Tatra 602

The body is constructed from a lattice structure of steel tubes over which lightweight duralumin bodywork is placed.

The car was powered by a mid-engine 1.9L 4-cylinder engine with four carburetors producing around 63 kW (84 hp).

Another 602 was built in 1951 and featured a 2.5L air-cooled V8 engine (from the Tatra 603) producing around 99 kW (133 hp) connected to a 4 speed manual transmission.

[4] This 602 was destroyed in a 1953 crash while attempting a speed record, but the driver, Josef Chovanec, was thrown clear and survived.

The chassis of the first car, with 4 cylinder Tatraplan engine sits in the Tatra Factory Museum in Kopřivnice.