1898 NW Präsident
The Czech Republic is one of about ten countries in the world, which can be regarded as the cradle of motoring. Motor cars have been produced in this country continuously since the end of the 19th century. Production of the first of these was started in 1897 by a railway wagon plant, Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriks-Gesellschaft A.G. in Kopřivnice in North Moravia, known later as the Tatra car plant. The car was given the name Präsident and immediately after its completion was driven from Kopřivnice to Vienna on 21 and 22 May 1898 to an exhibition commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the rule of Emperor Franz Josef I. Also exhibited there was a car from the Vienna firm of Jacob Lohner & Co,. with which the Kopřivnice car plant shares primacy in the launching of factory production of cars in the monarchy. The NW Präsident car, the first car made in the Czech Lands, has been in the National Technical Museum since 1919.
Passenger car with a water-cooled four-stroke horizontally opposed twin-cylinder engine placed cross-wise above the rear axle and with rear-wheel drive.
Producer: NesselsdorferWaagenbau-Fabriks-Gesellschaft A.G., Kopřivnice, Moravia
Engine capacity: 2,714 cm³
Power: 6 hp
Top speed: 21 km/h
National Technical Museum - Národní technické muzeum, Prague
1898 NW Präsident
The Czech Republic is one of about ten countries in the world, which can be regarded as the cradle of motoring. Motor cars have been produced in this country continuously since the end of the 19th century. Production of the first of these was started in 1897 by a railway wagon plant, Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriks-Gesellschaft A.G. in Kopřivnice in North Moravia, known later as the Tatra car plant. The car was given the name Präsident and immediately after its completion was driven from Kopřivnice to Vienna on 21 and 22 May 1898 to an exhibition commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the rule of Emperor Franz Josef I. Also exhibited there was a car from the Vienna firm of Jacob Lohner & Co,. with which the Kopřivnice car plant shares primacy in the launching of factory production of cars in the monarchy. The NW Präsident car, the first car made in the Czech Lands, has been in the National Technical Museum since 1919.
Passenger car with a water-cooled four-stroke horizontally opposed twin-cylinder engine placed cross-wise above the rear axle and with rear-wheel drive.
Producer: NesselsdorferWaagenbau-Fabriks-Gesellschaft A.G., Kopřivnice, Moravia
Engine capacity: 2,714 cm³
Power: 6 hp
Top speed: 21 km/h
National Technical Museum - Národní technické muzeum, Prague