"Regarding the fuel consumption of the Tatra Type 87.
Attentive readers will notice a consistent fuel consumption curve at 80 km/h in the fuel consumption test chart enclosed with this booklet. Factory measurements on a Reichsbahn (German State Railway) track always showed a consistent curve for the various cars of this type. However, with the car we tested, several measurements at 80 km/h consistently showed a reduction in fuel consumption, the cause of which is likely attributable to the carburetor characteristics. so that, with the required driving performance on a level road (motorway), a particularly favorable mixture ratio results, especially with this driving characteristic. This explains the lower fuel consumption. For the tested car, the fuel consumption figure determined on the test drives according to the specifications had to be adjusted."
I never tire of pointing out to the internet 'experts' the paucity of evidence for their claims that the Tatra T87 was a Nazi killing deathtrap that Hitler banned German officers from driving. To date, I have not been able to locate any contemporary evidence for these claims, while there is plenty of evidence that no ban actually existed. In the above July 1943 edition of Motor-Kritik - right in the middle years of the war, four months after Joseph Goebbel's "Total War" speech - Motor-Kritik conducts a fuel economy test of the latest Tatra T87. The focus of the test is interesting as petrol shortages were beginning to bite in Nazi Germany from this time and Tatra's excellent fuel economy was an important selling point. What we can deduce from this short article is that Tatras were still available to purchase, which is extraordinary in itself, as from the beginning of 1943 ALL civilian industrial capacity was diverted to war production. All civilian car manufacture was officially halted in Germany at this time - with two notable exceptions - Mercedes-Benz and Tatra; both companies being highly favored by the German elite.
Tatra continued developing and building the Tatra T87 right through the war, selling very small numbers to wealthy, politically connected clients and a small number of military units, such as the SS and Luftwaffe.
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Tatra's wartime advertising is easily recognized by the Notek blackout headlamps in place of the central headlamp. For example:
The Origin of the Nazi-Killing Tatra Myth - https://tatrat600.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-origin-of-tatra-nazi-killing-myth.html
Nazi 'myth' nonsense - https://tatrat600.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-moronic-dross-that-passes-as.html
