Tatra Baghira

Oh, ye of little faith. (Not you, the dude behind you!)

Some may see the word ‘Tatra’ and begrudge the fact a certain so-and-so named Ferdinand Porsche couldn’t help himself from copying the homework of the Czech automaker, tiny in comparison to German brands across a once highly permeable border. 

Perhaps your consciousness wanders to the deserts of Dakar (or low-speed off-road trials competition) where Tatra trucks have been known to dominate in some of earth’s least hospitable terrain.

Imagine a small housing unit with backbone chassis and four axles rearing and climbing up a near-vertical hill, or yeeting across the desert floor at stupid speeds.

Me? Obsessed with the invisible, how could I not be eternally captivated by Tatra’s streamlined production cars, which serve as aerodynamic benchmarks to this day. Blessed / cursed with a booty known to shake, a rear-engined Tatra is near the top of my lottery win ride-or-die shopping list.