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It's name comes from the nearby Tatra mountains in Slovakia.
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The museum does a great job showing the more than 160 years of the company. If you're an old car lover then this is the place for you.
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The Präsident |
In 1897, the Präsident was the first motor car produced in Central Europe. Of course back then it was Austria-Hungary. Czechoslovakia didn't become a country until 1918.
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T-57 |
The T-57 sport convertible was known as the Hadimrška. It was produced from 1931 to 1936. Notice the right-hand drive? Czechoslovakia drove on the the left side of the road until 1938. The Nazis forced the change when the land was under the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
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The 815 GTC 6x6 expedition vehicle traveled around the world from 1987 to 1990. In 37 months it traveled almost 150.000km (93,206 miles), through 68 countries, on five continents.
Here's a bit about Tatra from a 1993 episode of the BBC's show Top Gear that I found on YouTube.
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