All-wheel drive "Volga" may well "punish" SUVs

What are the Soviets capable of? cars off-road? Now we mean unrecognized "monsters" like "Niva" and UAZ of different models. No, ordinary passenger cars, VAZ, "Moskvich", "Volga" and "Zaporozhets". Oddly enough, but the cheapest car in the improvised list is the best in terms of cross-country ability. Yes, ZAZ is able to go where other contenders will hopelessly get stuck. We should thank its lightness, single-engine layout and flat bottom for this. With such a "baggage" of technical solutions, the car surprisingly passes godforsaken places. Although, here 90% depends on the driver. Some managed to get stuck in the first puddle near the house in a "Zaporozhets". And the best off-road tuning for ZAZ is 4 healthy men in the cabin. They will pull a small car out of any mud with their hands.

As for the Volga, it is not the best off-road option. No wonder it was called "Barge" in the USSR. But if you remember the precepts of the fathers and the achievements of Soviet designers, you can also make an SUV out of GAZ. The technology has long been tested - it is enough to cross the UAZ chassis with the Volga body. Of course, in the process of reworking, many nuances can arise, but for do-it-yourselfers this is only a joy. After all, the more complex the project, the more fun it will be after its completion. If it happens, of course. And how the all-wheel drive "Volga" goes, you can see on the channel "Gorbunoff".