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| | Tatra 600 - Tatraplan |
 | | Its body, a teardrop form, fully enclosed the chassis and the wheels, wide at the front over the wheels, with a sloping split-windscreen, concealed door hinges and the back dissected by a small, almost symbolic, fin sweeping to the pointed rear lid. |
 | | When tested in a wind tunnel the Tatraplan, its name implying a connection to a contemporary two-year economic 'plan' as well as its streamlining inspired by aeroplanes (Colloq. |
 | | The Tatraplans were triumphant in a number of rallies, especially in 1949 Österreichische Alpenfahrt where they gained the first four places. |
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