Tatra 80
{{Infobox automobile
| name = Tatra 80
| manufacturer = Tatra
| production = {{ubl|1931–1935|25 produced{{Cite web |url= http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z13551/Tatra_80.aspx |title=1932 Tatra 80 |work=Conceptcarz |access-date=13 March 2008}}}}
| predecessor =
| successor =
| image = Tatra80PebbleBeach.jpg
| caption = Tatra 80 two-door convertible
| class = Luxury full-size car
| chassis = Backbone chassis
| transmission = 4-speed manual
| layout = FR layout
| body_style = {{ubl|sedan, convertible, limousine,
| engine = 5,990 cc Tatra 80 V12
| wheelbase =
| length =
| width =
| height =
| weight = {{convert|2500|kg|lb|abbr=on}}{{Cite web |url= http://www.histomobile.com/dvd_histomobile/usa/154/3026.asp |title=Tatra T80 |access-date=13 March 2008 |work=Histomobile |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100702070058/http://www.histomobile.com/dvd_histomobile/USA/154/3026.asp |archive-date=2 July 2010 }}
| designer = Hans Ledwinka
|related=Tatra 70
}}
File:Tatra 80 Sportcabriolet.jpg
The Tatra 80 is a Czechoslovak luxury full-size car built by Tatra between 1931 and 1935.
History
Hans Ledwinka designed the car in 1930. It was launched in 1931, the same year as the Tatra 70, and the two models have the same backbone chassis and swing axle suspension. The brakes are by ATE-Lockheed.{{sfn|Tuček|2017|p=159}} The Type 80 has wire wheels, whereas the Type 70 has disc wheels.
But the underlying difference is the engine. The Type 70 was built with a 3,406 cc six-cylinder OHC engine,{{sfn|Tuček|2017|p=159}} but the Type 80 was given a 5,990 cc, 65-degree V-12 with horizontal valves operated directly by a top camshaft mounted at the level of the cylinder heads.{{cite book |last=Kasík |first=Pavel |title=Tatra 80 - Three Lives of Schicht's Famous Cabriolet|location=Brno |publisher=Tatra Heritage |year=2023 |page=226}} The engine produces {{convert|120|hp|abbr=on}},{{sfn|Tuček|2017|p=158}} giving the car a top speed of {{convert|130|km/h}}.{{sfn|Tuček|2017|p=159}}
File:Tatra 80 engine section.jpg
Tatra supplied the bare rolling chassis, engine and transmission. Customers chose a body style and which coachbuilding company would build it. Four-door sedans, cabriolets and six-seat limousines were built. There is at least one example of a two-door, four-seat convertible.{{cite web |url= http://www.auto.cz/tatra-80-rolls-royce-z-koprivnice-1124 |title=TATRA 80 – Rolls Royce z Kopřivnice |work=Auto.cz |date=30 May 2005 |access-date=1 February 2018}} Sodomka of Vysoké Mýto built bodies for several Type 80 cars.
The Type 80 was Tatra's most luxurious and expensive car, priced at Kčs 195,000 to 200,000.{{sfn|Tuček|2017|p=159}}
Tatra built 22 Type 80 cars between 1931 and 1935.{{sfn|Tuček|2017|p=287}}
Presidential landaulet
In 1935 a unique Tatra 80 landaulet was built as the official state car of Czechoslovak President TG Masaryk.{{sfn|Tuček|2017|p=159}} On 18 April 2005 it was presented to the National Technical Museum in Prague. On 29 September 2005 the Czech Republic declared that a set of five historic cars, including the Presidential landaulet, to be a national cultural monument.{{cite web |url= http://www.infocesko.cz/content/clanek.aspx?clanekid=16201&lid=1 |title=Národní kulturní památky prohlášené Vládou ČR dne 29.9.2005 |publisher=InfoČesko |date=12 October 2005 |language=cs |access-date=1 February 2018}}
References
{{reflist}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last=Gomola |first=Miroslav |year=2001 |title=Tatra Automobiles – Luxury Cars from Koprivnice 1920–1940 |publisher=Bohemia Hobbies |isbn=80-85991187 }}
- {{cite book |last=Schmarbeck |first=Wolfgang |year=1977 |title=Tatra, Die Geshichte Tatra Automobile |place=Bad Oeynhausen |publisher=Verlag des Internationalen Auto und Motorrad-Museums |id=ASIN B015S8O2OS |language=de }}
- {{cite book |last=Tuček |first=Jan |year=2017 |title=Auta první republiky 1918–1938 |place=Prague |publisher=Grada Publishing |isbn=978-80-271-0466-6 |pages=159–160, 285–286 |language=cs }}
- {{cite book |last=Kasík |first=Pavel |year=2023 |title=Tatra 80 – Three Lives of Schicht's Famous Cabriolet |place=Brno |publisher=Tatra Heritage |isbn=978-80-11-03087-2 |language=en }}
{{Tatra models}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Automobiles with backbone chassis
Category:Cars introduced in 1931