Became known details about the new "Russian" diesel engine GAZ

The Gorky Automobile Plant has already started production of new turbodiesel engines. They are known under the index GAZ G21. The other day there were extended technical details of this motor.


The engine is designed for GAZelle and Sobol light trucks of the Next and NN generations. Power units have a working volume of 2,5 liters and a power of 150 liters. With. Even earlier it was known that motors would be produced with a cast-iron cylinder block. The head is aluminum.

Now the manufacturer has officially said that the resource of the GAZ G21 engines is 700 thousand kilometers. If this is confirmed over time, it will be possible to say with confidence that the motor is successful. Representatives of the Gorky Automobile Plant claim that fuel consumption is about 10% less than that of foreign counterparts.


The new engine will run quieter than a range of petrol powertrains. This will help to refute the fame of diesels as tractor "rumblers".

By the way, there are questions about the "domesticity" of the GAZ G21 engine. In fact, this is a Chinese power unit from Foton, adapted for Russia. The engine was developed in collaboration with German and Brazilian engineering firms.