Unforgettable Car Geniuses: Hans Ledwinka
08 February 2025 9 min read 5 images
Photo credit: Gooding, Tatra, Wheelsage
The designer and mastermind behind Tatra was the brilliant Austrian Hans Ledwinka. Another Austrian was one of the most demanding customers of the Czech brand: Adolf Hitler, who owned more than one Tatra. Equally Austrian was Ferdinand Porsche, the engineer whom the man leading Germany had entrusted with the creation of a car for the masses—what would later become the famous Volkswagen Beetle.
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