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{{Hatnote|"Präsident" also refers to the [[President of Germany]] or [[President of Austria]].}}
{{Infobox automobile
| name=Nesselsdorf Präsident
| manufacturer=
| production=1897
|
| predecessor=
| successor=
| image=PresidentFirstCar.jpg
| class=
| platform=
| transmission=
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| first1=Ivan
| first2=John G.
| isbn=978-1-84584-799-9
| last1=Margolius
| last2=Henry
| oclc=973620118
| pages=27–30, 32–33, 35
| publication-place=Dorchester
| publisher=Veloce
| title=Tatra : the legacy of Hans Ledwinka
| url={{ Google Books URL | 1=mYK_CwAAQBAJ | p=27 }}
| year=2015
}}</ref>
| layout=[[Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout|RR layout]]
| body_style=[[Phaeton body|Phaeton]]
| engine={{Cvt|2714|cc|cuin}}, {{Cvt|120|x|120|mm}} bore/stroke, water cooled, [[Flat-twin engine|flat-twin]],<ref name="Margolius Henry 2015" /> [[Flathead engine|flathead]]<ref>{{
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| first1=Ivan
| first2=John G.
| isbn=978-1-84584-799-9
| last1=Margolius
| last2=Henry
| oclc=973620118
| page=211
| publication-place=Dorchester
| publisher=Veloce
| title=Tatra : the legacy of Hans Ledwinka
| url={{Google Books URL | 1=mYK_CwAAQBAJ | p=211}}
| year=2015
}}</ref> [[Carl Benz#Benz and Cie. expansion|Benz]]<ref name="Margolius Henry 2015" />
| powerout={{Cvt|6.5|bhp}} at {{Val | 1=600 | ul=rpm}}
| wheelbase= {{Cvt|1780|mm|in}}<ref name="K. 1977">{{
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| accessdate=2023-09-12
| date=1977
| first1=S.
| language=cs
| last1=K.
| magazine=Svět motorů
| number=50
| title=Tatra 'Präsident' - rok výroby 1977
| url=https://www.tatraportal.sk/?ukaz=data/clanky/prezident
| volume=31
}}</ref>
| length={{Cvt|3225|mm|in}}<ref name="K. 1977" />
| width= {{Cvt|1472|mm|in}}<ref name="K. 1977" />
| height={{Cvt|2290|mm|in}} (with roof on)<ref name="K. 1977" />
| weight={{Cvt|1072|kg|lb}}<ref name="K. 1977" />
| designer={{ill|Leopold Sviták|cs}}, [[Hans Ledwinka]], [[Edmund Rumpler]]
}}
The '''Präsident''' was an automobile manufactured by
Cite web
| access-date=2023-09-12
| archive-date=2016-04-07
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407083803/http://www.myetymology.com/encyclopedia/Tatra.html
| title=Tatra - SpeedyLook encyclopedia
| url-status=dead
| url=http://www.myetymology.com/encyclopedia/Tatra.html
| website=myetymology.com
}}</ref> ([[Siegfried Marcus]]'s earlier cars were experimental and not practical). It was constructed by {{ill|Leopold Sviták|cs}} and [[Hans Ledwinka]]. The automobile was more of a carriage without horses than a car in modern sense. The car is steered via [[Bicycle handlebar#History|handlebars]] (while most of the cars of the era had a [[Tiller#Tillers on other vehicles|tiller]]). The wooden bodywork is placed on an iron frame. It has four seats and a convertible top that would cover only the rear seats. Both axles have suspension of semi-elliptical leaf springs. The wheels were similar to the ones of a horse carriage, but had rubber tyres. The car had a two cylinder spark ignition Benz engine placed by the rear axle.
==History==
In 1895, NW's director Hugo Fischer von Röslerstamm decided set up an experimental automobile shop.<ref name="Margolius Henry 2015" /> Baron {{ill|Theodor von Liebieg|cs}} of [[Liberec]], whose {{Cvt|2500|km}} driving tour of Europe in 1894, which transpired without any major difficulties, brought fame to the [[Benz Viktoria]], and ingratiated Liebieg to Benz. Liebieg advised the directors of NW to work with Benz, and they opened negotiations with [[Carl Benz#Benz and Cie. expansion|Benz & Cie.]]<ref name="Margolius Henry 2015" /> In the winter of 1896{{Spaced ndash}}1897, NW sent Franz Cáhel, NW's chief machinist, to Mannheim (the home of Benz & Cie.) to purchase licensing allowing them to build automobiles with Benz engines.<ref name="Margolius Henry 2015" /> NW also bought a [[Benz Viktoria]], and a new [[Flat-twin engine|flat-twin]] Benz engine (Benz had only just patented his flat, also called boxer, engine in 1896).<ref name="Remek 2012 p. 62">{{
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| date=2012
| first=Branko
| isbn=978-80-247-3538-2
| language=cs
| last=Remek
| oclc=791313475
| page=62
| publication-place=Praha
| publisher=Grada
| title=Automobil a spalovací motor : historický vývoj
| trans-title=The automobile and the internal combustion engine : historical development
| url={{Google Books URL | 1=wxD86UnsmVcC | p=62}}
}}</ref> The Benz Viktoria is a single-cylinder, [[phaeton body]] automobile, and was the first four-wheeled vehicle model produced by Benz & Cie.
The Viktoria and the engine arrived at the [[Nový Jičín|Neutitschein]] train station on 7 March 1897. Leopold Sviták, NW's master mechanic, and Cáhel, who had learned to drive while visiting Benz, picked up the Viktoria and drove it to [[Kopřivnice|Nesselsdorf]].<ref name="Margolius Henry 2015" />
The Viktoria was given the name "{{Lang|de|Instruktor}}" ("Instructor"), because it served as a model during the building of NW's first automobile.<ref name="Margolius Henry 2015" /> However, NW's automobile is not a copy of the Viktoria. Work on the new car did not begin until June.<ref name="Margolius Henry 2015" /> Sviták led the project.<ref name="Margolius Henry 2015" /> The automobile was up and running that fall. It was given the name "Präsident" in honor of Count Gustav Pötting-Persing, the first president of the {{Ill | 1=Österreichischer Automobil-Club | 2=de | lt=Austrian Automobile Club}} ({{Lang-de|Österreichischer Automobil-Club}}), which had just been founded on 6 February.<ref name="Margolius Henry 2015" /> Production of the Präsident was very expensive; the total cost was 400,000 [[Austro-Hungarian gulden|gulden]].<ref name="Margolius Henry 2015" />
On 21 May 1898, the Präsident took its first long distance trip, from [[Kopřivnice|Nesselsdorf]] to [[Vienna]], a distance of {{Cvt|328|km}}. The drivers were Fischer and Baron Liebieg, and it took them 14.5 hours to complete the journey. Their average speed was {{Cvt|22.6|km/h}}, and there were no significant malfunctions.<ref name="Mareš 1984">{{
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| accessdate=2023-09-12
| date=1984
| first=Vlastimil
| lang=cs
| last=Mareš
| magazine=stop : auto-moto revue
| number=8
| title=Z galérie veteránov
| url=https://www.tatraportal.sk/?ukaz=data/clanky/prezident
}}</ref>
While in Vienna, the Präsident was one of four cars shown in the "Collective Exhibition of Austrian Automobile Manufacturers" ({{Lang-de|Collectiv-Ausstellung der Automobilbauer Österreichs}}), which was organized by the Austrian Automobile Club, and held as part of the {{ill|Franz Joseph Jubilee-Exhibition|de|Jubiläumsausstellung 1898|lt=Jubilee-Exhibition}} ({{Lang-de|Jubiläumsausstellung}}). After the exhibition the Präsident was donated to the Austrian Automobile Club, whose headquarters was in Vienna's first district, to be used for training drivers.<ref>{{
Cite book
| first1=Ivan
| first2=John G.
| isbn=978-1-84584-799-9
| last1=Margolius
| last2=Henry
| oclc=973620118
| page=31
| publication-place=Dorchester
| publisher=Veloce
| title=Tatra : the legacy of Hans Ledwinka
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mYK_CwAAQBAJ&q=%22After%20the%20exhibition%20the%20Pr%C3%A4sident%20was%20donated%20to%20the%20%C3%96sterreichische%20AutomobilClub%20to%20help%20in%20training%20new%20drivers%22
| year=2015
}}</ref>
[[File:NW Präsident.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The original Präsident, displayed in the [[National Technical Museum (Prague)|National Technical Museum]] in [[Prague]]]]
==Design==
The car had a [[Flat engine|flat]] two-cylinder four stroke spark ignition Benz engine. It had two speed transmission which propelled the rear axle via flat strap.
The bodywork was derived from a [[Mylord (coach)|Mylord type horse carriage]]. At the time NW was renowned in the monarchy for its luxurious carriages, and the automobile itself was made in according fashion.
It was able to reach up to {{Convert|30|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}. It seated four, the two rear seats could be covered by a convertible top. The car was steered by handlebars. Tilting the handlebars forward and backward changed gears (forward,lower gear, backward, upper gear). The wheels were wooden with gum tires.
The unique features of the car were a differential and functional bumper.<ref name="Rosenkranz 2007">{{
Cite book
| first=Karel
| isbn=9788023998764
| last=Rosenkranz
| oclc=228593681
| publication-place=Kopřivnice
| publisher=Tatra
| title=Passenger Cars Tatra
| year=2007
}}</ref>
==Conservation==
===Original===
The very first
Cite magazine
| accessdate=2010-06-14
| date=1978
| issue=27
| title=Setkání s kopřivnickým prvorozencem
| trans-title=Meeting with the first-born from Kopřivnice
| url=https://www.tatraportal.sk/?ukaz=data/clanky/prezident
| volume=32
| magazine=Svět motorů
}}
</ref>
[[File:NW Präsident copy.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Präsident replica in Tatra factory museum]]
[[File:EnginePräsident.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Benz engine in 1977 Präsident replica]]
===Replica===
There were a few reasons why the replica was built. First of all, the company wanted to have the Präsident for the jubilee celebrations, and secondly the original underwent modifications of engine, accessory, lights, the convertible top as well as of the colour livery, and thus it couldn't represent the factory's very first car. The work on replica started in March 1974 and were scheduled to be finished on 1 May 1977.
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60 original papers of design documentation survived, however another 1150 had to be made, for which purposes the original Präsident was used. The manufacture took place in Tatra factory and was conducted by its engineers as well as retired workers of technical department.
The engine was manufactured also by Tatra. Four of them were made - one for the "new" Präsident, one for the National Technical Museum, where it is on exposition near the original Präsident (which has a larger engine than it was made with), and the two other were made to be joined as a four-cylinder used in a replica of the [[NW First Truck|First Truck]]. The replica is
==Legacy==
The cars NW produced after the Präsident followed it closely in design.<ref name="Margolius Henry 2015" />
* ''Meteor'' (number 51)
* ''Nesselsdorf'' (number 52)
** for Count Gustav Pötting-Persing
* ''Wien'' (number 53)
** for Baron {{ill|Theodor von Liebieg|cs}}
* ''Bergsteiger'' (number 54)
* ''Versucher'' (number 55)
* ''Auhof'' (number 56)
* ''Spitzbub'' (number 57)
The ''Balder'' and ''Metrans'' are sometimes listed as Präsident-derived cars, but the ''Balder'' was actually a {{Cvt|9|hp}} [[NW A|Nesselsdorf A – Vierer]].<ref>{{
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| access-date=2023-09-19
| language=cs
| title=NW
| url=https://tatra-oldtimer.webnode.cz/historie-/nw/nw-a-vierer-balder/
| website=A Vierer Balder :: Tatra-oldtimer
}}</ref>
Some elements of the design were modified, e.g. the belt drive was replaced by a four speed gearbox with spur gears. A cable drive was attempted before the gearbox, but it was not successful.<ref name="Rosenkranz 2007" />
===Use in racing===
On 23 October 1899, two of these Präsident-derived cars, the ''Wien'' and the ''Nesselsdorf'', competed in the first automobile race held in [[Austria-Hungary]]. The race took place in [[Vienna]], on the {{Lang|de|[[Trabrennbahn Krieau]]}}, a [[Harness racing|trotting]] track near the [[Prater]]. Competing cars were the ''Wien'', the ''Nesselsdorf'', four [[Carl Benz|Benz]] cars, and four [[Lorraine-Dietrich|Dietrich-Bolleé]] cars. Baron {{ill|Theodor von Liebieg|cs}}, driving the ''Wien'', won the race, and the ''Nesselsdorf'' came in second.
In March 1900, Liebieg raced the {{Cvt|192|km|mi}} triangle track [[Nice]]{{Spaced ndash}}[[Draguignan]]{{Spaced ndash}}Nice, where he won the second stage outright.{{Clarify|date=September 2023}} Four days later he won the four-seaters under {{Cvt|1000|kg}} class in the famous Nice{{Spaced ndash}}[[La Turbie]] hill climb race.
The Präsident-derived cars Liebieg was competing with were designed for ordinary use, not racing. So after his successes of late 1899 and early 1900, Liebieg commissioned NW to produce a new automobile specifically designed for racing. NW fulfilled this order with the [[NW Rennzweier|Rennzweier]], the first race car built in [[Central Europe]].<ref name="Rosenkranz 2007" />
===Later models===
For later models the alphabets were used (A, B, S, [[Tatra 20|T]], U ...), and since about 1921 as the company changed name to Tatra, it uses numbers to name the models ([[Tatra 11|11]], [[Tatra 12|12]], [[Tatra 20|20]]...). One year after the manufacture of Präsident, the [[NW First Truck|First Truck]] was built.<ref>{{
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| accessdate=2023-09-12
| date=1973
| first=S.
| language=cs
| last=K.
| magazine=Svět motorů
| number=23
| title=President vyjel!
| trans-title=The president has left!
| url=https://www.tatraportal.sk/?ukaz=data/clanky/prezident
| volume=27
}}
</ref> The manufacture of cars continued in Kopřivnice till 1998 with the last car [[Tatra T700]]. The manufacture of heavy duty trucks continues up to today.
Even today's models (i.e. [[Tatra 815]]) follow the unique design features (such as [[backbone chassis|backbone tube with swinging half-axles]]) which were introduced by [[Hans Ledwinka]] in 1920s, who himself took part in construction of the Präsident. Throughout the time, Tatra introduced to the automotive world revolutionary concepts such as modern car aerodynamics through model [[Tatra T77]], as well as design of a "peoples car" through [[Tatra V570]] and [[Tatra T97]]. However, 40 years of planned economy in Czechoslovakia made the company to specialize in heavy off-road trucks while the manufacture of cars was only subsidiary. The turmoil years after the [[Velvet revolution]] brought Tatra to the edge of bankruptcy and consequently the manufacture of cars was abandoned, while only the production of [[Tatra (company)#Trucks|heavy-duty trucks]] continues.
==See also==
* [[VinFast LUX SA2.0#VinFast President|VinFast President]], limited edition car model made by [[VinFast]] named after the Nesselsdorf Präsident<ref>{{
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| access-date=2023-09-19
| date=2020-09-21
| first=Gregor
| language=de
| last=Hebermehl
| title=Vinfast President: Vietnamesischer Luxus-SUV auf BMW-X5-Basis
| url=https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/neuheiten/vinfast-president-vietnamesischer-luxus-suv-auf-bmw-x5-basis/
| website=auto motor und sport
}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.tatraportal.sk/?ukaz=data/clanky/prezident Magazine articles about the Präsident] {{In lang|cs|sk}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160329174313/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0evxUfS4x4 Video of Präsident and other Tatras driving through the streets of Prague in 1936]
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