak co by se do toho kdo sral?

[@Adamek1926]

češi borci :-)

[@Ghraladean]

sad that today Tatras cannot win over the steroid-fed Kamaz trucks on the Dakar. Go Tatras go in the 2011 Dakar!!!

[@oakld]

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