It was built both at the Tatra factory in Kopřivnice and also under licence by Rohr at Frankfurt am Main in Germany.

It also has the same 30 hp (22 kW) air-cooled 1,910 cc overhead valve flat-four engine, which gives it a top speed of 90 km/h (56 mph).

[1] The choice of bodies offered included a four-door sedan, two-door, four-seat convertible, six-seat landaulet by Tatra and more luxurious versions with bodies by a choice of coachbuilders: Bohemia in Česká Lípa and Sodomka in Vysoké Mýto.

[4] By 1934 the bonnet had been restyled, with Tatra's traditional enclosed front replaced with a conventional grille.

Tatra increased the Type 52's power output to 32 hp (24 kW).