Tatra 613

Tatra 613
Overview
Manufacturer	TATRA, a. s.
Production	1974–1996
Designer	Vignale
Body and chassis
Class	Full-size luxury car
Body style	4-door sedan
Layout	RR layout
Powertrain
Engine	3.5L V8
Transmission	4-speed all-synchromesh manual floor-mounted gear change lever
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,980 mm (117.3 in)
Length	5,020 mm (197.6 in)
Width	1,800 mm (70.9 in)
Height	1,500 mm (59.1 in)
Chronology
Predecessor	Tatra 603
Successor	Tatra 700

The Tatra 613 was a large luxury rear wheel driven car with rear mounted air-cooled engine manufactured by Czechoslovak manufacturer Tatra from the 1970s to the 1990s, as a replacement for the Tatra 603 series.

It featured an all new body styled by Vignale of Italy and used a dohc air-cooled 3.5 litre V8 engine with 165 hp. Later injection versions reached 200 hp, with max. speed of 230 km/h. 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.

Versions

• 1975 - 1980 Tatra 613
• 1980 - 1984 Tatra 613-2 (changes in automotive parts, fuel economy)
• 1985 - 1991 Tatra 613-3 (1st facelift by V.Výborný)
• 1991 - 1993 Tatra 613 RTP and RZP (ambulance)
• 1991 - 1996 Tatra 613-4 and Tatra 613-4 Long (2nd facelift)
• 1993 - 1994 Tatra 613-5 (only five made, made in cooperation with Jaguar)
• 1993 - 1996 Tatra 613-4 Mi and Tatra 613-4 Mi Long (luxury version)
• 1995 - 1996 Tatra 613-4 Mi Long MODEL 95 (3rd facelift)

Gallery

• Tatra T613 Engine.jpg

  T613 petrol V8 air-cooled engine

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  Tatra 613-2

• MHV Tatra 613-3.jpg

  Tatra 613-3

• CAS 20 - Tatra 815 4x4 & Tatra 613 Sanita.jpg

  Tatra 613 RZP

• Tatra 613-4.jpg

  Tatra 613-4

• 1976TatraT-613-rear.jpg

  T613 rear

External links

• Tatra a.s., official Tatra pages
• Tatra 613 info page

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