Sure, Tatra wasn't the only company to use gasoline-fired car heaters—VW used them for years in the Type 2 buses and the Type 4—but they never put them right under your ass.

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 ...

By 1972, the Volkswagen Beetle's production numbers knocked off the Ford Model T as the best-selling car ever (a title it has since lost to the Toyota Corolla).

Foster writes: “Tatra sued Porsche, through the VW enterprise, for infringement of patents, eventually receiving one million Deutsche Marks in an out-of-court settlement in 1965.

I hate Beetles. That felt so good, I’m going to say it again. Beetles. I hate them. There. That was so cathartic I need a cigarette. Look, I can’t help being the pantomime villain around here. It’s ...

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In 1961, however, VW made a substantial payment to Tatra through an out-of-court settlement. By then, though, Volkswagen had conquered the world.

The Tatra 700 was the Czech automaker's attempt at a modern, air-cooled, rear-engine luxury sedan. It was the last passenger car Tatra would ever make.

Hint No. 1, which owners of classic Porsche 911s or VW Beetles know: Never lift off the gas in the middle of a corner when traveling at a rapid rate. The Tatra lasted until 1975.