TATRA

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Czech vehicle maker from Kopřivnice, one of the oldest motor manufacturers in the world with an unbroken history.

Founded: 1850, as Ignatz Schustala & Cie.
Headquarters: Kopřivnice, Czech Republic
Owner: Tatra Trucks a.s.
First car: The Präsident, 1897

Tatra was founded in 1850 as Ignatz Schustala & Cie. and became a joint-stock company under the name Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft in 1890. It built the Präsident in 1897, the first factory-produced car with a petrol engine in Central and Eastern Europe.

The Tatra badge was adopted in 1919, after the nearby Tatra Mountains. The marque became known for backbone tube chassis and air-cooled engines with the Tatra 11 of 1923, and today it builds heavy off-road trucks.

1850Ignatz Schustala & Cie. founded in Kopřivnice
1897The Präsident, the first car with a petrol engine in Central Europe
1898First truck built
1919The Tatra badge adopted
1923Tatra 11 with backbone chassis and air-cooled engine