Tatra 613 Explained

Tatra 613
Manufacturer:	TATRA, a. s.
Production:	1974–1996
Predecessor:	Tatra 603
Successor:	Tatra 700
Class:	Full-size luxury car
Transmission:	4/5-speed all-synchromesh manual floor-mounted gear change lever
Layout:	RR layout
Body Style:	4-door sedan
Engine:	3.5L Tatra 613 V8
Wheelbase:	29801NaN1
Length:	50201NaN1
Width:	18001NaN1
Height:	15001NaN1
Weight:	16900NaN0
Designer:	Vignale

The Tatra 613 is a large luxury rear wheel driven car with rear-mounted air-cooled engine manufactured by Czechoslovak manufacturer Tatra from 1974 until 1996 as a replacement for the Tatra 603 series.

It featured an all-new body styled by Vignale of Italy back in 1968^[1] and used a DOHC air-cooled 3.5 litre V8 engine with 1680NaN0. Later injection versions reached 2000NaN0, with a maximum speed of 2300NaN0. The design was updated a further five times until being replaced by the Tatra 700 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 : 1681NaN1 at 5200 rpm, 2001NaN1^[2] at 5750 rpm (injection version)
• maximum torque : 2700NaN0 at 3330 rpm, 3000NaN0 (injection version)
• top speed: 190 km/h, 230 km/h (injection version)^[2]
• 0–100 km/h: 11.4 s (carburetted 613-4)

Versions

• 1975 - 1980 Tatra 613 - 4581 vehicles produced^[3]
• 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

External links

• Tatra a.s., official Tatra pages
• Tatra 613 info page
• Tatra 613: не только служба в КГБ | тест и история, Published 2019-11-24

Similar cars

• Chevrolet Corvair

Notes and References

1. Book: Vignale, Alfredo Zanellato. 2009. Vignale con Michelotti Designer. ASI. 66.
2. Web site: Tatra 613 Mi Long na Autosalonu Brno 1995 . Tatra 613 Mi Long at the 1995 Brno Auto Show . cs . https://web.archive.org/web/20181226184240/http://t613.wz.cz/brno95.html . 2018-12-26 . Svět motorů.
3. News: Komunistický škvár, nebo rarita?. iDNES.cz. 14 October 2004.