Praga (vehicle works)
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| Společnost s ručením omezeným | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Headquarters | Prague, Czech republic |
| Products | cars, karts, planes |
| Parent | PRAGA-Export s.r.o. |
| Website | pragaglobal.com |
Praga was a manufacturing company based in Prague, Czech Republic. The company produced automobiles, karts, road supersports and planes. Praga V3S was one of the best off-road trucks in its time and was used by the Czechoslovak Army more than half a century.
The current company Praga-Export, which uses the brand Praga, is engaged in the production of cars, karts and car racing.
Praga was founded in 1907 to build motor cars as a venture between entrepreneur František Ringhoffer and the company 1. českomoravská továrna na stroje ("First Bohemian-Moravian Machine Works", later a founding part of the ČKD factories). Ringhoffer only stayed for one year and in 1909 the trade name Praga ("Prague" in Latin) was adopted. One of its early models was built under licence from the Italian company of Isotta-Fraschini.
Praga also diversified into building engines and gearboxes for other applications such as aircraft and tanks.
In 1929 Praga merged with ČKD, one of Czechoslovakia's largest engineering companies.
In 1929 ČKD's BD motorcycle was re-branded under the Praga marque. This was an advanced four-stroke single-cylinder unit construction double overhead camshaft model of 500cc designed in 1927 by JF Koch. The "BD" designation was retained as its model name.
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