Tatra 603 Motorsound (Cold start engine sound)

[KevluCC]

der is aus zittau, oder, kann aber auch identisch aussehen ;)

[psykotanks]

Lovely! They should put that sound on records! ;)

[DJHcom]

Überraschend grosser Wagen

[16flute]

Absoluter Wahnsinns-Sound !! Der Hammer !

[Domergue35]

O tuhle kvalitu jsme již dávno přišli...

[Teratop]

Tolles auto...

[LMFAO257]

papaláš fároš

[LMFAO257]

oh to je bubla

[guganek1]

Naše zlatá TATRA.!!.:-*.Kopřivnice..:))..

[Haffschlappe]

Most lovely V8 sound EVER!

[zuzulo56]

@Haffschlappe Given to a bit of hyperbole, Herr Haffschlappe? :-)

[sipahi61]

wonder if they pour salt on the roads winter times in Germany, looks really clean or maybe just drives it in summer

[Arainion]

ten zvuk motoru je tak jemnej a elegantní

[Arainion]

Amazing, Tatras and Skodas were the best cars.

[MultiBrasill]

yeah, nice czechoslovak work :) we have one of the best car at this time... 

[SONBoomer]

A V8 is still a V8, even in Hell!

[onlymusicism]

@SONBoomer hahahaha

[BassGoodForTheSoul]

What a lovely car, fantastic body design and sound!

[mrspivvy]

That is just beautiful. such a shame we didn't get them in the west

[SpenAgain]

Love Tatras!

[9205connection]

wow what a ride

[robzrob]

Nice. Striking-looking body shape: A kind of 1960s/70s front end, but with a 1940s rear end.

[FelipeCO95]

Hello. Where is that Tatra Club?

God, that car is beautiful as hell!

[Ascari195]

I drive it in Mafia 2!:)

[RockaChrillie]

@Ascari195

This car isn't in mafia 2

[Ascari195]

@RockaChrillie

it is!

[emilpastabuisson]

love the noise...

[pheenix42]

With that body design, it looks quite aerodynamic to boot! Thank you for the upload!

[palimad]

@pheenix42 Tatra T77A has the second best aerodynamic in the world up to these days. it is not such a beauty but still quite interesting fact... too bad communism screwed our car industry :(

[SpiritFairy1990]

wer träumt nicht von soner brummenden geilen kiste

im kofferraum kasten bier und ab zum see sag ich nur !! ;)

[sosen83]

piękny samochód , boski dźwięk , szczerze zazdroszczę :-)

[CodeTwo2]

Beautiful car.

[blakegriplingph]

Tatras rule. I first heard of them when I saw a 603 in "A Series of Unfortunate Events".

[deville69btk]

it´s a hemi!!

[nautiluZt1]

@deville69btk actually it's 50 years old czech V8 engine

[zonie1953]

@nautiluZt1 A question, Since the Tatra cars and trucks are air cooled. How do they get heat to the cabin in cold weather? Really interesting machines.

[spavatch]

@zonie1953 - I'll take a wild guess there's a gasoline powered heater installed.

[carlosVnI1]

@spavatch

BINGO! I remember in driving school they pictured us T603 as an example of car with separate/independent heating system it has to be switched off before entering gasoline station, if you dont want to learn fly :-)

[nautiluZt1]

@zonie1953 frankly I am not really sure. The trucks have standalone heater i dont really know about T603 and other limousines. I think they have it too.

[ptygr]

Tyvole, to je ZVUK! To je koncert válců!

Its phenomenal sound, I love to hear it!

[Haffschlappe]

Och naja also fahr mal nen Fiat Dino mit ferrarimotor oder nen Citroen SM mit maseratimotor samt D-Jetronic...da brauchste einen Flugzeugingenieur der immer mitfährt...so ein tatra ist doch nun wirklich nichts was einen Ängstigen kann...

wenn man die Teile bekommt, versteht sich.... :)

[supersmrf]

not better than an American v8 sound but it still sounds good

[honussa]

@supersmrf That's communism, that's real communism. The Tatra 603 and the GAZ tschaika (can't spell it in latin) were the real heroes on the road in those times!

[supersmrf]

@honussa i didn't say it sounded terrible or anything

[McLarenMercedes]

yeah, except ordinary people couldn't own them

the GAZ Tschaika was only for KGB members, no ordinary Ivan could ever own one.

[sumixSTYXX]

Man, that sounds so cool! It's not a motorsound, it's a music from heaven :-D. I could keep listening to it all the time. I must get myself a T603 one fine day :).

[Citronenfreund]

Affengeiles Auto !! Wird auch von uns als Citroenfans geliebt , weil auch die Tatra so schön anders sind .

[al4484]

al4484

Them days Tatra 603 was a luxury car, nobody could own it but only the government. I was lucky to have a short ride it was very comfortable it seemed like sitting on the plane.

[Makinen11]

What an ugly car. Thank god there are so few of them :P

[davidoff1994]

i have to say its better sound than american V8 ;)

[imp0cat]

Aircooled V8 FTW! :D

[thegreatkingdaniel]

@davidoff1994

Sounds like an American V8 to me. :)

[KarlosTheMighty]

@thegreatkingdaniel : well it is original czech Tatra engine, but you are half right :) it is V8 but with air cooling - it is specific for Tatra, Tatra trucks is cooling by air too

[Pnoerre]

Great car I would say it has some kind of futuristic Artdeco design--I love that!

Sounds very nice!

[redbarondr1]

Tatra is older than the nazi KDF/Volkswagen Porsche Beetle

[12valvepower1]

@redbarondr1 yep tatra tataraplan 603

[Klottelitsch]

Volkswagen meets Chevy V8 GREAT SOUND!

[honussa]

@Klottelitsch You should sit inside one - it's as if you are flying, because the engine is so quiet and absent. It feels like driving a toyota prius hybrid. The only difference is that it uses 19-25 l/100km. And not to forget 1l of oil / 100 km. Our oil cooling sysyem has a hole somewhere.

[Klottelitsch]

Wonderfull mellow sound !!!

[127phillip]

There is a Tatra 603-1 alive and well in Sydney. It was imported new into Australia for the Czech Consul General and converted to RHD and has a floor shift

[127phillip]

There was a Tatra T603-1 exported to Australia new for use by the Czech Consul General. It was converted in Sydney to RHD and a floor shift instead of column. It still exists in a deceased estate in original great condition...probably the only RHD one in the world.

[Pacerace100]

love the mellow sound :D

[12valvepower1]

listen to her sing

[Keijz74]

Nice alto <3

[marsgal42]

One magazine described the 603 engine as sounding like a cross between a 911 and a Camaro. I like it!

[Keijz74]

Nice sound.

[strelocks]

přeně tak!!

[sokarev]

kdyby nebylo tatry ...nebylo by wv vw:)))

[Klottelitsch]

Ich finde Tucker und Tatra gut auch den Citroen SM mit Maseratimotor und den Opel Diplomat mit 2,8 Liter Einspritzer...es gibt viele schöne Autos..den Tatra find ich aber am interessantesten!

[avzansbach]

blödsinn...ob tucker oder tatra beide haben nichts miteinander zu tun!! tucker hat was und tatra auch!!! da braucht man nicht so unfreundliche kommentare abgeben!! seht das doch einfach von der technick und design seite und bleibt einfach autofans...

[honussa]

TUCKER ist NICHT MIT TATRA ZU VERGLEICHEN, VERDAMMT NOCH EINMAL!!! TATRA HAT EINE GANZ EIGENE ENTSTEHUNGSGESCHICHTE Ganz im Gegensatz zu dem schei Tucker!!

Tatra ist eine Marke, die ganz zu Beginn schon vertreten war. Tatra = Autopioniere! So wie Mercedes Benz.

Da kann Tucker nicht mithalten. Und im Uebrigen, Tatra 603 entstand vom Tatra 87 - also kein "Kopieren". Eher verkehrt rum!

Und Tatras sind die wohl geilsten Autos ueberhaupt!!!

Scheiss auf Tucker!

[Klottelitsch]

Der Sound ist wirklich supergeil

[FloridaMustang1988]

alder wasn hässliches ding!!!!!

[Klottelitsch]

Blödsinn das ist SUPER FUTURISTISCHES SPITZENDESIGN DER 60s

[honussa]

stimmt alder!

[honussa]

Voll, aber leider ist der 603er auch ein absolutes Schrottteil. Das musste mal gesagt werden, weil (ausgehend von meinem) kann man nur sagen, dass man ohne einen Mechaniker nicht fahren sollte. Andererseits kann ich nicht genug vom Herumschrauben auf Tatras bekommen und daher passt es in dieser Beziehung perfekt. XD. 220000km sind auch schon eine Leistung für einen Kommunisten. Natürlich ist das unvergleichbar mit meinen ponton mercedes aus 1958, der 550 000km Laufleistung hat.

[superbran2008]

how meany tatras were there ther gosh i wish i was there

[honussa]

You have to come to a tatra meeting in the czech republic or in slovakia - there are loads of tatras

[Klottelitsch]

This car is a brother in mind of the famous american TUCKER made in very small series in 48´s by Preston Tucker

[cimmerianpraetor]

What brother in mind? Better google Tatra T77 and T87 and you find out that all "new" things Tucker had in his car these had 14 years before him. Maybe it would be better to say, that Tucker was son in mind of Tatra...

[honussa]

Bist du schon mal in nem Tatra 603 gefahren?

Ich glaub naemlich nicht. Ich besitze einen fixfertig tiptop renovierten Tatra 603. Und ich kann dir eins sagen: das Ding ist Spitze und ich mag es nicht wenn man dieses Gold auf Raedern mit irgendnem Scheiss aus der Usa vergleicht!

Ob Tucker nen Hubschraubermotor hat oder nicht - wem kuemmerts? Tatra war vorher da, was zeigt, dass, wenn kopiert wurde, Tucker kopiert hat!

Es lebe die Tschechoslovakei!!! (damit mehr Tatras gebaut werden)

[Klottelitsch]

Wanna see the US brother of your Tatra, please go to the youtube account of

TuckerClubofAmerica

Very close in sound

[Klottelitsch]

That sound very american that V8 excellent !!!!

[skodovkar]

You are looking well after our czechoslovak ladies ;)

[honussa]

For your information:

A tatra was produced during the communist times.

A tatra 603 is a beautiful and great car, but it is everything else than a good car - in fact the tatra 603 t2 is one of the worst cars ever built - compareable to a Lada or to a Skoda 120.

How do I know that? - well I have a Tatra 603 T2 , which is great. But I have to invest at least 3000 Euros into that car per year because there is always something broken. I also have a Mercedes 180D (1955) and it simply works and works.

[helmuthoorn]

The trouble with cars from former communist countries is that their building quality was not constant. When fabricated after specification they were just as good as any car from the West, but unfortunately that did not always happen so there were some bad apples in the bunch.

[honussa]

I'm sorry but you are wrong. The tatra T2 603 is made of bad quality parts (such as all liquid containers, in general the whole chassis, and the whole autobody.) I know that because I have two Tatra T2 603. (one is perfectly renovated and the second is very broken - but good enough for spare parts.).

For example: my perfectly renovated tatra consumes 23l of fuel and 1l of oil per 100 kilometers.

(and yes, I only let real czech tatra oldtimer mechanics touch my tatra!!)

ps: you're right too!

[davidviktora]

Well, that is pretty much considering "official" fuel consumption of 13 liters per 100 km. I am rather inclining to think that the engine of the renovated Tatra is in bad shape (maybe worn-out piston rings and low pressures in cylinders which makes you to give more throttle than needed).

[parmen2]

yeah that's right, and thank you our great government for selling Tatra to americans(what a shame)

[TomPro4]

wrounnnnn