I'm not ashamed to admit that one of the key criteria that determines how excited I become about any particular car is the quality of strangeness. I can't help it; there's just something about that ...

Here are a few words to swirl around in your head: rear-engined, V-8, Czech, luxury, Zeppelin, Nazi officer-slaying, Porsche-inspiring, air-cooled, sedan. These are all terms that can be used in some ...

"Stastnou cestu," the Czech equivalent of bon voyage in French (and, incidentally, English), is the title of this feature-length Tatra 603 commercial. With a running time of 12 minutes and 28 seconds, ...

Well, I have to say that it was kind of extraordinary afternoon. A week after picking up my new '68 Coronet in the port of Bremerhaven, Germany, I finally got to the old part of airport, where I have ...

Well, if you never thought you needed a Tatra, this video will set you straight. Big time. Circa 1962, this 12-minute promo reel follows two well-dressed gents and an Eastern-Bloc Audrey Hepburn ...

Q: Greg, I really enjoyed your article on the 1947 Chevy Cadet that never made it to production following World War II. I also remember you wrote of the Tatraplan T-600 many years ago and its unique ...

Roman Mica first saw the car on eBay, that grand enabler of snap judgments: a 1968 Tatra 603, the Great Czech Whale of the apparatchik, a Space Age limousine from the Eastern Bloc. Black on gleaming ...

Q: Greg, I enjoy your column and want to know about a vehicle called the Tatraplan T-600. My friend once had one, and it would be interesting to see what info you have on this company. My friend told ...