The Tatra 52 is a various including sedan, limousine & convertible from Tatra, built from 1931 to 1939, when streamlining and independent suspension were arriving together. Under the bonnet: 1.9L (1911 cc) Tatra 52 F4.
The story
The Tatra 52 is a Czechoslovak mid-size car that was made by Závody Tatra from 1931 to 1939. It was built both at the Tatra factory in Kopřivnice and also under licence by Rohr at Frankfurt am Main in Germany.
What is underneath
Power comes from 1.9L (1911 cc) Tatra 52 F4. It shifts through a 4-speed gearbox. 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. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Tatra 30/52. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Bugatti Type 57, the Chevrolet Suburban, the British Motor Corporation Austin 12/6 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Tatra catalogue sit the Tatra 10 and the Tatra 600 kabriolet.
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Tatra 52 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.