I explore and drive Tatra 613, the bizarre car with an air-cooled V8 engine

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  • Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
  • This is one of the weirdest, rarest, and yet one of the most fascinating cars ever produced - Tatra 613 Mi Long Electronic! It has a large V8 engine, which it is not placed under the bonnet, but on the rear axle! And moreover, it is air cooled! Yes, an air cooled V8 engine!
    Today we are discovering the intriguing story and engineering of the Tatra 613-4 Mi Long Electronic, but also explore and drive one of only 17 cars ever produced, which I found in Prague, Czech Republic!
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  • @iaintaylor5585
    @iaintaylor5585 9 місяців тому +203

    In the 1990s I did some work for the Slovak Ministry of Justice, and was driven between Bratislava and Wien Airport in one of their official Tatra 613s - no idea which version. It was very comfortable, and I remember the power of the rear engine made the front lift up a little when it accelerated. Thanks for the memory!

    • @gadoxipado
      @gadoxipado 8 місяців тому +1

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

    • @BoleslawPierwszy
      @BoleslawPierwszy 8 місяців тому +2

      @@gadoxipadoidiota 😅

    • @pavomarkovac120
      @pavomarkovac120 7 місяців тому +2

      third world humor​@@gadoxipado

    • @Epicmikey9
      @Epicmikey9 6 місяців тому +1

      @@gadoxipadoyes, but we pay with €

    • @rastislavdemko6682
      @rastislavdemko6682 5 місяців тому

      @@gadoxipado Favela of Rio speaks from her 🍑💩 Ask Bolsonaro, Lulu 🤡

  • @daviddouillet4138
    @daviddouillet4138 9 місяців тому +130

    An absolute gem of a car and the video is hugely underrated. You explained the history and how this car came to be in a brief and efficient way, and you took the time to get plenty of B role of this beauty.

  • @markallen2984
    @markallen2984 9 місяців тому +293

    The Czech people are formidable. Not only as engineers, but as brewers. Despite Germany's reputation for brewing beer, the best beer I've ever had in my life was in Prague: Gambrinus! 🍺😋

    • @thais1964
      @thais1964 9 місяців тому +21

      I love Pilsner Urquell too

    • @olivierdochez4141
      @olivierdochez4141 9 місяців тому +41

      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.

    • @ThreenaddiesRexMegistus
      @ThreenaddiesRexMegistus 9 місяців тому +14

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

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn 9 місяців тому +30

      Also Tatra was copied by Ferdinand Porsche to build WV beattle

    • @rc666
      @rc666 9 місяців тому +8

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

  • @User-vl9gp
    @User-vl9gp 8 місяців тому +39

    If you don't like Tatra, you don't like cars.

  • @Eigil_Skovgaard
    @Eigil_Skovgaard 9 місяців тому +30

    It's a very elegant car. I remember it from a visit to Prag in the 80s and I were impressed. It was black and parked not long from the 'powder tower'. At that time I though from the shape that it had been inspired from the most luxurious Renault, apparently a big mistake. It was a revelation for a person from the West who only knew of the smaller Skoda, the Volga and the Trabant and Wartburg from the DDR. I had just passed trough Alexanderplatz, and the contrast was huge. After the fall of the iron curtain, I had expected it to be exported. I told everybody about it at home, but I never saw it again. Thank you for this presentation.

  • @nemanjamihailovic5074
    @nemanjamihailovic5074 9 місяців тому +15

    Not a single word that this engine is dohc engine? It is one of the most important features of Tatra 613 and quite rare and advanced feature in time when it was developed.

  • @luminachiar7120
    @luminachiar7120 7 місяців тому +3

    I saw this car in Romania in that period.
    It was I thought, beautiful in that time when I was child.

  • @mikeluscher159
    @mikeluscher159 9 місяців тому +6

    I remember an old Top Gear episode, Chris Goffey test drove a black one in England
    1993 T613-5

  • @philipejeuceoututkache
    @philipejeuceoututkache 9 місяців тому +50

    It's so sad Tatra "disappeared" from the automotive market. Their V8 sounded so good.

    • @tomfu9909
      @tomfu9909 9 місяців тому +11

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

    • @timelessdriving
      @timelessdriving  9 місяців тому +10

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

    • @mjouwbuis
      @mjouwbuis 7 місяців тому

      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).

  • @davidmoynahan9585
    @davidmoynahan9585 9 місяців тому +37

    Beautiful restoration of the 613. Looks stunning even today and in a colour to match. Thanks for the video.

  • @dreiauge4553
    @dreiauge4553 9 місяців тому +37

    Absolutely cool car! It sounds like a vacuum cleaner, but this kind of concept with an aircooled V8 is unique!

  • @bruceintas
    @bruceintas 9 місяців тому +22

    Im from Australia, & love everything Czech! Prague, best, BEST beer, attitude, country, & now the Tatra 613!

  • @vecernicek2
    @vecernicek2 9 місяців тому +25

    Just to clarify: the 17 pieces produced is probably referring to the "Electric" model. Otherwise, there were many more 613s produced. I remember the electric model from a Prague Auto show back in 93 and it was priced waaaay above the standard model, which was already pricey.

  • @janhanchenmichelsen2627
    @janhanchenmichelsen2627 9 місяців тому +7

    Tatra is one of the most fascinating car brands of all time. I remember catching a taxi in a small Moravian town back in 1988. The car was a ca 1980 Tatra, and the driver, who obviously owned the car, was very happy to tell us about his wheels. We both used our shaky German to communicate, so not a lot of room for finer details. But it was a very comfortable ride, even on those twisting, bumpy back roads. With a delightful sound from the rear. If VW had stuck to rear engine drive, this could have been what their prestige car would have looked like in the late seventies. Mayby with a flat six. I hope the Tatra brand will resurface one day, proudly displaying Czech innovation and quirkiness. In the spirit of Hans Ledwinka!

  • @captaintoyota3171
    @captaintoyota3171 9 місяців тому +15

    70s man it looks 80s 100%. Tatra was ahead of time yet ppl think air cooled is "old" but its reliable and easy to fix. That thing has some deferred matinence for sure

  • @SabotsLibres
    @SabotsLibres 9 місяців тому +15

    The injected 613 has a little trick up its sleeve. When the accelerator pedal is floored, a sort of 'kick-down' comes into effect - only in the Tatra, it doesn't change down a gear, it uncouples the cooling fan for a few moments to boost power by about 10%...

    • @odl21
      @odl21 9 місяців тому

      Awesome. Although the electro clutch will add extra weight.

    • @caromac_
      @caromac_ 9 місяців тому +3

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

    • @odl21
      @odl21 9 місяців тому

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

    • @mjouwbuis
      @mjouwbuis 7 місяців тому

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

  • @Subgunman
    @Subgunman 9 місяців тому +36

    That is a timeless design both inside and out. Very elegant and stylish for its time. The cluster reminds me of the MB clusters of the late 80’s early 90’s.

  • @ynot5105
    @ynot5105 9 місяців тому +12

    Must admit, that I'm very impressed!
    Interior is rather plush and beautiful. Pity about the difficult gearchange.
    The roads are BEAUTIFUL; so neat and in perfect condition.
    Would've loved the experience!

  • @derekantill3721
    @derekantill3721 9 місяців тому +8

    A Tatra 613 made in the former Czech Republic a country whose engineering skill are often underrated.

    • @jjrejchrt6204
      @jjrejchrt6204 9 місяців тому

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

  • @wuseling
    @wuseling 9 місяців тому +2

    As I got older (72), I finally fell in love with Tatra

  • @steventoby3768
    @steventoby3768 9 місяців тому +20

    Having owned a small-displacement rear engine car myself and coming away with mixed experience of the handling, it's hard to even imagine what a rear mounted V-8 would be like (except powerful). And air cooled too! I have seen the name Tatra but had no idea it had so innovative an engineering staff. The fact it was a low volume builder means each car must have been practically hand built.

    • @timelessdriving
      @timelessdriving  9 місяців тому +12

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

    • @CawKee
      @CawKee 9 місяців тому +2

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

    • @Hobbes746
      @Hobbes746 9 місяців тому +2

      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.

    • @SpitfireFortyFour
      @SpitfireFortyFour 9 місяців тому +1

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

    • @CawKee
      @CawKee 9 місяців тому +2

      @@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 :-)

  • @3wheeler1000
    @3wheeler1000 9 місяців тому +47

    The last Tatra Limousine was developed by two Englishmen- Tim Bishop for the electronic fuel injection, and Geoff Wardle for the styling under Mirek Staron. All subsequently worked for Reliant Cars in the UK. Tim Bishop went on to start Tatra Motive Power, importing them to the UK.

    • @kamilhalapi
      @kamilhalapi 9 місяців тому +9

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

    • @Alan_GA
      @Alan_GA 9 місяців тому +7

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

    • @terryross1754
      @terryross1754 9 місяців тому +5

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

    • @3wheeler1000
      @3wheeler1000 9 місяців тому +3

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

    • @terryross1754
      @terryross1754 9 місяців тому +1

      @@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.

  • @jacobzimmermann59
    @jacobzimmermann59 9 місяців тому +7

    Bringing a car back to the factory to be updated and refurbished, what a fantastic concept!

    • @CaptHollister
      @CaptHollister 9 місяців тому +1

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

    • @jacobzimmermann59
      @jacobzimmermann59 9 місяців тому

      @@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

    • @Donax695
      @Donax695 9 місяців тому +1

      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.

    • @jean-charlesweyland129
      @jean-charlesweyland129 9 місяців тому +1

      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.

    • @odl21
      @odl21 9 місяців тому

      Was extremely common with early lambos and Ferraris.

  • @REPOMAN24722
    @REPOMAN24722 9 місяців тому +3

    Tatra needs a comeback, perhaps VAG could make it a premium brand.

  • @robertpearce2244
    @robertpearce2244 9 місяців тому +4

    Only 17 produced? Then I’m one of a privileged few who’ve seen one! I saw one in Weingarten in 1997. I’ll never forget how fascinated I was when I asked the owner to open the trunk and show me the engine! Amazing! Thanks for sharing 😊

    • @tomjanowski8584
      @tomjanowski8584 9 місяців тому

      only 17 of the long wheelbase electronic versions

    • @robertpearce2244
      @robertpearce2244 9 місяців тому +1

      And that’s the one I saw 😊

  • @TenderNick
    @TenderNick 9 місяців тому +5

    Beautiful innovative and stylish. Shame Tatra no longer makes cars.

  • @olivierdochez4141
    @olivierdochez4141 9 місяців тому +13

    One of the cars I always wanted to see in real life. and how I would love to see Tatra come back and produce a real luxury car that looks and feels different than what we know today. a true contender for worlds most luxurious car producer able to beat Bentley and Rolls Royce if they put their minds to it. The one thing that could have made the Tatra 613 exceptional would have been the hydraulic suspension from Citroën. Also that turning circle was pretty sharp, much smaller than what I was expecting. As for that engine sound, it doesn't sound like a truck, it sounds smooth and effortless, many V8 if not all of them today don't have such smoothness.

    • @timelessdriving
      @timelessdriving  9 місяців тому +6

      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!

    • @studiocalder818
      @studiocalder818 5 місяців тому

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

  • @paulparoma
    @paulparoma 9 місяців тому +14

    I was in a taxi in one of those in Prague back in 1992. It was a very nice, comfortable car, and I still remember the sound of that motor behind me.

  • @LandYacht
    @LandYacht 9 місяців тому +19

    Very impressive story and production! Please create more videos about the Warsaw Pact-era automobiles!

    • @timelessdriving
      @timelessdriving  9 місяців тому +3

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

  • @martinbalaz6751
    @martinbalaz6751 6 місяців тому +1

    My first car that i bought on my own was tatra 613 back in 1999 as a 20 years old guy and i'm very proud of it. Got holes in exhaust and the sound was incredible. As the best amercan cars

  • @chuckselvage3157
    @chuckselvage3157 9 місяців тому +18

    Im from Australia and this car is pretty impressive i was never a fan(no pun) of air cooled engines though.Thanks for the video.

    • @timelessdriving
      @timelessdriving  9 місяців тому +5

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

    • @iainherridge6253
      @iainherridge6253 9 місяців тому +1

      I'm an impressed South Australian too!

    • @chuckselvage3157
      @chuckselvage3157 9 місяців тому

      @@Ben72-u6p lol

    • @Wolf-yw7en
      @Wolf-yw7en 9 місяців тому

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

  • @nikolalucic9501
    @nikolalucic9501 9 місяців тому +4

    Prekrasna! Moj pokojni kum i ja smo uživali u običnoj Tatri 613 iz 1978( 121KW). koji je bio oker boje.

  • @CuoreSportivo
    @CuoreSportivo 9 місяців тому +1

    TATRA is the most underrated auto manufacturer EVER. PERIOD! i'm mezmerized every time i discover something new about them, it's like a fairytale but it's all REAL. unbelievable.

  • @ursus9104
    @ursus9104 9 місяців тому +3

    I have ridden in a Tatra 613 in Prague where it was used as a taxi. Very comfortable and spacious car, bigger than many similar western cars. Had no cardan tunnel because the engine is in the back.

  • @stevengagnon4777
    @stevengagnon4777 8 місяців тому +1

    Perfect background music for the 613. Can only imagine the joy driving this beautiful beast for an hour and then popping some of that music into the cassette deck. Well I've got a good cassette recorder ... now all I need is the car. Very nice presentation.

  • @szilardtoth8814
    @szilardtoth8814 9 місяців тому +3

    Approx 10 years ago somewhere between Brno and Prague I saw a red Tatra 613 with the Czech Firedepartment's nameplate.

  • @desmonddaly6538
    @desmonddaly6538 9 місяців тому +1

    It’s like a Mercedes and a Saab and a Volvo all put together. I love it and they put the engine in the back like a Porsche.

    • @mjouwbuis
      @mjouwbuis 7 місяців тому +1

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

  • @ianrusso8790
    @ianrusso8790 9 місяців тому +9

    really intresting, Tatra in the 60's was way ahead of the competition. I'm sure if they had the money they would have made an amazing car

  • @jeremywentworth1833
    @jeremywentworth1833 9 місяців тому +4

    So in 93 this particular Tatra 613 was more than an S-class Mercedes no wonder only 17 was sold. So much for the brilliant engineering it clearly has a gear box that needs double de-clutch that stopped with most if not all by the late 60s. Its a lovely Colour and for an eastern European car looks to have worn its 140,000 miles or so well or maybe its due to having been refurbished at sometime. I know Jay Leno has several Tatras not sure about 613s but definitely a 603, the 3 eyed thing sorry meant headlights.

    • @STIBRO1
      @STIBRO1 9 місяців тому +1

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

    • @mjouwbuis
      @mjouwbuis 7 місяців тому

      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.

  • @nesertema4583
    @nesertema4583 9 місяців тому +7

    nice video and good information on the car. the 613 reminds me of my childhood, they were quite common in Czechoslovakia back then in the 80s. I mean common - normal people could not afford them, they were owned by government, state institutions, police, etc.
    in the mid 2000s a friend of mine owned one, which I drove once. it was stolen eventually. but I remember the engine sound was special, so was the ride.

  • @CaptHollister
    @CaptHollister 9 місяців тому +10

    At first it seems odd to hear a 3.5L V8 described as a "large" engine, in Canada this would be considered quite a small V8. It's also quite odd to see a top-end luxury car equipped with a normal manual gearbox instead of an automatic. It's easy to speculate that if Czechoslovakia had not ended up on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain, Hans Ledwinka would be as well-known as Ferdinand Porsche and, in fact, it would be more widely accepted that Porsche blatantly copied the Tatraplan when he created the Kdf-Wagen/Volkswagen.

    • @jacobzimmermann59
      @jacobzimmermann59 9 місяців тому +4

      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.

    • @chrisridethatbloodything2044
      @chrisridethatbloodything2044 9 місяців тому +4

      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 ;-)

    • @piotrmalewski8178
      @piotrmalewski8178 9 місяців тому +3

      @@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.

    • @piotrmalewski8178
      @piotrmalewski8178 9 місяців тому +3

      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.

    • @huseyinuguralacatli5064
      @huseyinuguralacatli5064 9 місяців тому +2

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

  • @johndee5452
    @johndee5452 9 місяців тому +8

    Good engineers, the Czechs.Also produced very good firearms.

    • @1Longranger
      @1Longranger 9 місяців тому

      Love my Brno Model 2!

    • @danielsellers8707
      @danielsellers8707 9 місяців тому

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

  • @niccots
    @niccots 8 місяців тому +1

    The best thing of this this car when it drives is performance of the drone following it. The most weird thing is that you have to daily look on gauges with Made in Hungary logo.

  • @phil955i
    @phil955i 9 місяців тому +4

    I believe these were even offered for sale in the UK for a short while back in the 90s

    • @robertwilloughby8050
      @robertwilloughby8050 9 місяців тому

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

  • @jnjnjjnjnj
    @jnjnjjnjnj 8 місяців тому +4

    This car has the perfect high official look. It is hard to imagine it for private recreational use. When you drive in this car, it's like wearing a suit.

  • @altergreenhorn
    @altergreenhorn 9 місяців тому +17

    Tatra is original Porsche or Volkswagen, Ferdinand Porsche copied Tatra 1:1 to build Vokswagen bettle back in 1938

    • @michalhruska5090
      @michalhruska5090 7 місяців тому +1

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

  • @BartBe
    @BartBe 9 місяців тому +1

    This car has a huge Saab 9000 vibe. I love it.

  • @Dejan-gz6vz
    @Dejan-gz6vz 7 місяців тому +3

    Tatra 77, the first Batmobile.

  • @timbounds7190
    @timbounds7190 9 місяців тому +14

    Fascinating! I remember reading about this car as a kid, but never thought I'd see a video about it! Is it just me, but the passenger compartment (especially the doors) looks a bit like an early VW Passat?

    • @Chiellus11
      @Chiellus11 9 місяців тому

      Reminds me of an Audi 100 Avant C2

  • @TK42138
    @TK42138 9 місяців тому +1

    Good video and a fascinating car and company. Hats off to the engineers and designers.

  • @othellolagkage
    @othellolagkage 9 місяців тому +10

    Great review. I hope you will review more Czech cars from the past, they are very interesting.

    • @timelessdriving
      @timelessdriving  9 місяців тому

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

  • @Hazdazos
    @Hazdazos 9 місяців тому +3

    Not everyday that you hear about a new model of car. Fun video. Thanks for sharing.

    • @timelessdriving
      @timelessdriving  9 місяців тому

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

  • @SulikTrucker95
    @SulikTrucker95 9 місяців тому +2

    Man, i love Tatra 613-4 Mi Long, very unusual but yet looks solid and monumental

  • @maxhill9254
    @maxhill9254 8 місяців тому +1

    Excellent documentary, I can see that the presenter is visibly proud of this national treasure 🙂

    • @timelessdriving
      @timelessdriving  7 місяців тому +1

      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!

  • @russellhammond4373
    @russellhammond4373 9 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for the 'history' lesson on this intriguing motor vehicle.

  • @andysedgley
    @andysedgley 9 місяців тому +2

    There's a wonderful collection of running Tatra cars at Lane's Motor Museum in Tennessee by the way, including the 1958 T-603 Geneva Motor Show car, and a 1996 T-700.

  • @DOSputin
    @DOSputin 7 місяців тому +1

    The tatra engineering from the early era is just simply phenomenal. What amazing lines and beautiful designs. Why don't they make cars like this today??!! They were simply so far ahead of their time.
    That Electronik Sounds like a large vacuum cleaner.
    These air cooled gasoline engines are such a curiosity to a Westerner like myself. I own an air cooled in line five cylinder Deutz diesel, love it too. At first you think that being air-cooled will be a disadvantage, but it turns out to be very reliable. I would imagine that the same principles would apply to a gasoline-powered v8 air cooled engine. High reliability, less mechanical complexity and unique!
    I'm very very curious about tatra trucks, their integrated drive system looks fantastically capable in off-road situations.

  • @badbusdriver7160
    @badbusdriver7160 9 місяців тому +4

    While it doesn't have the avant garde beauty of the earlier cars, or even the simpler, cleaner and (IMO) more handsome lines of the early 613, there is just something very cool about this!. Given the problems making a mechanical linkage that long, it is surprising that Tatra stuck with a manual gearbox. Surely an automatic gearbox would be a much better fit?
    My Dad used to drive a Magirus Deutz truck with an air cooled V8 (diesel), so I do have something of an affinity to Tatra cars!

  • @djrichylaurence8991
    @djrichylaurence8991 9 місяців тому +3

    Air cooled V8. That's got to be an interesting drive!

  • @annahopp
    @annahopp 9 місяців тому +2

    I love the videography and editing skills. Superb!

  • @linkera
    @linkera 8 місяців тому +1

    This vídeo is a cultural immersion. And the car is nothing less than superb. Thank you very much.

  • @emotheriver
    @emotheriver 9 місяців тому +2

    Thank you, very informative, beautiful images and clips, bravo

  • @piotrmalewski8178
    @piotrmalewski8178 9 місяців тому +3

    Worth mentioning that moving production of Tatraplan killed the car off because quality deteriorated dramatically in the process.

    • @timelessdriving
      @timelessdriving  9 місяців тому

      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.

  • @IMTHEBIGGESTCUNT
    @IMTHEBIGGESTCUNT 9 місяців тому +29

    It looks like every available option was used in this build. Hats off to the design and manufacturing team! 👍

    • @jacobzimmermann59
      @jacobzimmermann59 9 місяців тому +3

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

  • @michallysek6996
    @michallysek6996 9 місяців тому +1

    This was my parents' wedding limousine back in the early 80s :))

  • @dcfriend5127
    @dcfriend5127 9 місяців тому +5

    Thank you for an interesting video on this vehicle. Tatra was well ahead of it's time in engineering and execution. I'd love the chance to drive that vehicle!

    • @vecernicek2
      @vecernicek2 9 місяців тому +1

      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.

  • @anj747
    @anj747 9 місяців тому +1

    Some of those old Tatras are gorgeous 👌

  • @blackbuttecruizr
    @blackbuttecruizr 9 місяців тому +2

    Great video! Might want to wash before filming 😉

  • @LiquidAudio
    @LiquidAudio 9 місяців тому +2

    Great video and what an awesome car! I loved my visit to Czech Republic.

  • @taunuslunatic404
    @taunuslunatic404 9 місяців тому +5

    The gearchange problem could be fixed replacing the linkage bushes like in the Alfa 75.

  • @Backwardlooking
    @Backwardlooking 9 місяців тому +2

    Thank you. Typical problem of gear selection on R.W.D. vehicle. 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @roncook8566
      @roncook8566 2 місяці тому

      Not typical at all actually and definitely not exclusive to rwd vehicles either

  • @gottliebheinrich8413
    @gottliebheinrich8413 6 місяців тому +1

    Česká Tatra
    is still a
    velmi dobře automobilka.
    As a german i love the czechs
    and their humour, cuisine, pivo
    and arts (films and literature)

  • @stephentaege6255
    @stephentaege6255 9 місяців тому +2

    I would be lying if I said wouldn't own this i absolutely love it 👍👍 cheers Stephen 🤠✌️🍀 great video thank you

  • @James-ld2jc
    @James-ld2jc 9 місяців тому +1

    What a strange yet wonderful car

  • @mxrz
    @mxrz 6 місяців тому +1

    The drone footage is really nice, it dramatically improves the video production quality, with a very distinct third perspective, besides the typical inside view and walk around views... Nice work.

  • @TregTube
    @TregTube 9 місяців тому +6

    What a cool car. I really enjoy insights into these weird and quirky vehicles that most westerners never knew much about. What I’m dying to know though, is what is under that huge bonnet, if clearly not an engine 😂

    • @timelessdriving
      @timelessdriving  9 місяців тому +4

      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.

    • @TregTube
      @TregTube 9 місяців тому

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

  • @ivkuasenov
    @ivkuasenov 7 місяців тому +4

    Beautiful roads

  • @janmolenaar9781
    @janmolenaar9781 9 місяців тому +1

    Now that is a special car! great video.

  • @Filip333ify
    @Filip333ify 9 місяців тому +1

    Tatra as a luxury sedan brand would deserve a restart. The Tatra trucks division has done so successfully.

    • @danielsellers8707
      @danielsellers8707 9 місяців тому

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

  • @grzegorzzdyb6775
    @grzegorzzdyb6775 9 місяців тому +1

    Ten akcent jest po prostu powalający 🙈

  • @MrBonnuus
    @MrBonnuus 9 місяців тому +1

    What a nice review. Saw one once on a club meeting, you never forget the impressive engine sound.

  • @infographie
    @infographie 9 місяців тому +1

    I’ve been in one like that, in 1992, in Praha. When the country was called Czechoslovakia. That car flies.

  • @haramaschabrasir8662
    @haramaschabrasir8662 9 місяців тому +1

    It's beautiful, especially the front. Very high quality video, good production! Cheers

  • @igorurbanek8217
    @igorurbanek8217 9 місяців тому

    As student I visited factory in Koprivnice . Car was man made actually, I remember to apply tin/ plumb , instead some epoxy, on body , to cover seams and dent. Wasn't intended to sale for public , just for government officials and corporation 's chairman. Cons was no cabine heating from engine, only gasoline heater what cause fire when accident.

  • @Boileddenim
    @Boileddenim 9 місяців тому +1

    Wonderful and well produced video. Thanks for sharing this. Tatra vehicles are fascinating.

  • @lenny108
    @lenny108 2 місяці тому

    This is a nicely done video using drone view. I think this car is constantly increasing in value. I wouldn't drive it on public roads because many crazy drivers might smash into the car. Better keep it at a safe place.

  • @LeeJcc
    @LeeJcc 9 місяців тому +2

    Very informative video on a rare and obscure make and car. I wish Tatra returned to giving the 613 an aerodynamic body.

  • @tomscameras
    @tomscameras 9 місяців тому +2

    What a fantastic car. I love Tatra's a lot. Also a gorgeous video!

  • @panoscharos983
    @panoscharos983 9 місяців тому +1

    Congratulations..nice presentation, regards from Athens Greece..

  • @ThreenaddiesRexMegistus
    @ThreenaddiesRexMegistus 9 місяців тому +8

    Tatra - killing Germans since the late 1930’s. This iteration is very stylish. It looks stunning in that restrained green - beautiful car! 👍🏻

    • @dr80008
      @dr80008 9 місяців тому +2

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

  • @O1Richard
    @O1Richard 9 місяців тому +3

    Vignale styled but no streamliner. I’ve been following the T613 and 700 for over 30 years, they had 5 slight model changes with the T613, the 700 was overhauled and reskinned version of the T613/5.

    • @timelessdriving
      @timelessdriving  9 місяців тому +3

      Yes, you are right, the Tatra 700, the last model produced, was another later facelift of the same 613, but it needed a new name to make it appear as a new generation.

  • @Tuberuser187
    @Tuberuser187 9 місяців тому +2

    He drove it! Thats awesome, wish I could see what its like, saw one in a museum but the display kept people from really getting just a good look inside.

    • @mrbennetts
      @mrbennetts 9 місяців тому +1

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

  • @NeoRambler
    @NeoRambler 9 місяців тому +1

    Damn! Those early Tatra cars looked phenomenal! And this car is also phenomenal. Thank you for sharing this! Never knew the Czechs were so good at car engineering. Puts us Brits to even more shame! 😅

    • @timelessdriving
      @timelessdriving  9 місяців тому

      Yes, Tatra is definitely a manufacturer with an intriguing history to discover and a lot of phenomenal models. Thank you!

  • @MrFREGENATE
    @MrFREGENATE 9 місяців тому +1

    I had to visit the museum in Praga to see it but it was worth it and made me happy

  • @stevelanghorn1407
    @stevelanghorn1407 9 місяців тому +1

    Great rare car & great video. Thanks 👍

  • @ianelliott229
    @ianelliott229 9 місяців тому +2

    Love the channel! Fascinating car. Btw, great drone footage 😊

  • @machpodfan
    @machpodfan 9 місяців тому +1

    What a fascinating story! Thanks for all the work on this, well done.

  • @florianwagner7279
    @florianwagner7279 9 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for this documentary about the Tatra 613 and its history - Even i never had spottet one on the streets, I always found these exciting. Rear mounted, air cooled V8, a bit different than main stream. Interieur looks a bit similar to Volvo 7 - Series of that era. Well done

  • @richardleighton288
    @richardleighton288 9 місяців тому +4

    Brilliant and fascinating. I want one.

  • @RichieRouge206
    @RichieRouge206 9 місяців тому +1

    A very cool car indeed! I love all the quirky engineering and the style of the 603/613. An excellent video my friend!