The Tatra 70 is a sedan, convertible, limousine, coupé from Tatra, built from 1931 to 1934, when streamlining and independent suspension were arriving together. Under the bonnet: 3,406 cc I6.
The story
The Tatra 70 is a Czechoslovak luxury car that was made by Tatra at Kopřivnice from 1931 to 1937. It succeeded the Tatra 31.
What is underneath
Power comes from 3,406 cc I6; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 2200 -. It shifts through 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 3800 mm. 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 31; its successor was the Tatra 87. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Chevrolet Suburban, the Bugatti Type 57, the Triumph Super 9 — 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 70 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.