It was the first Tatra model to use backbone tube chassis, swinging half-axles and air-cooled engine, the development of which is still in use on the trucks produced by Tatra to this day. Hans Ledwinka created the design of the T11 while working for Steyr in Austria.

Engine: 2 cylinder, air cooled, 12 hp. Transmission: 4 speed manual. Top Speed: 40 miles per hour. Years of Production: 1923-1926. Number Produced: 3,687. Original Cost: Unknown.

The Tatra T11 was the first Tatra model to use the unique combination of major components that are still in use on the trucks produced by Tatra to this day. Hans Ledwinka created the design of the T11 while working for Steyr in Austria.

Sep 17, 2024 · For 1923, Tatra debuted its first popularly priced car: the bold and rugged T11, designed specifically for the poor road conditions and extreme temperatures of middle Europe. Literally central to its design was a tubular backbone frame, which isolated the lightweight body-work from torsional stress.

Hans Ledwinka created the design of the T11 while working for Steyr in Austria. The design was rejected by the Steyr management. He left the company soon after to work for a previous employer, Nesseldorfer, in Moravia, soon to become Tatra.

With a unit construction 1,057 cc flat-twin OHV engine and four-speed gearbox, and an enclosed integral propshaft which made up the main backbone of the chassis, to say the Tatra T11 was mechanically unusual would be an enormous understatement.

Feb 3, 2024 · The Tatra T11 was the first Tatra model to use the unique combination of major components that are still in use on the trucks produced by Tatra to this day. Hans Ledwinka created the design of the T11 while working for Steyr in Austria.

Talk about Tatra and almost everyone thinks of the well-known streamlined models such as the T87. Few people know the T11, built between 1923 and 1927. The design comes from Hans Ledwinka, when he worked for Steyr in Austria. He saw potential in a compact car and worked on the project in his own time.

Feb 7, 2013 · Introduced in 1923, the 1,056cc T11 was one of the most advanced small cars of its era, incorporating independent rear suspension by means of swing axles, and a torsionally rigid backbone chassis frame, features that would characterise future Tatras of all sizes.

The Tatra T11 [1] is an automobile that was produced from 1923 through 1927. It was the first Tatra model to use backbone tube chassis, swinging half-axles and air-cooled engine, the development of which is still in use on the trucks produced by Tatra to this day.