Tatra 700

The Tatra 700 is a rear engined luxury car that the Czech maker Tatra released in 1996. It was essentially a heavily restyled version of the Tatra 613 that it replaced, and it is one of the last production cars with an air-cooled engine. It was offered as a four door saloon with a 3.5 litre, 90 degree air-cooled petrol V8 producing 201 PS (148 kW) and a top speed of 230 km/h. A later 700-2 version, made up of the last 14 cars built, used a 4.3 litre engine of 234 PS. A 400 PS version called the T700 GT was also listed but may have remained a one-off. The model was not successful, and production was halted in July 1999 after only 75 cars, making it the last passenger car Tatra built before it concentrated on trucks.