Four-wheel drive SUV VAZ-2121 “Niva”. This car became a real sensation in the domestic automotive industry. Her appearance was preceded by numerous rumors, speculation and gossip. Soviet motorist, not spoiled by the quality of the roads, has long been needed comfortable passenger all wheel drive SUV, which could with equal success to all around the pavement and the road. And in 1977 he descended from the conveyor of the Volga automobile plant’s first mass—produced all-wheel drive Niva.
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The increased capacity PEUGEOT PARTNER. The emergence of a new class of vehicles — the process is usually lengthy. It often happens — the “cool” concept car of unusual shape and unknown purpose produces a sensation at the international car dealers, kindly found by buyers installation series of these cars, well then… Where are these recent global trends — hybrids minivans with sports cars or super-expensive urban mini-cars? At the same time there is growing popularity of new cars recently introduced class, who still do not have a name (some call these cars a station wagon with a high roof, the other — increased capacity, some superuniversality) increases, respectively, and the number of firms producing a similar vehicle. Today coming off the Assembly line a lot of superuniversal — one of them in the first place, PEUGEOT PARTNER, RENAULT KANGOO, CITROEN BERLINGO (DONINVEST ORION M), and FIAT DOBLO.
In 2002 the famous Russian jeep “Niva” was 25 years old. The model VAZ-2121 became the first independent development of the Volga automobile plant. The design Department under the leadership of Vladimir Solovyov in a comparatively short time was able to design, test and bring to production the first domestic mass all-wheel drive passenger car.
The history of Scientific automotive Institute (NAMI) as head of the state organization is traditionally measured from October 16, 1918, when on the basis of the automotive laboratory of the Moscow technical school was established Scientific automobile laboratory(NAL) scientific and technical Department of the Supreme economic Council. March 14, 1920, the CASH was reorganized into the Institute of US.
The British car firm Morgan is one of the oldest in the world, 1909 to the present time it belongs to the Morgan family traditionally passes from father to son. The company is known for variety and mass models, on the contrary, the last 66 years, the firm has actually released only two car models — MORGAN 4/4 and MORGAN PLUS 8. Both weren’t out on the conveyor, and manually, by the classical technology of the beginning of the previous century on the steel frame, with front “candlestick” suspension, spring suspension rear axle and trim body sheet metal on a wooden frame.
This famous French company was founded in 1909 talented avtostroitelei and organizer Ettore Bugatti. The first independent development of the newborn company became the vehicle of model “13” — twin passenger car with four-cylinder engine working volume of 1,327 L. in Parallel, the firm has developed a compact car BUGATT116, which became the prototype for the famous PEUGEOT BEBE. Until 1914 — the outbreak of the First world war, Bugatti has released a number of cars, which stood powerful 19 ROLAND GAROS with a 5-liter engine capacity of 100 HP
In November 2001, 55 journalists from leading automobile magazines that were part of the international jury, called the PEUGEOT 307 “European car of 2002”. Has not passed also two years as the firm, building on the success of the model, released on the basis of the 307 th stylish coupe-cabriolet hardtop — PEUGEOT 307 CC.
Ferrucio Lamborghini in his youth, after the Second world war, was fond of a remake of the serial “Fiats” in sports cars. In the early 1960-ies Lamborghini attempted to create a prestigious and expensive sports car with a V12 engine, but the car is not really stood out from the mass of machinery-classmates.
On the sixth of December, 1932, eleven months after the start of the Gorky automobile plant, with its conveyor descended first cars GAZ-A. Cars these, very simple and unpretentious, quickly won the hearts of drivers. In fact, their distant relatives were already well known in our country.
City bus ZIS-155 production in 1949. The development and expansion of cities accompanied by the concentration of citizens in residential areas and, consequently, the factories in the industrial, has created the problem of passenger traffic, which could not solve a horse-drawn vehicle for personal use. And in the second half of the XIX century in cities there are predecessors of buses and trams, horse and steam-powered.