Talk:Tatra 87

I'm not sure about the veracity of any claim that this automobile is the first "designed for aerodynamic purposes," even if conceptcarz.com claims it's true. Pierce-Arrow's Silver Arrow of 1933, and the De Soto/Chrysler/Imperial Airflows of 1934, were specifically designed from the ground up to be aerodynamically sound, thereby negating any similar claim for any 1937 model.

Bingsterdc (talk) 23:56, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Theese cars were designed only to look streamlined, in fact neither the Silver Arrow nor the Airflow were truly aerodynamic. There were many cars with "pseudoaerodinamical" bodywork in the 1930s. However the Tatra actually was aerodinamical. DL24 (talk) 11:16, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurel_Per%C5%9Fu —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.64.71.64 (talk) 20:08, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

That is all connected to Tatra 77, which is the first serial'-produced truly aerodynamically designed automobile.Cimmerian praetor (talk) 19:59, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Rear window

Is it not the case that the Tatra T87 did indeed have a rear window? A glass pane is "under" the sheet metal engine cover, as can be seen in the photo with the cover open. When it's closed, viewing backwards is possible from inside the car, through louvres in the bodywork. Toki53 (talk) 09:57, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure if you could call it a rear window but yes, thanks to the very precise horizontal positioning of the louvres in the bodywork, exactly in line with that glass pane it was possible to see in the rear with an interior rear view mirror or by turning your body sideways and looking back when you were backing up the car. --AlainV (talk) 18:36, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

To support Alain, see 1, 2

+ worth mentioning is that at the end the engine T 603A was tested in T87s and in this configuration there was rear window 3 Cimmerian praetor (talk) 21:27, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Notable owners

In 1945 one Tatra 87 (convertible) was gifted to Stalin, but he disliked convertibles due to his fear of assassination and didn't use it, but his daughter Svetlana did it. http://www.avtobahn.ru/index.php?module=info&info_id=708&PHPSESSID=c1b72082050818dcdc4c2cd4981dd891 Ходок (talk) 09:24, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Is there other source (preferably non-russian) supporting this? Although other sources support that Stalin was given T 87 in 1945, there is no mention as regards it being convertible nor about the daughter driving it. I just want to make sure that there is no confusion between the T87 and T600 convertible Stalin was given. In any case, if Stalin never sat in it, his daughter should be in the list (with a note that the car was given to Stalin) cs:Tatra_600_kabriolet. Cimmerian praetor (talk) 11:31, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Engine

What's missing from these Tatra articles is some description & discussion of the highly unusual and interesting air-cooled V8. Sca (talk) 13:06, 27 August 2015 (UTC)