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The Tatra 600, named the Tatraplan, was a rear-engined large family car (D-segment in Europe) produced from 1948 to 1952 by the Czech manufacturer Tatra. The first prototype was finished in 1946.
| Tatra 600 Tatraplan | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Tatra, a. s. |
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| Class | Large family car (D) |
| Body style | 4-door fastback saloon |
| Layout | RR layout |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 1952 cc (2.0L) Tatra 600 Flat-4 |
| Transmission | 4-speed manual[1] |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,700 mm (106.3 in) |
| Length | 4,540 mm (178.7 in) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Tatra 97 |
| Successor | Tatra 603 |
History
After World War II, Tatra continued its pre-war business of building passenger cars in addition to commercial vehicles and military vehicles. The factory was nationalised in 1946 two years before the Communist takeover. Although production of pre-war models continued, a new model, the Tatra 600 Tatraplan was designed in 1946-47 by Josef Chalupa, Vladimír Popelář, František Kardaus and Hans Ledwinka. The name of the car celebrated the new Communist planned economy but also referred to aeroplane inspiration ('éroplan' means aeroplane in colloquial Czech).
Streamlined Tatras
- Tatra V570 1931, 1933
- Tatra 77 1933-1938
- Tatra 87 1936-1950
- Tatra 97 1936-1939
- Tatra 600 1946-1952
- Tatra 603 1956-1975
After two prototypes "Ambrož" (December 1946) and "Josef" (March 1947), the 600 went into mass production in 1948. In 1951, the state planning department decided that the Tatraplan should henceforth be built at the Skoda Auto plant in Mladá Boleslav, leaving Tatra to concentrate on truck assembly. This was quite unpopular with the workforce at both plants: as a result Skoda built Tatraplans for one year only before the model was discontinued in 1952.[2]
The Tatraplan had a monocoque streamlined 6-seat fastback saloon body with front suicide doors and a drag coefficient (Cd) of just 0.32.[2][3][4] It was powered by an air-cooled flat-4-cylinder 1,952 cc rear-mounted engine. 6,342 were made, 2,100 of them in Mladá Boleslav. In 2010, in the UK, the Tatraplan won the 'Classic Car of the Year' competition in the 1940s category.
Models
- Tatra 107 - predecessor of 600, produced from 1946–1947.
- Tatra 201 - commercial version of 600, four built (a pickup truck, a panel van, and two ambulances) in 1947. Unlike the 600, the 201 was front-engined.
- Tatra 600 Diesel - similar to 600 but with 2.0L diesel engine, three prototypes built in 1949.
- Tatra 601 Monte Carlo - a 2-door sports car based on the 600, one (possibly two) built in 1949.
- Tatra 602 Tatraplan Sports - a racing car based on the 600, 2 built in 1949.
- Tatra 604 - smaller version of 600, one prototype built in 1954.
Notes
- Gloor, Roger (2007). Alle Autos der 50er Jahre 1945 - 1960 (1. ed.). Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-613-02808-1.
- "Tatra T600 Tatraplan". Tatra T600 Tatraplan.
- Karel Rosenkranz, Tatra, Autoalbum, 2002, page 107
- Martin Janik, Tatra, Computer Press, Brno 2005, page 76
References
- Margolius, Ivan: 'Tatra T600 – Tatraplan', Architectural Design, vol. 71, no. 5, September 2001, London, pp. 84–88.
- Field, Ben: 'Smooth Operator', Classic Cars magazine, May 2010, pp. 88–92
- Margolius, Ivan and Henry, John G: Tatra - The Legacy of Hans Ledwinka, SAF Publishing, Harrow 1990, ISBN 0-946719-06-3
- Margolius, Ivan and Henry, John G: Tatra - The Legacy of Hans Ledwinka, Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 2015, ISBN 978-1-845847-99-9
External links
Media related to Tatra 600 Tatraplan at Wikimedia Commons
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[de] Tatra 600
Der Tatra 600 oder auch Tatraplan ist ein PKW-Modell der Mittelklasse mit aerodynamisch günstig geformter Karosserie des früher tschechoslowakischen und heute tschechischen Fahrzeugherstellers Tatra. Er war der erste nach 1945 neu konstruierte Tatra-PKW und als solcher der Nachfolger des Tatra 97 und des nur kurze Zeit gebauten Tatra 107. Die Produktion lief von 1948 bis 1952. Im letzten Jahr wurde sie zu AZNP (Škoda) nach Mladá Boleslav verlegt, um Tatras Kapazitäten für den LKW-Bau zu nutzen. Das Auto wurde im Laufe der Zeit in zunehmendem Maß exportiert und fand eine Reihe von Kunden in Europa und Übersee. Insgesamt wurden vom Tatraplan 6342 Exemplare hergestellt.- [en] Tatra 600
[fr] Tatra 600
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