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Tatra Car Books - History and Models

A book on Tatra cars? Explore here illustrated books on the history, types and construction of Tatra cars.

Tatra Cars - Brooklands Portfolio

Brooklands Portfolio book about the Tatra passenger cars. Describes the Tatra President, V-12, T57, T77, T87, T97, Tatraplan & Sport, Monopost, T603, T2-603, T605 Sport, T607, T613, T613-2, Metalex Tatra V8 Supersport and T700.

  • The articles, taken from contemporary British and American car magazines, provide much information about history, model changes and technology.
  • Also driving impressions, tests, comparison tests, technical specifications, etc.
Specs:140 pages, 28 x 21 x 0.9 cm / 11 x 8.25 x 0.35 in, paperback
Illustrations:300 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:Brooklands Books (GB, 2009)
ISBN:9781855208667

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Tatra - The Legacy of Hans Ledwinka

The story of the Tatra company, which originated in Czechoslovakia. It is a tale of great innovation and avant-garde design in automobile engineering. It is also the story of one man - Hans Ledwinka - and his visionary concepts which have become highly influential, although often undervalued, contributions to the development of car technology.

Until now, Hans Ledwinka's talent has hardly been recognised; in retrospect, he can be judged equal to car designers such as Benz, Daimler and Porsche, whose endeavours have been fully recorded many times over. With his revolutionary Tatra cars Ledwinka consistently pushed back the frontiers of automobile construction, and it's certain that without his inspiration, the Volkswagen in its air-cooled rear-engined form would perhaps never have been conceived.

The authors have covered the full history of the Tatra company, which is one of the oldest factories in continuous automobile manufacture, dating back to the 19th century. By doing this, they have placed both Ledwinka and the Czechoslovak Tatra company in their rightful place in the history of car design, and provided a fully comprehensive assessment of the influence of Tatra car designs and their inspired creator.

The text of this larger format 2nd edition has been fully revised and updated since the 1990 edition. This new edition also contains many additional illustrations. The book also has a new foreword, written by Norman Foster, the British architect, and proud owner of a Tatra T87, who pays tribute to the aesthetic qualities of this design classic and captures the fascination of both designers and motor historians with the development of Tatra.

Author:Ivan Margolius, John G. Henry
Specs:224 pages, 22.5 x 22.5 x 1.7 cm / 8.9 x 8.9 x 0.67 in, paperback
Illustrations:326 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:Veloce Publishing Ltd (GB, 2019)
Series:Veloce Classic Reprint
ISBN:9781787116306
Tatra - The Legacy of Hans Ledwinka

Tatra - The Legacy of Hans Ledwinka

Language: English

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