Tatra 80

The Tatra 80 was the luxury version of the large car - type 70, the Tatra factory brought out in Nesselsdorf 1931. He was the biggest and most expensive car, the Tatra made ​​until then.

This luxury vehicle has had a water-cooled side-valve twelve-cylinder V-engine (65 ° cylinder angle ) with 5990 cc and 115-120 hp ( 84.5 to 88 kW). The engine delivered its power through a single dry, and a 4 -speed gearbox to the rear wheels. The new top speed of about 2400 kg car was at 130 to 140 kilometers per hour. The chassis was a central tube design that had incorporated a front rigid axle with double overhead transverse leaf springs and rear swing axle with a transverse leaf springs half. The wheels were designed as disks or with wire spokes.

The car was manufactured as a 6- seater sedan and Landauer. Until 1935 created 25 vehicles.

Successor was manufactured from 1934 onwards Type 70 A.

Source

  • Wolfgang Schmarbeck: Tatra - The History of Tatra automobiles. Published by the International Car and Motorcycle Museum Germany, Bad Oeynhausen 1977
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