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I don’t understand your comment. Neither the Tropfenwagen nor the Schlörwagen look anything like the Tatra you linked to.
by bernulli 5y ago
I 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.