Tatra 75

Tatra 75
Tatra 75 convertible
Overview
ManufacturerTatra
Production1933–1942
Body and chassis
LayoutFR layout
Powertrain
Engine1.7L (1688 cc) Tatra 75 F4
Transmission4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase
  • 2,700 mm (106.3 in)
  • 3,200 mm (126.0 in)
Chronology
PredecessorTatra 54
SuccessorTatra 600

The Tatra 75 is a Czechoslovak mid-size car that Tatra introduced in 1933 as the successor to the Tatra 54 and was Tatra's last front-engined car.

The front-mounted 1,688 cc air-cooled OHV air-cooled boxer engine produces 30 PS (22 kW).[1] This gives a top speed of 90 km/h (56 mph) and fuel consumption of 12 or 13 litres per 100 km (62 mi).[2]

Attention was paid to weight reduction, with light alloy used for the cylinder head castings. In common with other Tatras of this time, the 75 had four-speed transmission and rear-wheel drive.

The car was offered with a range of bodies including two- and four-door sedans and convertibles and a six-seat limousine with a longer wheelbase. In its nine-year production run 4,501 Tatra 75s were built. After the Second World War, in 1947, the model was belatedly replaced with the radically different Tatra 600.

  1. ^ Tuček 2017, p. 160.
  2. ^ Tuček 2017, p. 162.