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| name = Tatra 600 Tatraplan
| manufacturer = [[Tatra (company)|Tatra, a. s.]]
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| predecessor = [[Tatra 97]]
| successor = [[Tatra 603]]
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| body_style = 4-door [[fastback]] [[sedan (car)|saloon]]
| engine = 1952 cc (2.0L) ''Tatra 600'' [[Flat-4]]
| layout = [[RR layout]]
| transmission = 4-speed manual<ref name=AlleAutosder50er>{{cite book |last=Gloor |first=Roger
| length = {{convert|4540|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
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The '''Tatra 600''', named the '''Tatraplan''', was a [[rear-engine design|rear-engine]]d [[large family car]] ([[D-segment]] in [[Europe]]) produced from 1948 to 1952 by the [[Czechoslovakia|Czech]] manufacturer [[Tatra (company)|Tatra]]. The first prototype was finished in 1946.
==History==
After [[World War II]], [[Tatra (company)|Tatra]] continued its pre-war business of building passenger cars in addition to [[commercial
[[File:Tatraplan mfd 1949 1950cc the engine.JPG|thumb|right|Tatra 600 engine-bay]]▼
[[File:Tatra T600 Tatraplan.jpg|thumb|left|Tatra 600 Tatraplan in an exhibition]]▼
Originally the 600 was known as the '''Tatra 107''', continuing from Tatra's previous aerodynamic cars- the 77, 87, and 97- as it was intended as a newer, smaller, and cheaper version to replace the outdated [[Tatra 57]]. Tatra switched to a new numbering system after WWII, with all car model codes began with 600; as a result, the Tatra 107 became the Tatra 600.
[[File:AutomobileTatra T-600 Tatraplan.JPG|thumb|left|Tatra 600]]▼
[[File:Tatraplan.jpg|thumb|left|Tatra 600 at the [[Tampa Bay Automobile Museum]]]]▼
After two prototypes "Ambrož" (December 1946) and "Josef" (March 1947), the 600 went into mass production in 1948. In 1951, the state planning department decided that the Tatraplan should henceforth be built at the [[Skoda Auto]] plant in [[Mladá Boleslav]], leaving Tatra to concentrate on truck assembly. This was quite unpopular with the workforce at both plants: as a result Skoda built Tatraplans for one year only before the model was discontinued in 1952.<ref name="tatraplan.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tatraplan.co.uk/|title=Tatra T600 Tatraplan|website=Tatra T600 Tatraplan}}</ref>▼
The Tatraplan had a [[monocoque]] streamlined
==Models==▼
* Tatra 107 - original designation of 600.
* [[Tatra 201]] - [[commercial vehicle|commercial]] version of 600, four built (a pickup truck, a panel van, and two ambulances) in 1947. Unlike the 600, the 201 was front-engined.
* Tatra 600 Diesel - similar to 600 but with 2.0L [[diesel engine]], three prototypes built in 1949.▼
* [[Tatra 601|Tatra 601 Monte Carlo]] - a
* [[Tatra 602|Tatra 602 Tatraplan Sports]] - a
==Gallery==
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==Notes==▼
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*'''[[Tatra V570]]''' <small>''1931, 1933''</small>
*'''[[Tatra 77]]''' <small>''1933-1938''</small>
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*'''[[Tatra 603]]''' <small>''1956-1975''</small>
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▲After two prototypes "Ambrož" (December 1946) and "Josef" (March 1947), the 600 went into mass production in 1948. In 1951, the state planning department decided that the Tatraplan should henceforth be built at the [[Skoda Auto]] plant in [[Mladá Boleslav]], leaving Tatra to concentrate on truck assembly. This was quite unpopular with the workforce at both plants: as a result Skoda built Tatraplans for one year only before the model was discontinued in 1952.<ref name="tatraplan.co.uk">http://www.tatraplan.co.uk</ref>
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▲The Tatraplan had a [[monocoque]] streamlined six-seater saloon body with a [[Automobile drag coefficients|drag coefficient]] (Cd) of just 0.32.<ref name="tatraplan.co.uk"/><ref>Karel Rosenkranz, ''Tatra'', Autoalbum, 2002, page 107</ref><ref>Martin Janik, ''Tatra'', Computer Press, Brno 2005, page 76</ref> It was powered by an [[air-cooled]] flat-4-cylinder 1,952 cc rear-mounted engine. 6,342 were made, 2,100 of them in Mladá Boleslav. In 2010, in the UK, Tatraplan had been selected by public vote in the 'Classic Car of the Year' competition as the winner of the 1940s category.
▲==Models==
▲* Tatra 600 Diesel - similar to 600 but with 2.0L diesel engine, three prototypes built in 1949.
▲* [[Tatra 601|Tatra 601 Monte Carlo]] - a two-door sports car based on the 600, one (possibly two) built in 1949.
▲* [[Tatra 602|Tatra 602 Tatraplan Sports]] - a race car based on the 600, 2 built in 1949.
▲==Notes==
==References==
*Margolius, Ivan: 'Tatra T600 – Tatraplan', ''Architectural Design'', vol. 71, no. 5, September 2001, London, pp. 84–88.
*Field, Ben: 'Smooth Operator', ''Classic Cars'' magazine, May 2010, pp. 88–92
*Margolius, Ivan and Henry, John G: ''Tatra - The Legacy of Hans Ledwinka'', SAF Publishing, Harrow 1990, {{ISBN
*Margolius, Ivan and Henry, John G: ''Tatra - The Legacy of Hans Ledwinka'', Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 2015, {{ISBN|978-1-845847-99-9}}
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