Historical milestones

1850

Ignác Šustala begins the production of carriages and coaches with two journeymen in Kopřivnice (Nesselsdorf).

1858

Schustala and Comp. was established when Adolf Raška and Karel Mosler joined.

1882

Commencement of railroad truck production.

1886

Start of passenger railroad carriage production.

1891

Foundation of Nesselsdorfer–Wagenbau–Fabriks Gesellschaft.

1897

The first passenger car, the Präsident, was built.

1898

The first truck was built.

1903

The first small locomotive for field railways

1906

A spark-ignition engine of the company’s own design with an OHC valve mechanism and a hemispherical combustion chamber.

1907

The first omnibus – the L type.

1908

The first full-drive towing vehicle – R type (Jaguar).

1914

The first mass-produced trucks, the NW-TL2 and NW-TL4.

1915

The first passenger car with brakes on all four wheels – the U type.

1918

Name changed to Kopřivnická vozovka (Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau).

1919

The “TATRA” brand used for NW-TL4 trucks for the first time.

1921

The NW corporate brand changed to TATRA.

1923

The TATRA vehicle concept – Hans Ledwinka and the T 11.

1924

The TATRA vehicle concept applied to a heavy T 24 truck for the first time.

1929

Air-suspension for rear axles used for the first time – the T 24.

1930

Production of the most successful medium heavy truck, the TATRA 27, commenced.

1934

The premiere of the T 77 passenger car, the first mass-produced passenger car with an aerodynamic pontoon-type body.

1934

The aircraft department established in Vagónka TATRA Studénka.

1935

The first T 86 trolleybus.

1935

A special express railroad wagon called the “Slovenská strela” (Slovak Arrow).

1936

The foundation of Ringhoffer TATRA, a.s.

1942

The production of a three-axle heavy truck with a directly air-cooled twelve-cylinder diesel engine of the company’s own design commenced – the T 111.

1946

TATRA became a state-owned company.

1946

The recommencement of the production of the T 57 passenger cars and the T 111 trucks.

1947

A prototype of a T 600 TATRAplan passenger car.

1951

The production of railroad vehicles cancelled – the company now specializes only in road vehicle production.

1956

Torsion rods used for the first time for the spring action of the front axle.

1956

Mass production of the T 603 passenger car commenced.

1959

Mass production of the T 138.

1968

Mass production of the T 813.

1968

The construction of the new Polygon test track commenced.

1970

Mass production of the T 148.

1971

The decision of COMECON that TATRA will specialize in the production of heavy trucks.

1975

The production of the T 603 passenger cars terminated.

1982

The hundred-thousandth T 148 truck produced.

1983

Mass production of the T 815 commenced.

1992

TATRA, a.s. established.

1997

T 815-2 given the name of TERRN0 1.

1997

Sériová výroba kombinovaného systému odpružení kol zadních náprav – KING FRAME.

1997

The production of the T 163 (JAMAL) bonneted heavy trucks commenced.

1997

The termination of passenger car production, the last model is the T 700.

1999

A model range of special ARMAX vehicles.

1999

A model range of special FORCE vehicles.

2000

Air-cooled engine of the company’s own design to the Euro 3 emissions specification.

2002

The purchase of the ROSS R 210 intellectual property and production documentation.

2006

TATRA’s own engine with the Euro 4 SCR emissions specification.

2006

T 810 for the Army of the Czech Republic.

2007

T 815-7 in the standard range of TATRA, a.s.

2008

TATRA’s own engine with the Euro 5 SCR emissions specification.

2010

Semi-automatic TATRA-Norgren transmission.

2010

Civilian application of the T 810 and T 815-7.

2010

Facelift for the TERRN0 1 model range.