
How to get to Abkhazia: what you need to know before the holiday season
Abkhazia has become a popular holiday destination for Russians in recent years. We looked at the most convenient and interesting ways to travel to the "Country of the Soul"....

Compression: what should it be with the engine running?
Any car enthusiast who has at least a little knowledge of engine design knows how important compression is for him. When this parameter drops, the motor starts...

Praga V3S 6x6: “lights up” despite the years
The Praga V3S medium-duty truck was produced in Czechoslovakia. The country is long gone, but a copy of the unique technology has been found. The first models were produced as...

Audi R8 V10 – this German brand also has supercars
Audi cars are not as popular in Russia as Mercedes and BMW. In principle, this can be seen from a quick review of the used market. Audi is on sale for almost half as much as...

Factory cafe-racer motorcycles are strange, but they are mass-produced
Many customizers in the post-Soviet space began their “career career” by remaking domestic motorcycles. As a rule, at the first stage everything was used...

"Chinese Mercedes". Li L9 - review of the best car of the year in China
Just a few years ago, almost everyone was sure that Chinese manufacturers would not be able to replicate the quality and comfort of Mercedes. And so it happened - engineers...

Exceeded and got into an accident? Pay! New judicial practice in Russia
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation is introducing a new principle: whoever exceeds the speed limit loses the advantage over other vehicles on the road. It means that,...

Lixiang L9: “Chinese”, for whom you are not ashamed!
Surely the name Lixiang L9 doesn’t tell you anything, except for guesses that this is a car from China. Don’t be so quick to be skeptical – the model is really...

Motorhome on the chassis of an all-wheel drive Volvo truck - expensive and rich
A motorhome is what many Russian men dream of, but only a few can afford it. Work, affairs, and the cost of ready-made campers is prohibitive...

This Alpha moped has traveled more than 70 thousand kilometers on its “native” piston engine.
Chinese motorcycles have long displaced Izhi, Minski, Voskhod, Jawa and heavy boxer vehicles with sidecars from Russian roads. Soviet models are sometimes still...

Strange but necessary technique
One of the wise once concluded that laziness moves progress forward. The statement is controversial, but there is probably some truth in it. When you look...

Moskvich-416 - how they made their Niva at MZMA
Experienced drivers still remember the Moskvich plant. Not modern, which is more Chinese. Previously, it was a full-cycle enterprise with a strong design...

The floating base “Vsevolod Sibirtsev” is a real city at sea
The best canned fish is made at sea. The tailed fish are caught, processed and packaged in jars or frozen. This is why floating bases were invented. In fact,...

These rare cars from AvtoVAZ are unlikely to be seen on the road
It is customary to criticize domestic cars. It would seem that in Russia there is only one full-fledged manufacturer left, producing its own models; we should be proud of them. Speech...

VOLGA BIKE is a Russian all-terrain vehicle that you will definitely like
SUVs are loved by many people in Russia. Apparently, the habit of covering kilometers of not only highways, but also directions, takes its toll. For some this is a necessity...

VK-650V: our answer to the turboshaft helicopter engine industry
VK-650V is one of the pearls of Russian import substitution, our answer to the Arrius 2G1 and PW200 engines. A new “turboshaft heart” is being developed by JSC UEC-Klimov...

Single-stroke gasoline engine - a development that can revive the internal combustion engine
Gasoline engines may soon disappear in EU countries. The same fate awaits diesel engines, in passenger cars in the first place. The fact is that...

Not all experienced drivers know about these Soviet truck tractors.
The Soviet economy would have collapsed from the start if it had not focused on logistics. Realizing this, the country began to devote time to the development of transport as soon as...

UAZ Patriot again “bends” SUVs from famous manufacturers
Russian drivers are designed this way - everyone wants to prove that their car is the best. Men gathered in company outdoors will definitely enjoy...

Classic motorcycles with 350cc engines – Jawa is beyond competition
For many Russians, especially those living in rural areas under the USSR, motorcycles were an affordable and popular means of transport. They were loved, almost everyone knew how...

Turbocharged "Zaporozhets" - ZAZ from jokes in reality
Recently I saw that same Soviet “Zaporozhets” on the street. The old car rattled cheerfully, trying not to lag too far behind its neighbors in the traffic flow. This...

Revival and testing of a funny caterpillar tractor from the USSR
The T-70 model is well known to most lovers of agricultural machinery. Narrow tracks, short wheelbase and high cab give the tractor a little...

All-terrain vehicle from a Minsk motorcycle with 3 engines? No it's not a joke
We talked a lot about interesting equipment from craftsmen from garages, but we ourselves were a little taken aback by this option. No joke - an all-terrain vehicle made from a motorcycle...

A reinforced concrete yacht and a floating bathtub are the strangest vessels that exist
What can you see on the water! There are plenty of inventors of strange watercraft, although now “rubber” compact boats are available, as are the engines for them. It's not...

Buggies are climbing the wall
Buggy racing is a spectacle that is popular both abroad and here. But today sports cars face an unusual competition: they don’t just have to drive...