Date: Jan 2002 Location: san jose,ca.u.s.a. Posts: 4,232 Re: Zephyr progenitor? the Briggs Tjaarda Sterkenberg "Much of the Beetle's design was inspired by the advanced Tatra cars of Hans Ledwinka , particularly the T97. This also had a streamlined body and a rear-mounted 4 cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine. Tatra sued, but