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Tatra 602
The Tatra 602 Tatraplan Sport is a racing car produced by Tatra (company), Tatra in 1949. Tatra 602 The Tatra 602 was manufactured by Tatra (company), Tatra based on the 600, built in 1949. The T602 Tatraplan-Sport was prepared by the Czech coachbuilder Sodomka. The 602 was a two-door sports car with possibly only two units built. The body is constructed from a lattice structure of steel tubes over which lightweight duralumin bodywork is placed. The car is powered by a mid-engine 1.9L 4-cylinder engine with four carburetors producing around . Power was sent to the rear wheels through a 3-speed manual transmission. The Tatra 602 was driven by Bruno Sojka at Brno for the 1949 Czechoslovakia Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix. The 602 proved successful and won many races from 1950 to 1952, including the Ecce Homo hill race in 1950. On September 30, 1951, the 602, with Bruno Sojka at the wheel, crashed while training for the 1951 Ecce Homo hill race, killing Sojka. Although a caus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatra (company)
Tatra is a Czech vehicle manufacturer from Kopřivnice. It is owned by the ''Tatra Trucks'' company, and it is the third oldest company in the world producing cars with an unbroken history. The company was founded in 1850 as ''Ignatz Schustala & Cie'', in 1890 renamed in German ''Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft'' when it became a wagon and carriage manufacturer. In 1897, Tatra produced the first motor car in central Europe, the Präsident automobile. In 1918, it changed its name to ''Kopřivnická vozovka a.s.'', and in 1919 it changed from the Nesselsdorfer marque to the ''Tatra'' badge, named after the nearby Tatra Mountains on the Czechoslovak-Polish border (now on the Polish- Slovak border). During World War II Tatra was instrumental in the production of trucks and tank engines for the German war effort. Production of passenger cars ceased in 1999, but the company still produces a range of primarily all-wheel-drive trucks, from 4×4 to 18×18. The brand is also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T602
T6 or T-6 may refer to: Aircraft * Bikle T-6, a glider * North American T-6 Texan, a World War II-era single-engine advanced trainer aircraft * Beechcraft T-6 Texan II, a 2000's era single-engine turboprop trainer aircraft built by the Raytheon Aircraft Company Automobiles * Ford Ranger (T6), post-2011 models * Volvo T6, a 2005 concept car from Volvo * Volvo T6 engine, a turbocharged gasoline inline six used in the S60, V60, V70, XC70, S80 and XC90 * Volkswagen_Transporter_(T6), Sixth generation of the Volkswagen Transporter, and the latest iteration released in 2016 Biology and medicine * Enterobacteria phage T6, a bacteriophage * T6, an EEG electrode site according to the 10–20 system * Sixth thoracic vertebra * Thoracic spinal nerve 6 Pop culture * '' Terminator: Dark Fate'', the sixth film in the ''Terminator'' film franchise Rail transport * ALCO T-6, an American diesel switching (shunting) locomotive * T6, a model of the OS T1000 train of the Oslo Metro * Carlingf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Sojka
Bruno may refer to: People and fictional characters * Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname * Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880) * Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, Duke of Lotharingia and saint * Bruno (bishop of Verden) (920–976), German Roman Catholic bishop * Pope Gregory V (c. 972–999), born Bruno of Carinthia * Bruno of Querfurt (c. 974–1009), Christian missionary bishop, martyr and saint * Bruno of Augsburg (c. 992–1029), Bishop of Augsburg * Bruno (bishop of Würzburg) (1005–1045), German Roman Catholic bishop * Pope Leo IX (1002–1054), born Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg * Bruno II (1024–1057), Frisian count or margrave * Bruno the Saxon (fl. 2nd half of the 11th century), historian * Saint Bruno of Cologne (d. 1101), founder of the Carthusians * Bruno (bishop of Segni) (c. 1045–1123), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and saint * Bruno (archbishop of Trier) (died 1124), German R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brno
Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the 100 largest cities of the EU. The Brno metropolitan area has almost 700,000 inhabitants. Brno is the former capital city of Moravia and the political and cultural hub of the South Moravian Region. It is the centre of the Czech judiciary, with the seats of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, and the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office, and a number of state authorities, including the Ombudsman, and the Office for the Protection of Competition. Brno is also an important centre of higher education, with 33 faculties belonging to 13 institutes of higher education and about 89,000 students. Brno Exhibition Centre is among the largest exhibition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix Motor Racing
Grand Prix motor racing, a form of motorsport competition, has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as early as 1894. It quickly evolved from simple road races from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver. Innovation and the drive of competition soon saw speeds exceeding , but because early races took place on open roads, accidents occurred frequently, resulting in deaths both of drivers and of spectators. A common abbreviation used for Grand Prix racing is "GP" or "GP racing". Grand Prix motor racing eventually evolved into formula racing, and one can regard Formula One as its direct descendant. Each event of the Formula One World Championships is still called a ''Grand Prix''; Formula One is also referred to as "Grand Prix racing". Some IndyCar championship races are also called "Grands Prix". Origins of organized racing Motor racing was started in France, as a direct result of the enthusiasm with which the French public e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
