Tatra 75 at the Josefuv Dul Car Show, Libereky kraj, Bohemia(CZ), 2015

Introduced in 1933 to replace the earlier Tatra 54, the 75 was a larger alternative to the 57, and had a similar grille to the 57A introduced in 1936. The grille also resembled the one used on the Skoda Popular, although Tatra and Skoda were, in those days, unrelated. The Tatra 75, being a midsize car, could be ordered as 2-door sedan, a 2-door convertible, a 4-door sedan, or (allegedly) a 4-door convertible. It was also available as a 6-passenger limousine, although the limo had a stretched wheelbase (because, of course, the Tatra 75 was normally too small to be a limousine). The vast majority, however, were 2-door, and most survivors today being convertibles. A number of these have sportier bodywork from outside coachbuilders like Karosarna Bohemia. In general, my opinion is that the 2-door convertibles resemble Ford roadsters of the same era, especially given both the v-grille, and the side louvers on the good, which resemble the louvers used on Fords in the model years 1935-1936. In terms of performance, though, the Tatra 75 had nowhere close to the power of a V-8 Ford. Like other 1920's and 1930's Tatras, it had an air-cooled "boxer" engine, in this case a 1688cc flat-4 with 30 horsepower, mated to a 4-speed manual transmission. It could be said that the transmission was much sportier than the engine. The layout was front/rear, which made the 75 the last Tatra with this layout. The top speed of the Tatra 75 was published as 90Km/h (56 m.p.h.), which was average for the era.