Tatra does not build many cars like the Tatra 12: a See [http://www.tatraportal.com/popisky/t12/t12_01.jpg picture] with 1057 cc Tatra 12 F2, built from 1926 to 1933 the vintage years, when coachbuilders still shaped most of what was sold.
The story
The Tatra 12 is an automobile produced by Czech manufacturer Tatra between 1926 and 1933. It was replaced by the Tatra 57 in 1932. At the beginning of the 1920s, Czech car manufacturers were focusing on producing large and expensive cars which only the rich could afford. Some companies began to introduce less expensive designs, intending them to be affordable for the middle class. Tatra entered this market with the Tatra 11, to which the Tatra 12 was the successor.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 1057 cc Tatra 12 F2. Kerb weight is 680-900 kg. The gearbox is a 4-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 2646 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Tatra's history is not in doubt: the Tatra 11 came before it; the Tatra 57 followed it; it was built at Kopřivnice, Moravia, Czechoslovakia. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Fiat 507, the Panhard & Levassor type 35 CV single-seater 1933, the Bugatti Type 41 Royale. Nearby in the Tatra catalogue sit the Tatra 10 and the Tatra 600 kabriolet.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Tatra 12 has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.