Because this question comes up a lot, and it's more complicated than you may think
[Scanned from a period postcard, here’s the air-cooled V8-powered Tatra 603 and the MiG-15 jet fighter which was also license-built in Czechoslovakia (S-102 and S-103), standing in a field of excellence. Photo credit: Technické Muzeum Tatra.] Read more
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