😂 é verdade que na bratislawa vc é milionário com 10 dólares? Kkk

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third world humor​@@gadoxipado

@@gadoxipadoyes, but we pay with €

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I love Pilsner Urquell too

Well if you look at Czech engineering history, if WW2 hadn't occurred and the iron curtain wasn't, it would have been one of the most advanced countries n the world, probably beating Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany on many quality levels. They worked on the SS Normandie where Skoda created the rudder frame and Alstom had some engineers working closely with Czech engineers to perfect the engine performances. The same goes for the movie industry, if WW2 wouldn't have been the European center of movies would be in Czechia. And in recent years I have greatly admired how Czech companies have been able to drag themselves out of the communist mindset very quickly and create some of the most high quality, functional and sometimes luxurious items and vehicles. I bought a Skoda Yeti Mark I because it was just in a league of it's own and I was shocked when VW group made it less unique in it's look due to the fact it was too good and too successful. On a less "normal" note and maybe controversial, still in the adult movie industry Czechia has also put his mark in making a specific look in the late 1990's which has now become the standard worldwide. It was high quality with great respect for the actors and was a first in the world of adult movies. (This is what I was told by two directors of Adult movies and not a personal point of view) I can't wait what the Czech engineers and artists will create, invent or perfect in the next few decades, new opportunities present themselves and it is one of the only countries in the EU that I see doing really good in the next two decades.

Biggest beer consumers per-capita globally last time I looked. They must be on to something! 👍🏻

Also Tatra was copied by Ferdinand Porsche to build WV beattle

If you really like beer then i recommend Belgian Beers, because you just had pilsner. Which make you piss a lot.

Thank you for appreciation!

Yes, Tatra V570 designed in 1933 was coppied in 1938 as a VW Beetle. Conception, design, air-cooled boxer engine,... everything.

Awesome. Although the electro clutch will add extra weight.

​@@odl21I don't think weight is too much of a concern at that size of luxury car

@@caromac_ lol. It is on a rotating part of the engine :)

@@odl21it can be constructed in a way that the heaviest part of it is stationary.

Thank you, honored to hear that! Tatra is one of the brands I have a special passion for, so driving a 613 was a long-awaited dream coming true now.

It wasn't a "large" engine by Soviet standards either, the Zils and Gaz's had 5L or even 7L blocks. But it was a large engine in Czechoslovakia. Skoda (the other Czechoslovak car maker, much more affordable) used 1.0-1.2L engines, the ubiquitous Lada was 1.2 to 1.6L.

It made 160-200 hp out of the 3.5 liters. Not 100-140 like US cars of that era with 5-7 liter engines ;-)

@@jacobzimmermann59 Ehmmm... Thing is that Gaz was not exactly a normal car. I doubt even relatively high rank engineers would get a permit to buy one. There were a few second-hand ones serving as taxis in Poland but the first mod done was to remove the engine and put about 2.5 liter diesel from Mercedes or Peugeot in it.

Well, it can be considered a big engine for European standards in any decade. The average engine capacity in Europe in 1990s was 1.8 and it now went to 1.4, but cars with 1 liter or even as little 600cc were always common. It was even bigger for the East Block standards. When Polski Fiat 125p arrived in 1969, the basic 1.3 liter version was considered a very fast car, and the 1.5 liter was the fastest cars in the whole of East Block a 'normal' person could buy before Lada arrived. "Normal' in this case meant either mid-rank party member, engineer, a doctor or someone else from highly-qualified higher education workers with some years of good work record because to buy a new one you had to receive an official permission ticket an 'allotment', and allotments for new cars were basically work incentives.

@@piotrmalewski8178 as a Fiat 126 BIS owner I can agree 3.5 is large engine :)

So they are responsible for the failure of the T613-5 and T700 models? great! 😃

​@@kamilhalapi1835He definitely forgot to include that fact, while he penned his patriotically fuelled comment 😅

Being involved with engineering or design on Reliant Cars is possibly not the best reference on a CV ? 🙂 Not exactly Issigonis level.

@@terryross1754 Not everyone is Issigonis, but it doesn't mean that Reliant employed the dregs to do rubbish product either.

@@3wheeler1000 3-wheelers in the UK in the 50's thru 70's/80's, were mainly a trick to let bike riders stay (relatively) warm & dry without getting a car licence, plus most were cheap to buy and run. The Reliants were ugly, slow, unreliable, spartan, uncomfortable and unstable. Thus my reservations about the design team being suitable for Tatra, who wanted a luxury sedan/limo. Reliant was never a real car, not even in the horrific days of British Leyland.

Well, they've ended car production, but Tatra trucks still rocks

@@tomfu9909 Yes, their trucks are still some of the greatest in the world!

Maybe they wil resurrect the T700 one day, just as they did with the T603 which also wouldn't have gone into production. It could even have an electric version, a true Tesla (since that brand name was used by the combined Czech electronics factories traditionally).

Yes, it was almost entirely hand built, with maximum 1,000 units per year on the peak, and later few hundreds only.

I had a mid engined MGTF 135, fantastic handling considering the price

The Tatra V8 sat on top of the rear axle, unlike e.g. the Volkswagen Beetle and Porsche 911, which have the entire engine behind the rear axle. So the weight distribution of the Tatra was better, which improved the handling.

​@@user-or4hs7xq9uThose mid-engined MGs were an absolute gem. Sadly from another manufacturer (Rover) that like Tatra no longer make cars:(

@@SpitfireFortyFour I shared my MGTF 135 with my father, one day he arrived back at the house at high speed, jumped out and threw the keys to me as I was on the driveway at the time. He said '"They'll never believe an old man was driving" and legged it into the house. Immediately after my father was out of sight a (traffic) Police car screeched around the corner from the main road and flew past our driveway, lights and siren on. Where the car was parked there is a tall wall at the side, thankfully the Police didn't stop. What makes this funny was that we were wearing matching red fleece jumpers that day, I'd have been in bother as with the top down on the MG Police might have had good grounds to suspect I was the driver :-)

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...former Czechoslovakia. It is Czech Republic now.

He said it wasn't, it didn't have the TV and phone, or even the burned out turn indicator lightbulb indicator.

You have very good points here, which made me think deeper, indeed, a hydraulic suspension would have made it even more special, but still, it was one of the first in the world to use multilink. Turning circle was good indeed and the comment with the engine sound made me reconsider, it may be very well due to the good balance of the construction that it sounds deprived of the usual knocks from other V8s. Thanks for new perspectives of looking at it!

Diciamo la verità, era uno strano accrocchio al limite del controsenso dagli anni 60 in poi, .. e aveva un fascino speciale proprio per quello

Thank you, will try to cover more of those for sure, there are really many interesting models and stories among them!

Tatra does not need a double clutch, it has a synchronized gearbox.

Chances are, the gear linkage (which is relatively long) needs to be adjusted, and maybe the gear box needs an oil change. As you say, due to its mileage maybe it even needs to be refurbished.

only 17 of the long wheelbase electronic versions

And that’s the one I saw 😊

Coincidentally, Porsche and Tatra are 'brothers', with Porsche being some sort of bastard child.

All CZ trucks I've seen in UK are makes familiar to us such as Scania, DAF etc.

Love my Brno Model 2!

I found out Skoda started out making arms, like Steyr Puch in Austria.

Thanks for watching from Australia, honored to see people from all around the world watching this video!

I'm an impressed South Australian too!

That Gear change issue was very similar to a lot of English BMC made vehicles that came to Australia back in the day. Having driven a few, I can attest to that. We used to call them "Mystery Gears"- sometimes they were there and..... sometimes they weren't. You had to patiently feel for them on the gear changes. As for the stiffness, they changed a bit more smoothly once the gear oil heated up to running temperature. All in all, it's a nice-looking car. Thanks for showing it.

@@user-xd8dk5se2u lol

Plenty of Skodas on the road in Australia. Even my neighbour has a Kodiaq.

Honored to see that this video makes someone to hear about a new car model! Thank you!

I had to calculate the insurance on a (very) used one in 2015. It was still rather expensive!😅

Reminds me of an Audi 100 Avant C2

Mora da je ljepotica!

Thank you, those encouragements mean a lot!

Thank you!

Thank you! New interesting models are about to come next on the channel!

It was well ahead of it's time in the 30s, but in the 90s, this was hopelesly outdated. That's what socialism does with industries. At the time this was made it was basically a facelifted 20 year old model (1974) and the underpinnings were based on a modified late 50s design (T603).This didn't have an automatic gearbox or an ABS or airbags and competition at the time included W140 and E32, which were also both cheaper.

Will be looking for them for sure, many of them are on our wish list, they are indeed very interesting!

You can do just that with a number of high-end cars.

@@CaptHollister I suppose you can't do it with a Lexus, Merc or BMW. This was the communist era equivalent of this type of cars, we are not talking Bentley here

That is something Tatra used to do back in a day, as these cars worked for the government, let's say every ten years your car would get new engine or chassis based on what was needed, that is also why there is often discrepancy in engine vs. chassis serial numbers, Tatra rarely stayed for its whole life with same vital parts.

The French car make Avions-Voisin used to do the same in the 20's and 30's, customers would trade their cars back for a newer one, the factory would refurbish and update them (even change de serial number !) and sell them for a discount.

Was extremely common with early lambos and Ferraris.

I was just visiting Prague and Czech Republic for this filming, but I must admit there are many years since I admire the history and engineering of Tatra models, so driving it and doing a dive in history was of immense satisfaction for me. Thanks for appreciation!

Yes, that is absolutely true. Skoda just hadn't the experience and the motivation to start the production of such a car in a good quality right away.

Tatra - supporting German war effort by providing trucks and engines (Sd.Kfz. 234). Yours is a sensationalist clickbait fabrication, mine is a historical fact.

It is just a frunk, with access to some of the car's systems and a spare wheel. Earlier models had the gas tank position there, but the 613 had it under the rear seat already.

@@timelessdriving thanks for your reply! I can sleep easy now. Keep up the great work.

Yes, he drove it, but not very well 😂. Lovely car and video.

Thank you!

@@timelessdriving You’re welcome!