The Tatra Baghira is a car from Tatra, built from 1970 to 1974, as the oil crises and the first emissions rules rewired the industry. Under the bonnet: V8 engine. Václav Král drew it.
Where it came from
The Tatra Baghira was a dune buggy designed and built by Václav Král in the 1970s. The structure of the car was used in various vehicles, and aircraft parts. Chassis and body were built by Král aided by a team of industry enthusiasts. The first car was built in 1970. The name Baghira came from the name of the black panther in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894).
Under the skin
Power comes from V8 engine. It weighs 570 kg. It shifts through a 4+1 manual. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Chevrolet Impala, the Suzuki Jimny, the American Motors Corporation AMC Gremlin — 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 Baghira 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.