Tatra 57

The Tatra 57 was the successor of the small car Type 12, the Tatra factory brought out in Nesselsdorf 1932.

The vehicle had a boxer engine as designated above -controlled, fan-cooled four-cylinder V-engine with 180 ° fork angle and 1155 cc displacement and 18 hp ( 13.2 kW). The front engine drove a single-plate dry clutch and four-speed transmission with floor shift the rear wheels. The top speed of the 780 kg heavy car was 80 km / h The carriage was a central tube, the front wheels were suspended from two transverse leaf springs back to a hingeless pendulum axle with a transverse leaf spring. All four wheels had mechanical brakes.

From 1936 she was offered the Tatra 57 A as successor to. The maximum power was on the same engine with 20 PS (15 kW ) specified. This would give the car 80-90 km / h The front was fitted with a condenser dummy how the model 75. There were only 2-door bodies, in addition to those of its predecessor, still a closed and an open jeep for the police.

1938, the Tatra 57 B. Its engine had 1256 cc displacement and developed 25 hp ( 18.4 kW). Of which up to 90 km / h fast car for the first time, a version with sunroof was offered.

As a variant of this last " '57 Model" from 1941, there were again a jeep, the Tatra 57 K. The engine of the four -door model with increased ground clearance on the same engine had only 23 hp ( 16.9 kW)

The Model 57 K was still produced until 1948, the civilian 57 B until 1949. A successor for the small model offered Tatra not.