“Soviet legend”, “pride”, “national heritage” are not pompous words. This is the warm and sincere attitude of citizens of the former USSR towards a medium-duty truck with a blue cab. He got it on an equal basis with Soviet workers. The hard worker was in the most difficult areas: he harvested grain, transported timber, crushed stone, and coal.
ZIL-130 shuttled between collective farms and motor depots and served in the army. Stuck in sand and snow, drowned in swamps, swallowed dust on virgin soil. Abroad the demand was crazy. Maybe it’s an exaggeration to talk about a pile of iron as a reliable and close comrade? Ask the drivers who turned the steering wheel of the “one hundred and thirty” about this. It’s all the more offensive that there are individuals who consider the car to be a copy of American Dodges and Fords.
These talk without hesitation about stolen technologies, belittling the role of the outstanding engineers of the design bureau of the Likhachev plant. The author of the “Motor Age” channel thoroughly and competently, one after another, debunks the myths about the “foreign” origin of Zilka. In the video kindly provided, there is a complete history of the development of the machine, interesting facts of the “biography”, and other interesting information. In fact, the author of the video is restoring the good name of the creators of the most popular truck in the USSR.
A new KAMAZ has been presented - it is capable of working in any, even the most difficult conditions
Despite the 6x4 wheel arrangement, the car has increased cross-country ability. It is also protected from falling objects and equipped with a sleeping bag....
