Tatra 613

The Tatra 613 is a large luxury car with a rear-mounted, air-cooled engine and rear-wheel drive, made by the Czechoslovak manufacturer Tatra from 1974 until 1996 to replace the Tatra 603. Its all-new body was styled by Vignale of Italy in 1968, and it used a twin-overhead-camshaft air-cooled 3.5-litre V8 of 168 PS, with later fuel-injected versions reaching 200 PS and a top speed of 230 km/h. The design was revised five more times before the Tatra 700 of 1996, itself a restyled 613-5, took over. Versions ran from the original 613 and the 613-2 and 613-3 through the 613-4 and its long-wheelbase and luxury Mi variants, including ambulance conversions. Government officials and industry executives were the main users, and a few served as police cars and as rescue vehicles at motor races.