Tatra - of eastern Europe.

David Marshall

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Andrew Grebneff
Sent: January 27, 2001 4:43 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: TDI in the Paris-Dakar Rally?

>I was watching the final show on the Dakar Rally 2001 on Speedvision last
>night and I noticed that there was a "VW Buggy" with a TDI engine in it!
>Anyone know how this fellow placed and where I can find out more
information
>on it?
>
>Just so we all know:
>
>KTM finished 1st [2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th!] in the bikes
>Mitsubishi 1st in the cars - Jutta Klienschmidt of Germany in the driver
>seat - first woman to win and first German to win
>Tatra finished 1st in the trucks - just a note that the Canadian army has
>the same truck called the LSVW - big Styr-Puch logo on the front of it -
one
>very nice machine!

Was that Tatra (Czech or Jugoslav...can't remember) or Tata (India)? I know
Tata makes a big 4x4 truch wcich apparently is VERY impressive in desert
conditions. Hard to believe, coming from India, but true.

Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1984 VW Type 25 Caravelle (currently SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche
trans)
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi)
1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel wagon
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel (taxi)