Editing Tatra (company) (section)

==Prewar streamliners==
[[File:Tatra 77.jpg|thumb|right|[[Tatra 77]], 1933, the world's first production [[aerodynamics|aerodynamic]] car]]
[[File:TatraT97-front.jpg|thumb|[[Tatra 97]], which was later copied by the [[Volkswagen Beetle|VW Beetle]]]]
Tatra's specialty was luxury cars using the most recent technology, going from [[air cooling|air-cooled]] [[flat-twin engine|flat-twin]]s to fours and sixes, culminating (briefly) with the [[Overhead camshaft|OHC]] 6-litre [[V12 engine|V12]] in 1931.<ref>[[G.N. Georgano]] ''Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886–1930''. (London: Grange-Universal, 1985)</ref> In the 1930s, under the supervision of Austrian engineer [[Hans Ledwinka]], his son Erich and German engineer [[Erich Übelacker]], and protected by high tariffs and absence of foreign assemblers,<ref name="Margolius, Ivan and Henry, John G. 1990">{{Cite book|author1=Margolius, Ivan|author2=Henry, John G.|name-list-style=amp | title=Tatra - The Legacy of Hans Ledwinka | location=Harrow | publisher=SAF | year=1990 | isbn=0-946719-06-3}}</ref><ref>[[G.N. Georgano]].</ref> Tatra began building advanced, streamlined cars after obtaining licences from [[Paul Jaray]], which started in 1934 with the large [[Tatra 77]], the world's first production [[aerodynamics|aerodynamic]] car.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite web |url= http://www.tatra.demon.nl/cars_history_T77_T77A.htm |title= Cars & history: Tatra T77 & T77A (1933–1938) |access-date= 2018-08-21 |work= Tatra |publisher= Demon |place= [[Netherlands|NL]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061012221605/http://www.tatra.demon.nl/cars_history_T77_T77A.htm |archive-date= 2006-10-12 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Robert |date=2023-01-23 |title=Car of the Week: The 1934 Tatra T77 Is a Czech Wonder. Now a Fully Restored Model Is up for Grabs. |url=https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/1934-tatra-t77-rm-sothebys-2023-amelia-island-auction-1234798368/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Robb Report |language=en-US}}</ref> The average drag coefficient of a 1:5 model of the fastback Tatra 77 was recorded as 0.2455.<ref>Bohumír Mimra, 'Vývojové směry moderního automobilismu', SIA 1936, Technická práce na Ostravsku 1926 – 1936, Moravská Ostrava 1936, p. 593.</ref> It featured (as did almost all subsequent big Tatras) a [[rear-engine design|rear-mounted]], air-cooled [[V8 engine]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-03 |title=The Remarkably Futuristic Tatra T77 From 1934 |url=https://silodrome.com/tatra-t77-car/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Silodrome |language=en-US}}</ref>