Präsident [SEP] manufacturer
Präsident
The Präsident was an automobile manufactured by Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriks-Gesellschaft A.G. (NW, now known as Tatra) in 1897. It was the first actually drivable factory made petrol-engined automobile produced in Austria-Hungary as well as in Central and Eastern Europe (save the attempt of Siegfried Marcus of Vienna to build a self-propelled car in 1875). It was constructed by Leopold Sviták and Hans Ledwinka. The automobile was more of a carriage without horses than a car in modern sense. The car
Tatra (company)
Tatra is a Czech vehicle manufacturer in Kopřivnice. It is owned by the "Tatra Trucks" company, based in Ostrava, and is the third oldest company in the world producing cars with an unbroken history. The company was founded in 1850 as "Ignatz Schustala & Comp.", in 1890 renamed "Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft" when it became a wagon and carriage manufacturer. In 1897, Tatra produced the first motor car in central Europe, the Präsident automobile. In 1918, it changed