I'm sure you're seeing that '99' up there and are a little incredulous. How can an archaic, bizarre car like this possibly get almost a perfect score? Nothing's ever scored that high! The answer's ...

Tatras are some of my absolute favorite cars. Tatra tended to make high-end, large(ish), four-door, V8, rear engine cars, and as such they're one of the few examples of the 30s-era streamlined, rear ...

Back in the mid-1930s, this forgotten gem used to be one of the fastest-production cars in the world, achieving this feat thanks to innovative aerodynamics rather than raw power. Originally founded in ...

IN retrospect, perhaps, it should have seemed inevitable: the Tatra won the 2010 Collectible Car of the Year Contest on nytimes.com. Yes, the Tatra. Of course. The what? From 30 finalists (culled from ...

If variety is the spice of life, then Tatra was the European habanero pepper of the auto industry prior to World War II. Those familiar with the Czech company often point to its luxury sedans of the ...

Despite the now countless articles on them being just a search away, Tatras remain on the mysterious side. Most people never get to see one in the metal, and without careful examination, who could ...

A fully restored 1949 Tatra T600 Tatraplan with a rear-engine four-cylinder design, up for auction in February 2025. A rare 1949 Tatra T600 Tatraplan, one of the most intriguing and unique cars of the ...

Jacob is a former Audi mechanic turned automotive journalist. His love for cars started the first time he held a Porsche 911 Hot Wheels car in his hands, and the very same car continues to fascinate ...

The rear-boxer engine-powered Tatra T600 Tatraplan was a highly influential, undeniably cool car, but as a luxury vehicle designed and built behind the Iron Curtain, it didn't really see large-scale ...

If you have seen a Tatra T-603, you could easily mistake this overgrown uni-body, four-door salon for a chubby Skoda. The T-603 project began in 1953 when the Czechoslovakian government ordered Tatra ...

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — There's no mistaking a Tatra. With its sloping back and a big fin, the Czech-made Tatra T-87 stands out on any road. John Long and Helena Mitchell know. They have taken one of ...