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Gas breeds "Sobly"

By coloning the country with gazelles, in Nizhny decided to take the breeding of fur animals. Started immediately from a sable.
Gazelles do not comrade?
What kind of car, no one is no longer a mystery. She managed to paint at exhibitions, wrote about her (SMS, 1997, No. 6). Everyone who saw her, probably concluded that Sobol is a little Gazelle, and ... was wrong. Yes, from a technical point of view between these cars, a lot of common (although much less than it seems at first glance), but here ideologically, the specialists of the plant are trying to divide the sables with the predecessor - the Gazelle. Sobat, they insist, - independent development, and not the modernization of the predecessor. This is a car of another class (with a carrying capacity of up to 1 ton), with other characteristics, possibilities, orientation. And what looks like Gazelle, it is explained. Nowadays, even prosperous foreign firms are unifying everything that is possible, and we are not enough to take advantage of the fact that it is already there and has proven well. So there is a similarity, and not only external. But still sable - another car is such an opinion of those who develop it. They are right or eye covers the delicate of love for the adorable brain? I will say right away: if it is intercepted the novelty, then in moderation. But let's figure it out in order.
Similarities ...
Here and then you will still have to compare sable with the Gazelle. Let him, according to her, and not a relative, but to repel from something in the story it is necessary, the more the Gazovskoye half-sigh of many know many well.
So, what do they have in common? Front body (cabin) with finishing, engine, gearbox and clutch, cardan transmission with modifications. Add headlights, glasses, mirrors, door handles and something else, small or not very.
Differences ...
Talked about general terms, now let's go to the most important differences. First, a sable of your own frame. Not shortened Gazelievskaya, but original, with completely new spars. Secondly, he has an original front suspension - independent, double-handed, and - envy, the owners of the Volga! - Sophisticated, on ballproofs. They say it was created with a loaf to the nodes of the untimely departed seagulls. Rear suspension closer to Gazellevskaya, but there are differences here - for example, other springs. Further, a sable changed brakes. The diameter of the front disks is 15 mm more than the gazelle. At the rear of your drums - after all, there are one-piece wheels here, with completely different than the duplex, fastening. The back of the body, despite the external similarity, is very different from the gazelle floor, the roof, sidewalls. Speaking about the interior, it is impossible not to note the new drawer cover for papers, and in the future - a new steering wheel. Yes, I almost forgot. All buses, and on request and any other sable it is planned to equip the power steering power.
Well, a family relative is sable to gazelles or not? You can finally decide, only trying a new car in business. In the meantime, let's look for Sobolevo family.
From difficult to simple
Even the emergence of the Sobility's light should occur differently, rather than gazelles - from difficult to simple. Remember: that first was the on-board truck, then his modifications, and over time, there were vans and buses. The production of the same Sobility is planned to begin at the end of 1998 precisely from all-metal machines, and with the middle roof. Later will appear their low option and on-board truck. Maybe there is some kind of technological reasons. But there is a political explanation. In the Sobolo - much less from the truck than in Gazelle. Is it because the most passenger and cargo-passenger modifications will first appear first?
 
In general, it is planned that the novelty will be made in the same options as the Gazelle. It will not be an on-board car with a dual cabin.
Now about the sables in order. Onboard truck with a lifting capacity of 900 kg called GAZ-2310. The GAZ 2752 cargo van is lucky 770 kg of cargo, its cargo-passenger version of the GAZ 2752 - Combi - takes on board up to seven people and 305 kg boosted. Finally, two minibuses: eleven kinds of GAZ 22173 and its six-grade luxury class GAZ 2217.
 
The choice is offered a wide range of engines. Two motors of four hundred sixth family, with a carburetor or injection, a promising diesel engine with turbocharged, who in the past life was Austrian named Steir, and shifted to Russia, began to be called GAZ-560, and, finally, the old familiar - Motor of the family 402, which should Equip the simplest (and cheap) sable. Many motors are not bad. What will be the most massive, the time and buying demand will decide.
By the way, the all-wheel drive sable is not going to do. Why? Let's try to figure out.
King Zakulkov, Thunderstorm sidewalks
Gazelle in the most compressed time captured the empty niche of semi-trial trucks. She is quite successful (we will not talk about the shortcomings - it has already been said a lot) copes with your duties. Above it in the table of ranks, there are medium-digging trucks that are not used in demand today, but below? There is only an ancient Ulyanovsk car, which is more suitable for off-road than for the city or highway, and a little Izhevsky heel. This is from domestic. But the Bourgeois technology is a pond of a pride. No wonder all popular Volkswagen transporters and various Japanese, often used - so cheaper. Gazelle is still quite cumbersome, and the heel sometimes turns out to be small.
 
Same with passenger machines. UAZ for comfort on a minibus does not pull. Gazelle is more grazing, but still made from the truck, and the dimensions are again. Outgoing, again - foreigners?
 
Here on them, which launched in the class of cars with a carrying capacity of up to 1 ton, and sharpening his teeth sable. It is he who must deliver small batch of goods in urban tightness, sink along the alleys, sewing to the shops, carry a simple (and not very simple) people. Finally, this is an option for the family, which is needed a large, spacious machine. The four-wheel drive will make it much more expensive, and it will be used rarely - therefore there are no speech about him!
 
Externally sable is very good. Familiar shapes look quite different on a short, squat machine with wide wheels. The bus would like to raise to the ground, became wider. Although this is a planned illusion. New wheels, chrome grille grille, plastic lining at the bottom of the body - sable, of course, not a light machine, but all his appearance hints at it. It cannot be said that he is damn handsome, but he does not take away the harmony of the appearance.
In the cockpit, everything is familiar to anyone who traveled to Gazelle. A sable, equipped with a hydraulic agent, does not need a huge ram - they say about the new steering wheel, more comfortable and modern. Not satisfied with the factory workers and many other elements of the interior, which the consumer constantly criticizes. They will also be changed or refined. But when? It depends not on the desire, but from the possibilities that are currently not very high.
 
And now behind the wheel. The semi-resistant 406th motor, an independent suspension, the hydraulicer did their job: to go to the Sabyol, much easier and more pleasant than, say, in Gazelles with an old engine. The engine has a sufficient reserve of thrust even on low revs, but it is especially good when it is promoted. A heavy bus is easily running, does not ring, not heats up. The clutch works soft enough, without jerks. Troze, do not have to constantly play. The hydraulicer allows you to work less steering. No, the steering wheel is not too heavy without it, but what price it is achieved! Twist-twisted ... Now, from the stop until the steering wheel does almost twice as smaller and the minimum force.
 
By the way, the above speech about the motor equipped with fuel injection. His carburetor option left a less pleasant impression. It is felt that the silica is much smaller, and the failures inherent in the carburetor are noticeable in some modes. Of course, injection is a new thing for us and so far scary, but, believe me, very comfortable and pleasant (with due reliability, of course).
 
And now with even asphalt - on potholes and paving. How will the independent suspension behave? It turned out, very well. This is especially noticeable in comparison with the car, which has a common Gazelle beam. The car with the new suspension is much more comfortable and is not inclined to longitudinal star, as many high short-passage cars. Sometimes there is even a feeling that you go to the big and, most likely, the American car: Sobat does not jump on the irregularities of the road, he floats on them. If approaching a sable with Gazellevish standards, it is impressive. But this behavior for a comfortable minibus, probably, is the norm.
 
The last number of the program is diesel. As the engine, he unconditionally liked: perfectly pulls on all modes even loaded with ballast machine. Failure on low revs inherent in many diesel engines with turbocharging, Malozamenne. Quitely gains momentum, so that driving on the diesel engine does not turn into riding on the tractor - the car is pretty smart. But for the pleasure you have to pay. Sobol with a diesel engine is noticeably noisy of his fellow, it felt unpleasant vibrations. Of course, we got a prototype, it will probably will still be brought to mind, including for noise, and in vibrationload, but diesel is a diesel ... True, the light on it was not a wedge. Who comfort is more important than traction opportunities - can choose one of the gasoline engines.
How much is the furs?
The price of sable has not yet been determined. But, apparently, it is if it is higher than that of a similar gazelle, then slightly. Or maybe sable will be even cheaper. We repeat the simple truth - any product should cost your money - to sell sable by the price of Mercedes, you need to be equal to the technical level. Even if it is very wanted, objective technical, production and financial difficulties do not overcome quickly. But certainly never cope with problems, standing still. In this gas, it is difficult to reproach. There was a gazelle, the modernization of the Volga, now there was a sable - a car similar to Gazelle and (the factory right) is largely completely different. The final verdict of the new model will result in a consumer. It remains long to wait - less than a year.

 

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
General data: Number of places - 2-11; Load capacity - 305-900 kg; Full weight - 2800 kg (for the bus - 2650 kg); The maximum speed is 115-140 km / h (depending on the type of engine). Size, mm: Length - 4840 (4810 - on-board); width - 2975 (2080 - on-board); Height - 2090 (2180 - High roof; 2370 - on-board); Wheel base - 2760. Engine: (see Table). Transmission: drive to rear wheels; Gearbox - mechanical five-speed. Suspension: Front - independent double-handed spring: rear - dependent spring with a transverse stability stabilizer. Brakes: dual-circuit hydraulic with amplifier, front - disk, rear - drums. Tire size: 185/70R16 (225/60R16 - for minibus).
 
Igor Tverdunov. Photo Sergey Ivanov
 

A source: Journal "Behind the wheel"