What is it? # 150 (update: 1932 Tatra T80)

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UPDATE: Two winners in Quiz # 150: Verner Johnson from Denmark and Antonin Prochazka from the Czech Republic. Congratulations to both gentlemen ! Below a compilation of what they wrote:

1: The make is Tatra. They do not make passenger cars any more but they are alive and kicking: Tatra.cz

2: The type is 80.
The car was designed by Hans Ledwinka to compete with the big German cars from the early thirties, and it was a very expensive car with a very limited production. Somewhere between 15 and 25 cars have been produced between 1931 and 1935.

3: The year is 1932
One of the cars, a special Landaulet, was made for the first Czechoslovakian president Thomas Masaryk in 1935 and is now exposed in the National Technical Museum in Prague. Second is red two-door cabrio with a replica body of Mr.Preis in Ostrava. Third is the green, restored 1932 car also with a complete new body. See: Old-Timers.cz

4: Total number of survivors depending on your definitions
between 1 and 5.
We understand only the president's car is still mostly original. The number 2 and 3 both have a new coachwork. The numbers 4 and 5 are basically no more then a chassis.
(click photo for different perspective)

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