: Despite its origins in a communist-era economy, the 16045 gained a formidable reputation in Western markets, including the UK and Ireland, where it was valued by contractors for its high PTO horsepower at an affordable price.
The 16045 was an evolution of the Crystal line, which originally debuted in the late 1960s through a collaboration between Zetor in Czechoslovakia and Ursus in Poland. Zetor 16045
: While initially designed in Brno, production moved to the ZTS Martin factory in Slovakia in 1981. : Despite its origins in a communist-era economy,