![]() Tatra's specialty was luxury cars using the most recent technology, going from air-cooled flat-twins to fours and sixes, culminating (briefly) with the OHC 6-litre V12 in 1931. Prewar streamliners Tatra 77, 1933, the world's first production aerodynamic car Tatra 97, which was later copied by the VW Beetle In 1916, Ledwinka left the company again, this time to work for one of its competitors, Steyr-Werke in Graz. ![]() In 1912, production was badly affected by a strike that lasted 23 weeks, and von Röslerstamm left the company. He returned in 1905, and designed a completely new car, the Type S, which was equipped with a 3308 cc 4-cylinder engine. Ledwinka then left the company to concentrate on steam engine development. The Nesselsdorf A was followed in 1902 by the Type B, which featured a central engine. ![]() The Nesselsdorf A was equipped with a rear-mounted 2714 cc engine, and had a top speed of 40 km/h (25 mph). The first car to be completely designed by Ledwinka was the Nesselsdorf A, which was produced in 1900. The company began taking orders for cars, and between 18, nine improved cars based on the Präsident were made. The Präsident was exhibited in Vienna later that year. Using the Benz for inspiration, the company built its first car, the Präsident, under the direction of engineers Hans Ledwinka and Edmund Rumpler. In 1897, von Röslerstamm bought a Benz automobile. After Schustala's death in 1891, von Röslerstamm took over the management of the business. Also that year, Hugo Fischer von Röslerstamm became the company's technical director. In 1890, the company became a joint-stock company, and was renamed the Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft. In the 1880s, the company began manufacturing railroad cars. In 1850, Ignaz Schustala founded " Ignatz Schustala & Cie" in Kopřivnice, and the company entered the business of manufacturing horse-drawn vehicles. Early years Nesselsdorfer Automobile logo Ignaz Schustala, founder of the company Präsident, the first factory made car in Central and Eastern Europe in 1897 Rennzweier, the first race car made by the company in 1900 In 2023, the company plans to produce over 2,000 trucks. Core of its production are Tatra 817 intended primarily for military operators and Tatra Phoenix (Tatra chassis with DAF cabin and Paccar water-cooled engine) aimed primarily for civilian market. Today, Tatra's production focuses on heavy off-road trucks based on its century long development of backbone chassis, swinging half-axles and air-cooled engines. Trucks like Tatra 111 (1942) became instrumental both for the German Nazi war effort as well as post-war reconstruction in Central Europe and Soviet Union. Following the 1938 German-Czechoslovak war and Munich Agreement, the town of Kopřivnice was occupied by Nazi Germany and Tatra's production was directed towards military production. The company also became the pioneer of automotive aerodynamics, starting with Tatra 77 (1934). In the interwar period, Tatra came to international prominence with its line of affordable cars based on backbone tube chassis and air-cooled engines, starting with Tatra 11 (1923). In 1918, the company was renamed Kopřivnická vozovka a.s., and in 1919 it changed from the Nesselsdorfer marque to the Tatra badge, named after the nearby Tatra Mountains on the Czechoslovak- Polish border (now on the Polish- Slovak border). In 1897, the Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft produced the Präsident, which was the first factory-produced automobile with a petrol engine to be made in Central and Eastern Europe. In 1890 the company became a joint-stock company and was renamed the Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft. ![]() The company was founded in 1850 as Ignatz Schustala & Cie. company, and it is the third oldest company in the world producing motor vehicles with an unbroken history. Tatra is a Czech vehicle manufacturer from Kopřivnice. Tatra Präsident on the Kopřivnice coat of arms
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