A LOCOMOTIVE WITHOUT STEAM AND SMOKE

THE LOCOMOTIVE WITHOUT STEAM AND SMOKEThe first domestic locomotive ВЛ19. In the late 1920-ies in our country began the so-called industrialization, whose main objective was to lift the industry to the level of the leading industrial powers of the world. A special role in this process was given to the reconstruction of the railway transport, which was in a deplorable condition — effect like the effects of the Civil war and the growing shortage of qualified personnel that led to the stagnation in the development of railway equipment.

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CHEVROLET TAHOE

CHEVROLET TAHOEThe sale of this American car-SUV began in our country in 2008, and the first presentation of the car took place in the United States two years earlier under the motto All-new for 2007 Tahoe, which roughly translates to “a brand new 2007 Tahoe”. The machine is third-generation all-wheel drive vehicles of this type. From its predecessor Tahoe inherited V-shaped eight-cylinder engine, automatic transmission and the signature all-wheel drive system Autotrac. However, the front torsion bar suspension instead of spring appeared the Stoics, became more rigid frame and optimized suspension point of the engine.

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FORD KUGA

FORD KUGAPolnoprivodnyj car crossover FORD KUGA is equipped with a turbodiesel capacity of 136 HP and restituendo manual transmission multi-plate clutch in the rear wheel drive and electric power steering with variable settings from light duty to heavy Comfort Sport. In the base Trend machine is equipped with four airbags, stabilization system, air conditioning, power accessories, CD radiogram and the device, heating of mirrors, and the complete Titanium crossover in addition to the above has dual-zone climate control, Korotchaevo interior trim alloy wheels and light sensors and rain.

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THE LAST “CLASSIC” AZLK

RECENT The family car “MOSKVICH-2140”. The car “Moskvich” 2140 index was put into production in December 1975. Its direct predecessor is called the car “Moskvich-408”, descended from the conveyor of the Moscow plant of small cars (MZMA) in 1964, the exterior of which, so different from a car design index 400, 401, 402, 407 and 403, became the basis for all future models until 1986, when AZLK went from rear-wheel “classics” on the issue of front-wheel drive “Muscovites” index 2141.

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VOLKSWAGEN POLO

VOLKSWAGEN POLOIt just so happened that the global automotive industry, in practice, that any modernization of the car leads to growth of its technical characteristics, increasing the size, mass, engine power and maximum speed. As a result, for ten years, the once compact machine gradually moves from one size class to another.

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The FIRST post-war TRUCK ZIS-150 and ZIL-164

The FIRST post-war TRUCK ZIS-150 and ZIL-164The FIRST post-war TRUCK ZIS-150 and ZIL-164For many of my peers postwar truck ZIS-150 are associated with the period when in Moscow and other cities turned to mass construction of the famous five-story Khrushchev. Thousands of trucks on the basis of these machines was delivered to the construction site concrete, many truck tractors with a bulky semi — wall panels, and side cars and other cargoes, including people, which at that time was not forbidden by the rules of the road. By the way, in those years truck mixers-mixers we have not been, and to the concrete prematurely seized, the trucks had to navigate city streets with great speed, generously spilling the contents of the body.

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NISSAN MICRA

NISSAN MICRASerial production of the compact car-hatchback NISSAN MICRA of the fourth generation was launched in 2010 in the British branch of the Japanese company Nissan in the city of Sunderland. For car, we developed a new platform that received from Japanese experts title V (versatility — versatility). This means that on the basis of a new universal platform can also be produced as sedan and mini-van — as suggested on Nissan plants in England, Japan and India. Interestingly, the company plans to annually produce one million cars each modification!

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RENAULT SANDERO

RENAULT SANDEROMoscow plant AVTOFRAMOS commenced Assembly of RENAULT SANDERO, Renault created the firm on the basis of the popular sedan RENAULT LOGAN. A new car is a compact five-door five-seater hatchback with a spacious interior and a boot capacity of 320 litres, However if you fold the rear seat, the Luggage compartment is increased to 1200 HP

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IN THE HOPE OF A NEW “CLASSICS”

IN THE HOPE OF A NEW Mass car LADA KALINA. Cherished dream of a massive reliable and affordable compact car, domestic car enthusiast patiently nurtured almost since the advent of cars in Russia. And this car hunger to the full are unable to satisfy any of the pre-war GAZ-a and GAZ M-1, nor post-war “victory” and “Volga”, or many “Muscovites”, neither received the proud title of “classics” assorted “Lada”, no produced at the former combine factory “humpback” and “big-eared” “the Cossacks”. While some brands do not suit the buyer release, the other capacity. But the main drawback of Soviet cars has always been price. Judge for yourself below in the 1970s — 1980s years to acquire “Moskvich” or “Zhiguli”, the buyer had to collect a sum equivalent to three years salary!

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GRANDNEPHEW

GRANDNEPHEWCompact car Polski FIAT 126 p. The present publication, we complete the story of the glorious cohort of Italian runabout, initiated by FIAT-500 Nuova, designed by the famous avtodizayner Dante Giacosa. Ideologically, the car became the successor of pre-war double minicar FIAT-500 Topolino, but structurally, it was a completely different car.

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