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Beautiful! Respect from Canada!

Bloody magnificent.

Pour les courses on mange moins l'inflation et passé par là 🍽

Stunning !

You didn’t mention that the tow ball load is part of your vehicle payload. I have an Outback and with 180kg of tow ball load on the car, I can carry two adults, two medium dogs and around 30kg of other stuff after including tow bar and ball and a full tank. My 2.4turbo car suggests a 2400kg max towing capacity and a 240kg max tow ball weight. To run at 240kg on the tow ball I would have to run with minimal fuel and a light driver only. Even then if towing a 2400kg load, the load would be heavier than the car! Not a great plan. As they say, it would be akin to the tail wagging the dog. It is very important to get the message across to people that the manufacturers brochure figures are only for marketing purposes. THEY ARE NOT SAFE TOWING LIMITS. To understand those you need to fully load your car knowing the maximum lowball weight you have or accepting it is what is left after you load your car. The trailer weight minus the tow ball weight should be no more than 10 to 12% of the tow ball weight or 85% of the gross vehicle weight, whatever is lighter. Anything more and you are close to or surpassing and recognised safe towing limits.

Do not miss Tahoe close in Thornlie

I didn't realise the car reviews were now in TH-cam - that's great news! You're a natural, Alex, more of these please 👍

At one time, there were 2 of these Tatra's parked on a hillside in someones yard near Hornell, NY. (A small city in the Southern Tier of New York State). There is a TH-cam video of Jay Leno taking a Tatra out for a drive near his shop in California!

Friends of mine, brothers both have Tatras. I drove John's 1947 T87. Didn't like it. Tatras are not advanced. They are a false trail that did not show the way to anywhere. Today, we do not drive rear-engined V8 air cooled cars. For the car of the future, look at the 1934 Citroen Traction Avant- it's the basis for almost everything on the road today. Front wheel drive, rack and pinion steering, unit body, overhead valves and more. nBuilt for 23 years and when it went out of production in 1957, it was still more advanced than any other car on the road.

What is under the front bonnet, fuel, spare tyre; luggage space; old KGB agents?

Apperently Tatra killed quite a few high ranking Germans who liked driving them during ww2 .

Probably even less well known, at least here in North America, is the Eisenacher Motorwerk or EMW.

The Tampa Bay Automobile Museum in Florida has multiple Tatras on display.

Well, that's different! Never seen one, love the design!

I am 73, life time car nut, thought I knew them all but this one was to proove I did not. Great show more please..

I suspect Tatra parts are hard to get.

Thank you for being you history. Is everything in our auto industry? In years to come? Many of these cars will be seen as a Picasso or a Rembrandt and enjoy a different position as they certainly started the auto industry in a big way. I have a front wheel drive fuel injected two stroke 1953 goliath however it is extremely difficult to find parts and someone who is interested in them now as the youth of the day simply don’t want them so disappointing. It’s all to do with education history is everything regards Alan from down under.

@9:58 The exhaust sounds like a bagpipe song. Most unusual.

I have heard of this car - what to do?

Great film, Paul! Congratulations! Best regards from Germany

were influenced by the Tatras.[15] Hitler was a keen automotive enthusiast, and had ridden in Tatras during political tours of Czechoslovakia.[9][15] He had also dined numerous times with Ledwinka.[15] After one of these dinners Hitler remarked to Porsche, "This is the car for my roads".[9][15][16] From 1933 onwards, Ledwinka and Porsche met regularly to discuss their designs,[17] and Porsche admitted "Well, sometimes I looked over his shoulder and sometimes he looked over mine" while designing the Volkswagen.[15][16] There is no doubt that the Beetle bore a striking resemblance to the Tatras, particularly the Tatra V570.[15] The Tatra 97 of 1936 had a rear-located, rear-wheel drive, air-cooled four-cylinder boxer engine accommodating four passengers and providing luggage storage under the front bonnet and behind the rear seat. Another similarity between this Tatra and the Beetle is the central structural tunnel. Tatra launched a lawsuit against Volkswagen for patent infringement, but this was stopped when Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. At the same time, Tatra was forced to stop producing the T97. The matter was re-opened after World War II and in 1965 Volkswagen paid the Ringhoffer family DM 1,000,000 in an out of court settlement.[18] Tatra and Volkswagen's body design were preceded by similar designs of Hungarian automotive engineer Bela Barenyi, whose sketches resembling the Volkswagen Beetle date back to 1925.[19]

Obviously better RAC mechanics than those in the RAC here with my Volvo 855 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

During the thirties when it had a V8 engine, the weight distribution was way out of proportion with the heavy engine behind the axle, causing bad understeer. In fact a story going around was it killed more High ranking German Officers than the War. Because of their superior attitude they thought they could handle it. It was reported that Hitler had to order that the Officers not to drive the car. I presume the later models with a smaller and lighter engine helped in its inherent problem.

Tatra was definitively not the first to market a rear-engined car. The earliest cars in the late 19th century, including the very first Benz and Daimler motor vehicles, were all rear-engined cars - even mid-engined cars were available (Cadillac Curved Dash). Mercedes introduced a rear-engined car at the same time as Tatra did.

Nice one Paul 😃

So happy this vid had subtitles.. Awful accents

A fascinating car. And Paul seems like such a nice bloke. Like another commenter, I expected an air-cooled V8. A great video.

Tatra is world famous among car guys for its innovation and ingenuity in a corporate lifetime of very difficult circumstances. Lovely example!

Didn't know they made a flat 4. Thought they were all v8s!

That's an amazing car, in excellent condition. It would be really great to get driving impressions.

Interesting!

very helpfull

A good informative video

It is a city car but it is not afraid of the highway. An armrest is available as extra option.

Great info, thank you!

Anyone else come here to see the lightning strike the car?

This also assumes a level caravan. If the van is tipped down a bit, the TBM will increase, putting it over the limit. I guess the idea of this video is what happens when you are close to the limit. I think then the idea is to be way more conservative than this so that you have plenty of leeway. Like how much do the people in the car weigh? How much stuff are you putting in the boot? What extraneous stuff have you added to the car, such is bull bars and roof racks? Do you have too much stuff in the van, including batteries, water and extra solar panels? So my advice is to be conservative in your choice of caravan and towing vehicle, and then you have more wriggle room for putting stuff, people, water, accessories and big dogs in the car and van.

I think the Subaru is cutting it too fine, which is why there were a couple of points that were overweight. The Avan Aspire 555 is a bit ambitious for a Subaru which has a towing capacity of 1800kg. I think a Subaru is better suited to a much lighter camper van, such as an Avan Cruiseliner. It is also limited to 80kph which is a bit slow on a 110kph highway. If you want a 1.5 tonne caravan you're better off with a Pajero Sport or better. The ATM of the Avan is a touch more than the towing capacity of the Subaru. The tare weight of the car is 1660 which is less than the ATM of the van. This means that if the van is fully loaded, it will control the car rather than the other way around.

Enjoy your video! Thankyou for sharing your experiences! Would you know somewhere i could buy a set of que cards, for the glovebox, on propper towing techniques, please?? Kind regards, r

Happened in Perth, Western Australia, outside a Bunnings shop. Lucky the guy driving at the time didn't get injured.

Give some respect for this video guys

Excellent information . Watched it twice and took notes !

plenty in the classifieds GLS 55k drive away and GSR 60k drive away - don't pay advertised prices.

The problem I have with this Ute is the short distance between the bumper and the tow ball (approx 60mm). If you have an outback caravan or similar, which has the coupler inside the A-frame, the probability of damaging the bumper during turns is significantly increased. There is no advice on turning circle limitations referencing A-frame design in the promotional pre-purchase material and Mitsubishi offer no alternative and won't take any responsibility whatsoever.

Best video I’ve watched and easily understood what you’re conveying. Noticed you’re reversing to your right, is it more difficult to reverse to your left? My driveway is such that I’ll probably be reversing from the opposite direction to your video

I know whats wrong, aint got no gas innit 😂😂😂

That's some power

So what is the ideal distance the tow ball should be from the bumper. Most manufactures seem to go for the shortest distance to support 3.5 tonne ratings and 350 kg ball load. This is especially true for light utes and few, if any, manufacturers offer certifiable options that don’t affect warranty or insurance. Not something TH-cam “test experts” comment on as they seem mainly interested in towing in a straight line and seeing how fast vehicles can go up a hill towing a trailer.

Well, most of this advice does not translate to outside of Australia; in the UK for example, we have specific speed limits for towing of a maximum of 60mph (~96kmh) on Motorways/Dual Carriageways, and a maximum of 50mph (~80kmh) on single carriageways, or less depending on the posted limit, where as in many Aussie States there's no limit for towing. In addition, we have a maximum Nose Weight (Trailer/Caravan) or Drawbar Weight (Vehicle), and we don't all tow with 4x4s. For example my tow car is a Toyota Estate with a Drawbar Limit (weight on the 50mm tow ball) of 75kg, and maximum tow capacity of 500kg unbraked/1800kg braked, my caravan is a twin axle (better for towing) with a Nose Weight Limit of 100kg, and an MTPLM (max laden weight) of 1700kg, so I have to secure load the caravan to ensure that the Nose Weight doesn't exceed the Drawbar of 75kg, with all heavy items best loaded in the tow vehicle, or over the axle(s) of the caravan, with minimum weight items in the rear or at any height within the caravan. So the idea of 60% of the load being forward of the axle would overload the Nose Weight Limit of the caravan, and more importantly the Drawbar Limit of the tow vehicle. My 1973 VW 412LS Estate has a Drawbar Limit of 50kg, and a max braked trailer/caravan limit of 900kg. Interesting video though as I have an open invitation to join my Aussie relatives to join a touring convoy (although I'd elect to hire a Motorhome) for a round trip from Brisbane to Darwin, and obviously I'd follow Aussie rules/laws on anything whilst in the Country. I note on your outfit (British terminology for a tow vehicle/caravan combination), that you have a greased hitch on your tow ball, we normally have an ungreased hitch on modern caravans which employs a passive AL-KO stabiliser system with consists of a set of brake pads inside the hitch mechanism (grease would not be a good idea for this), which is a modern change on the stabiliser bar arrangements that many used to add alongside the greased hitches used on old caravans (and modern trailers), which helps in reducing sway to a great extent. Obviously AL-KO also market the AL-KO ATC active stabiliser, which is a further addition to assist in reducing sway, indeed it's my next purchase. You can still purchase the sway bar passive stabilisers for older caravans here (expensive though) www.strongholddirect.co.uk/products/bulldog-caravan-towing-stabiliser

I wish caravan and electrical suppliers would stop pushing the Redard knob type brake controller, they are far from adequate, especially when needing to apply the caravan brakes in an emergency. By far the best unit is the Tekonsha P3, it has a large easy to use lever you can apply gradually and will go to the maximum that you have the brakes set at and will not change the settings, it also does all the important diagnostics and readouts, it also can tell you when the brake coils are warn and shorting out on the drums. The Red Arc cannot do any of this. I know, I have had them both. And please stop being precious about your vehicle and mount the unit on the top right hand side of your dash where it is easily seen and safe to use.