Now in its 119th year of continuous design and manufacture of automotive vehicles, Praga has reached a new level of prestige following The delivery of its first hypercar in late-2024, along with a return to two-wheels with a brand new, bespoke motorcycle. The Czech company now has global representation in production and services on track, in The air and on The road.

For The roads today, Praga manufactures The limited edition Bohema hypercar and ZS 800 motorcycle. Inspired by The 1934 race/road Praga Super Piccolo and 1928 Praga BD 500 respectively. Hand-built in ultra-low volumes, both hint at Praga’s 100+ year heritage, but are proving to be highly sought after amongst collectors and enthusiasts.

The lightweight, aerodynamic Praga R1 race/track special is growing in popularity globally and now, in its 5th generation, has tasted race-winning success on legendary circuits across Europe, The USA, UAE and Australia. As with The lightweight, high-performance Bohema, carbon forms The R1’s core construction. Also, on The track, Praga karts continue to grow in popularity.

Away from the road and track, The Praga Alfa STOL airplane has acquired full certification, meaning that Praga continues to design, develop, produce and service multiple forms of transport: just as The company did in its early days over 100 years ago.

The latest addition to Praga’s lineup is the Praga Bohema, an exclusive, one-of-a-kind road-legal hypercar with a breathtaking combination of light weight, high power, and phenomenal aerodynamics – designed for the ultimate track day experience while offering full usability and practicality for the road, all from a company with proven race success.

Praga is the biggest and oldest car brand you might not have heard of, but is proud of its rich history. It dates back to the late 1800s as a heavy industrial manufacturer of everything from bridges to steam trains, and it was a significant presence in Central Europe during the first half of the 20th century. It moved into vehicle production in the early 1900s, making its first car in 1907, becoming a major manufacturer of cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles and aircraft. Praga-built trucks, in particular, dominated the roads in the firm’s native Czechoslovakia.

The company also developed a wide range of passenger cars and motorcycles, especially during the 1930s. These included the stunning BD500 motorbike and the sporting Praga Alfa car, which heroically won the important 1933 1000 Miles of Czechoslovakia road race 89 years ago: inspiring Praga’s plans to make 89 Bohema hypercars for road and track.

Car production declined after World War Two when the new communist government dictated that Praga concentrated on making trucks and transmissions rather than road cars. Skoda, instead, was favoured as the country’s car manufacturer of choice, with Tatra instructed to build luxury cars and trucks.

With the fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989, Praga – still a major presence around Central Europe – was able to set its own agenda again as a privately owned company. In the mid-1990s, whilst still producing trucks and large-unit gearboxes, Praga introduced a range of motocross motorcycles; followed in the early 2000s with specialist go-anywhere trucks that have most recently achieved strong results in Dakar rallies, and then in 2009 by racing karts. It also works in aviation, with major engine-testing contracts that give its engineers access to the very best aerodynamic expertise. An innovative, STOL Praga airplane is soon to take to the skies from the company’s Praga Avia division.

In 2012 Praga re-entered the race car market with the launch of the R4S then the R1 race cars that today win in one-make, mixed prototype and mixed endurance race series in Australia, Dubai, the UK and USA. The Bohema shares no single part with the R1, but the race car inspired the one-off street-legal R1R prototype – itself providing the catalyst for a more luxurious, higher-performance and visually dramatic two-seat hypercar: the road legal track-focused Praga Bohema.

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