Tatra 11

The Tatra 11 was a completely newly developed by Hans Ledwinka small car, the Tatra factory in Kopřivnice (German: Nesselsdorf / Moravia ) brought out in 1923.

The vehicle had a top -controlled, air-cooled two -cylinder boxer engine with 1056 cc and 12 hp ( 8.8 kW). The engine drove via a multi-plate dry clutch and four-speed transmission with floor shift the rear wheels. The new top speed of 680 kg heavy car was 72 km / h The chassis had a central tube, a front axle with transverse leaf spring and a hingeless swing axle with transverse leaf spring rear. Hand and foot seemed only to the rear wheels.

In addition to the four-seater Tourer, there were also two four-door sedans and, Landauer, convertibles and roadster with a rumble seat and a delivery truck with box body. Within three years, 3540 copies were made ​​.

1925 presented the Tatra -Werke a race car before, the Tatra 12 Targa Florio. Its engine of the same displacement developed at 5000 rpm. 27 hp (20 kW) and gave the 560 kg heavy -seater a top speed of 120 km / h The engine had two intake valves per cylinder and the vehicle was equipped with four-wheel brakes. The tank was installed behind the seat. Charles Sponer from Kornitz won in 1925 ( in the category up to 1100 cc ), the highly acclaimed Sicilian Targa Florio race, and second, his compatriot and mechanic Fritz Hückl in the second T 12, which the for the Tatra works, their chief designer Hans Ledwinka and for Tatra 12 was of great international importance.

As a successor to the Tatra 11 Tatra 12 from 1926 came in the trade. Its engine of the same displacement reached 13-14 hp ( 9.5 to 10.3 kW). Unlike his predecessors, he had four-wheel brakes. In addition to the structures mentioned above, there was also a Sechsstzer for forestry, which was sold under the name of Normandy. From this model 7525 cars were built in eight years.

After the Tatra 12, the classical model has not (yet with four-cylinder V-engine in the front and rear wheel drive ) offered 57 from 1932. Another successor, already with a top -controlled, air-cooled two -cylinder boxer engine as the rear-mounted engine, the Type V 570, became the model for the already aerodynamic luxury car Tatra 77, and later the KdF-Wagen, and his two legendary successful postwar successor series VW Beetle and Porsche 356, 1933 remained at the prototype stage stuck.

Based on the Tatra 11 (later on Tatra 12) was offered 1924-1933 the pickup truck Tatra 13. He also owned the 1056- cc engine and came up with a payload of 1200 kg.