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Before entering the post I was certain it's about Tropfenwagen [1] displayed in e.g. Technikmuseum in Berlin. Either way for the newly constructed highways they
by undebuggable 5y ago
Before entering the post I was certain it's about Tropfenwagen [1] displayed in e.g. Technikmuseum in Berlin. Either way for the newly constructed highways they indeed shifted to aerodynamic cars with the body extending over the front wheels, but to the model ...cough... "borrowed" from Czechoslovakian Tatra [2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpler_Tropfenwagen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpler_Tropfenwagen
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_87 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_87
- bernulli 5y agoI don’t understand your comment. Neither the Tropfenwagen nor the Schlörwagen look anything like the Tatra you linked to.
- undebuggable 5y agoBodies of 77/87 Tatras were probably the most aerodynamic compromise suitable for mass production at that time. Just compare them with Fords from 30s and 40s [1]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ford_vehicles#1930s%E2%80%931940s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ford_vehicles#1930s%E2...
- dotancohen 5y agoHe probably meant to link to the Tatra 77, which some people say was the first aerodynamic production car. Though, I believe a dozen other cars also get that title, for varying definitions of aerodynamic.
- bernulli 5y agoThat one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_77 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_77 also doesn’t look like either Tropfenwagen or Schlörwagen. I don’t doubt there are many cases of blatant copying in technology, but I am having trouble to see any connection between either Tatra and the cars discussed in the post. Also: the “Czechoslovakian” Tatra linked to was designed by an Austrian and a Hungarian.
- usrusr 5y agoI believe that gp was referring to a certain nazi propaganda project that was basically a radically cheap downsized copy of that Tatra which somehow never stopped and turned out quite popular in the end.