Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft

Tatra (car)

Tatra is a vehicle manufacturer in Kopřivnice, Czech Republic. The company was founded in 1850 as Schustala & Company later renamed Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft, a wagon and carriage manufacturer, and in 1897 produced the first motor car in central Europe, the Präsident. In 1918, it...

 (NW) type T was a luxurious vintage car. As the company changed its name the model was renamed to Tatra 20 in 1919. It was successor to very successful model NW type S. It was made at the same time as NW type U

Tatra 10

The NW type U is a veteran automobile manufactured by Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriks-Gesellschaft A.G. . After the success of Type S, models NW T and NW U were launched...

 until 1925, when both of the models were replaced by Tatra 17

Tatra 17

Tatra 17 is a vintage luxury automobile produced by the Czech manufacturer Tatra from 1925-1929.-Engine:The vehicle had a liquid-cooled six-cylinder OHC in-line Tatra 17 engine with and 35 hp power. This new block engine by Bevel had an aluminum cylinder head and the first Tatras to have a...

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Engine

The engine NW T was a four stroke OHC water cooled inline four. It had a capacity of 3563 cc, which gave an output of 33 kW. The first T20s had to be started manually while later T20s had Bosch electric starters. The same engine was also used in NW TL-2 and NW TL-4 trucks.

Versions

The car was gradually modernized - i.e. manual starter was replaced by an electrical one, the speed-stick was moved inside the car, the brakes which were initially only on rear wheels were later also on front wheel, etc. It was sold mostly as luxurious limousine, although also other variants were made - i.e. ambulance car or a race car.

External links

• Tatraportakl.sk - Tatra 20