The Praga Bohema is an upcoming high-performance limited-production
sports car manufactured by Czech marque
Praga.
Production
The car was introduced in November 2022.
The production will begin in the second half of 2023, when the first 10 cars will be made. In the same year, the
Czech brand will open its new representative office in
England, where customers will have the opportunity to specify the car. In the next four to five years, around 20 cars will be produced by each time. Production will be limited to 89 units, to celebrate Praga's 89th anniversary since Praga's victory at the 1000 Miles of
Czechoslovakia in 1933.
Design
Although the Bohema is heavily oriented towards track performance, it maintains several features that somewhat preserve its useability as a road car, such as storage bins located at the rear wheel arches and Alcantara stitching in the interior.
[ British firm Litchfield Engineering has also made several modifications to the engine, which is shared with the Nissan GT-R. The ]VR38DETT
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's wet sump oil system has been replaced with a dry sump, the turbochargers have been replaced with Litchfield's own, bringing power and torque up to at 6,000 rpm and between 3,000 rpm and 6,000 rpm, and is paired to a titanium exhaust at the rear.
Power is sent through the rear wheels via a 6-speed Hewland sequential manual transmission, to tyres fitted with Pirelli
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Trofeo R (305/30 ZR19 102Y rear, 245/40 ZR18 97Y front). This arrangement allows for the interchangeability of road tyres with track-only Michelin
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slicks
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, which are the same size.[ This is a similar ratio to the Bugatti Veyron. With such downforce, the car could theoretically drive upside down at this speed. Extensive use of carbon fibre throughout the car including its chassis gives it a kerb weight of just under .]
Specifications
References
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External links
The Praga Bohema
at Pragaglobal.com
Praga vehicles
Cars introduced in 2022