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The ...
in 1996, itself a restyled T613-5.
The Tatra 613 vehicles were mostly used by government officials, industry executives and in limited numbers were also used as police cars and as the rapid response fire fighting and rescue vehicles during motorsport events.
Specifications
* engine type and layout: Tatra 613, air-cooled V8 2x DOHC (four camshafts total)
* displacement: 3495 cc (3.5L), bore: 85 mm, stroke: 77 mm
* maximum power : at 5200 rpm, at 5750 rpm (injection version)
* maximum torque : at 3330 rpm, (injection version)
* top speed: 190 km/h, 230 km/h (injection version)
* 0–100 km/h: 11.4 s (carburetted 613-4)
Versions
*1975 - 1980 ''Tatra 613'' - 4581 vehicles produced
*1980 - 1984 ''Tatra 613-2'' (changes in automotive parts, fuel economy) - 1045 vehicles produced
*1985 - 1991 ''Tatra 613-3'' (1st facelift by V.Výborný) - 903 vehicles produced
*1991 - 1993 ''Tatra 613 RTP and RZP'' (ambulance)
*1991 - 1996 ''Tatra 613-4'' and ''Tatra 613-4 Long'' (2nd facelift, first injection version) - 191 vehicles produced
*1993 - 1994 ''Tatra 613-5'' - only four prototypes were ever made, a fuel-injected 'westernised' car having been contracted out to ex- Jaguar development engineer Tim Bishop from England.
*1993 - 1996 ''Tatra 613-4 Mi'' and ''Tatra 613-4 Mi Long'' (luxury version) - 109 vehicles produced + several dozens of long versions
*1995 - 1996 ''Tatra 613-4 Mi Long MODEL 95'' (3rd facelift) - several dozens produced
Gallery
File:Tatra613 2I.jpg, Tatra T613-2 ''Chromka''
File:MHV Tatra 613-3.jpg, Tatra T613-3
File:CAS 20 - Tatra 815 4x4 & Tatra 613 Sanita.jpg, Tatra T613 RZP
File:Tatra 613-4.jpg, Tatra T613-4 Mi Long, model 95
File:1976TatraT-613-rear.jpg, T613 rear
File:Tatra T613 Engine.jpg, Later fuel-injected T613 V8 air-cooled engine
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