The Tatra 603 is one of the most distinctive post-war European luxury cars, developed in Czechoslovakia around an air-cooled rear-mounted V8 and a highly aerodynamic body. It was produced primarily for government officials, senior administrators and institutional use throughout the Eastern Bloc, which makes cars retaining a genuine period DDR history particularly interesting today. Its… Read More DDR Survivor: 1973 Tatra 603
This model emerged from a collaboration between Volkswagen AG, the Italian design house Carrozzeria Ghia, and German coachbuilder Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1961. Styled by Sergio Sartorelli at Ghia, the car featured angular lines and a distinctive profile that distinguished it from contemporary offerings. As Volkswagen’s range-topper at the… Read More Baby blue: 1969 Karmann-Ghia Typ 34
Perhaps in 1950 this car already looked out of date, but it certainly wasn’t 14 years before, when it went into production. Actually we deliberately used the verb “look” because even in 1950, this car was not technically inferior to brands like Mercedes and is, still today, more aerodynamic than a Lamborghini Countach. The masterpiece… Read More Postal service: 1950 Tatra T87
This brand is recognized by most classic car enthusiasts, yet in some ways it still remains a mystery to many. This also happened because the communist period did not help her maintain the notoriety that she had before the Second World War. These cars have in fact always been equipped with large-displacement air-cooled engines and… Read More Big aircooled: 1968 Tatra T-3 603
Let’s face it: very few know this car in its cabriolet version, and even less in the coupe version, but that’s also why we like it. In fact, despite being a car designed for customers who could not spend much money on a weekend car, it was still built by BMW (which was still recovering… Read More Better than it looks: 1963 BMW 700 Cabriolet
Actually we didn’t now how to name this car as it is a prototype built in 1968, using different parts from different cars. The engine should come from, we suppose, from a Chevrolet Corvair Corsa, it is a flat six engine with the “Corsa” option so it is fed with four carburetors and it has… Read More Something in the middle: 1968 MC GT38 Porsche/Corsa
