Tatra T700 - A crazy car you probably never heard of (+ Tatra 613)

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Today, I’m going to tell you the story of a very rare and almost unknown car that was actually very cool and somewhat crazy for the Nineties - the Tatra 700 that was produced in the Czech Republic from 1996 to 1999.
Tatra 700 was in large part mechanically based on the Tatra 613, so I’m going to talk a little about the Tatra 613 as well.
Tatra 700 was the only executive car in the Nineties with an air-cooled, rear-mounted V8 engine. And this engine was a good one.
The car was hand-built with the utmost quality. And it was actually a very comfortable car.
The car required slightly different handling than other cars. Even normal city driving required keeping the revs closer to the second part of the tachometer which was very unusual for an executive car.
Also, the heavy rear part required different cornering techniques especially at high speed and on slippery roads. But once you got accustomed to those specifics, you understood that the car was actually very pleasant to drive.
Maybe it wasn’t the best car in the world, but it definitely was an outstanding one.
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@user-kr4vv5nz8t 2 ай бұрын

These is a very unique car , when I was living in Europe T 613 was my favorite car, I never heard about T 700 , only her in US , I wish I can have one and I am very proud of Tatra cars .

@eddiestevenson-kaatsch6306 7 сағат бұрын

Here is a film from an old TopGear episode (Pre-Clarkson I think). It features the Tatra T613/5, designed by the same people who made the T700, but developed in The United Kingdom by a small development business run by a man called Tim Bishop. He and Mark Berry (who worked as his engine tuning guru) turned the basic T613 into a run of five prototypes for Tatra, who later did the T700 restyle and interior refresh on their own. This is the very same car I drove back from Pribor (CZ) to Fosters Booth (UK) in one shot between Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Next to nothing on the roads of Europe or even the UK allowed me to pretty much keep the throttle pinned to the floor the entire journey. This car was good for around 140mph and kept it up for hundreds of miles on end, a memorable trip indeed. I worked with Tim and Mark, with a handful of other engineers and specialists, to create these frankly astonishing machines. They drove like giant go-karts but as softly as a Bentley. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zqd7nseGypbIdY0.html

@nando21326 9 ай бұрын

It's a very interesting car. Tatra made some really cool stuff.

@mariocastoldi612 6 ай бұрын

Automobile di grande impatto e personalità. Notevole!!!!

@martinwalker8569 6 ай бұрын

Milos Zeman = prime minister and recently president of the Czech Republic was only 1 politician who was seriously using tatra and supported (own czech company) instead of every other politicians rulling Czech since 1990 (Havel was using Lancia, Mercedes, other using BMW 7 and Audi..)

@rccc5806 9 ай бұрын

Never heard of the Tatra cars from the 70s and on and the T700 looks very good. Very interesting.

@PetrHavlicek-dw1zo 7 ай бұрын

Excuse my for my bad English, but It´s big true and I´m big fans car of TATRA!!!

@OuchThatHurt320 8 ай бұрын

There is at least one T700 in the US. The Lane Motor Museum in Nashville Tennessee has a maroon 4.3 liter one... it's quite a unique car in person!

@vitezslavnovak2077 8 ай бұрын

OuchThatHurt320 I believe they have really nice collection of Tatras including the preWWII types.

@tetchuma 6 ай бұрын

The Lane Auto Museum definitely has the LARGEST collection of Tratra’s in the U.S. they have about 10 different models from all years. They’re known for their microcar collection. If you ever go, get the vault tour!

@alexander1485 6 ай бұрын

I got pics of that one!

@senakafernandoamazing9499 5 ай бұрын

❤@@vitezslavnovak2077

@hermanrotman9259 6 ай бұрын

Where and when was the photo taken on 6.04 ?

@goose4150 6 ай бұрын

Very handsome gotta say. Will you make a video about the awesome MTX?

@wurstmotors 6 ай бұрын

Do you mean the Tatra MTX V8? I mention it in this video. Unfortunately, there is not that much info on that car (and pictures) to make a separate video (but the car was great, no doubt). Or do you mean the MTX as a team/manufacturer in general?

@goose4150 6 ай бұрын

@@wurstmotors nono it was specifically about the MTX V8

@JeanBaklazan 6 ай бұрын

@@wurstmotors MTX was child of 90ties as they been able to produce aluminium body, but there been mix of strange switches and interior (they used what was accessible). And due to low scale production it was pricey and not really on par (in terms of trade name) with BMW, Mercedes, etc - so not really competitive

@sorenfogdenius6393 8 ай бұрын

😊prehistoric animals❤

@alexander1485 6 ай бұрын

Ive seen one

@sfenodonte 6 ай бұрын

Cars that has always fascinated me, I think that its sales failure in 90 ° was certainly the cost but in particular the fall of communism and its line too old and outside the style of the time. A modern restoration would perhaps have saved, but it must be believed that the air -cooled rear engine for a sedan at the time was strange. Of course, the sportsman who was planned had had discreet appreciations and could be the future of Maca in the car. Today the tatra builds trucks (I result in one of the few with air -repaired engines) it is absurd to think that where the free market had failed where it failed ...

@PetrHavlicek-dw1zo 7 ай бұрын

TATRA 613 a TATRA 700 jsou mé absolutně největší lásky v mém životě, když samozřejmě pominu svoje lásky, které mám v rodině.

@wurstmotors 7 ай бұрын

I completely understand that love!

@PetrHavlicek-dw1zo 7 ай бұрын

@@wurstmotors To je opravdu moc dobře a myslím si, že můžeme být celkem dobří kamarádi. At´žije TATRA!!!!

@user-xp2pz4wt8u 6 ай бұрын

...so...

@graemeadamson7272 Ай бұрын

I really would like to watch your videos , but I cannot understand what you.are saying . Accent too strong . All the best 👍

@edvardsklempe1746 9 ай бұрын

Tatra is famous car i know many People in former yugoslavia now i live in croatia went to czechoslovakia to buy new tatra which in that time wasn,t so expanssive even they pay duty and income tax

@TheSuperdjica 5 ай бұрын

Da bilo ih je u Jugoslaviji ,nisu bile česte ,ali ih je bilo.U početku model 603 ,kasnije 613 ,mislim da su imali i zastupnike u YU