Soviet folk car
Ukraine has never produced luxury cars. Auto ZAZ has produced small cars. The idea to produce small car appeared in the times of “Thaw”. The idea of creating small folk car was accepted with enthusiasm and provided with different projects.
Several famous European car producers were the basis for creating Zaporozhets – Ukrainian national car. ukrainian postcards. The design of Zaporozhets was copied from Fiat 600. ZAZ-965 had two-door 4-seater body, rear V-type engine air-cooled, independent suspension of all wheels, crankcase and gearbox cast of magnesium alloy.
Zaporozhets offered the consumer though a small, but full-fledged car with four-cylinder, 4-seater cabin, 13-inch wheels and almost traditional form of body. Rear located and air-cooled engine, independent suspension of all wheels, typical for the European small cars,were the new thing in Sovie machine building. For eight and a half years ZAZ-965 was several times modernized. The engine became more powerful engine, there changed the engine compartment ventilation and electrical equipment, rear hood and front end panel.
Designers of ZAZ spent about 20 years to create a front-wheel compact car. In 1988 there appeared “Tavria”, which should have substituted Zaporozhets. Tavria was the next “baby” of Car Company in Zaporozhye, but not as famous as Zaporozhets. Still it was popular among population of former Soviet Union countries. Tavria had several models up to nowadays – Dana, Nova, Slavuta.ukrainian gift. These cars were characterized with low fuel consumption and simplicity in construction that was in demand in countryside, but the flow of foreign models shifted the production of native Ukrainian cars aside.
Nowadays Zaporozhets is considered to be the national pride of Ukraine, it embodies the history of car industry. The city of Zaporozhye can be compared with the US Detroit. ukraine clothes. Unfortunately the production of Zaporozhets was stopped in the past and now the plants in Zaporozhye produce cars in collaboration with Chevrolet. The production of such duet ZAZ-Chevrolet is world known not only in Ukraine and is famous among different people from different countries.
