Tatra is an automobile company from Czech Republic founded in 1850. Its first name was Schustala & Company but was then later on renamed to Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft when it included wagon and carriage in their lineup. Tatra introduced a model in 1897 and called it the Präsident automobile, which is considered as one of the first cars ever made in history.
Another change of name happened in 1918 and it was then called as Koprivnicka vozovka a.s. A year after, they decided to finalize the name to Tatra, which came from the Tatra Mountains, a nearby mountain range around the company’s area.
Tatra is considered as the third oldest automobile maker in the entire world right after Peugeot and Daimler. It was in the Second World War when Tatra is famous in manufacturing tank engines and trunks for the Germans. They also build all-wheel-drive trucks in the 12×12, 10×10, 8×8, 6×6, and 4×4.
The company was founded by Ignác Šustala in Moravia. He first started with his manufacturing of horse-drawn vehicles in 1850. It was in 1891 when Sustala moved in to railroad car production. Sustala then hired Hugo Fischer von Roeslerstamm as the technical director of the company. In the unfortunate death of Sustala, Hugo took charge of the company.
The current Tatra truck models include Tatra 810, Tatra 810 C, Tatra 815-7, Terrn°1, Tatra 816 Force, Tatra 163 Jamal, and the Tatra Phoenix.
Tatra joined with another company in the name of Ringhoffer and started a new corporation named Ringhoffer-Tatra Works ltd. The company is responsible with the production of aero-engines and aircrafts in between the decades of 1930 and 1940. They successfully released the models either built under the license of another company or through their original design.
The models build under license include the Tatra T.126 and the Tatra T.131. On the other hand, the originally designed models include the Tatra T.001, T.101, T.201, and the T.301.