Test drive UAZ 469 1972 - HB SUV
Fox and four "goats"
Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant made a hunt for UAZs
The fox was alone, and she clearly did not want to die as a beast. But such is the cruel law of the genre: released directly to the ambush, she lived only a moment. Which of the automobile journalists did not have time or out of pity did not fall into an unfortunate animal, was able to demonstrate his art of shooting at the stand on plates. And not in the fox business, but in domestic SUVs of four modifications that the Ulyanovsk plant introduced. Moreover, each of the cars was not directly from the assembly line, but from the tuning workshop, where, as was said, they were better adapted for hunting needs. A walking Simbir
From the railway station in Ulyanovsk, to hunting grounds in the area of \u200b\u200bthe village of Krasnaya River, Staro -Maynsky district, went to the column along the highway. At a speed of 60 km per hour. And this regime immediately made us feel that Russian SUVs are not very adapted to the movement on ordinary asphalt. I led UAZ-3162 Simbir, who did not want to withstand the exact course, spontaneously walking along the road. You try to align the car - she for a second or two does not react at all to the turn of the steering wheel, and then suddenly sharply takes to the side. Strange, frankly, behavior for a car equipped with a power steering of a steering mechanism. It was not possible to find consent with the Simbir either sharp or smooth control.
- Why can't I catch the car? - asked Igor Bodrov, who was sitting next to the engineer, who was preparing the car for the test. - I do something wrong, or is it in principle not able to keep the way?
- To get to her, it takes time. In general, the car drives at low speed. Let's go faster - it will be more stable.
Indeed, when our column began to accelerate on the direct and free section of the highway, the Simbir was still able to go relatively evenly, barely the speedometer shooter exceeded 80 km per hour. Although I can’t say that tangible impulses to go aside disappeared completely. This is still excessively annoying the driver. Igor agreed with such an assessment. And he admitted that insufficient terminal stability is characteristic of all UAZ models in the factory configuration: a disease of long transverse traction. It is she who makes the steering wheel uninformative. To get rid of the flaw, it would be necessary to install a special damper of steering rods - the so -called shock absorber of the front trapezoid. But for some reason, the plant did not bother with this problem. And in the distribution company, where Bodrov is the head of the production of the staa, and in which they carried out tuning, they first thought about confident riding over the crossed terrain. Already there Simbir should look completely different! Reinforced wheel hubs, cast 15-inch wheels and rubber Cooper Discoverer STT with an enlarged tread do not bring special benefits on the asphalt. In the snow, they will allow the maximum to use the power of the motor and other improvements. It remained in practice to make sure how true this is. In relation to the standard for all symbirs, the injector engine ZMZ-4092.10 with a volume of 2.7 liters and a capacity of 132.6 liters. with., a five -speed gearbox and a two -stage handful box, to an interdosseous self -locking differential, which works at the time of the wheel slipping, increasing the cross -country ability. The off-road properties of the UAZ-3162 were also supplemented by an electriclelet with a traction force of 5 tons. Well, perhaps, with anti -gravel plastic linings on the bottom of the entire body. The rest of the tuning was reduced to the installation of electric windows for four doors, imported car radio and acoustic systems, which, alas, did not save from the feeling that you were in the salon of a Russian car. A rough plastic and the simple design of the front panel is the reason, first of all. And painfully a familiar feeling of crowding in the driver's place, despite the ability to regulate the steering column in height. All the same, the three pedals below are clearly shifted to the left, and you have to put the legs on them as if obliquely. On the right is ridiculously sticking out a long and curve of the gear shift. This key was annoyed with its appearance and ineffectiveness while moving along the highway. With a departure in a pure field, with frequent switching, it began to simply be angry.
Nevertheless, Simbra's checkpoint deserves not only complaints. I swear, neither on the highway, nor with the inclusion of all -wheel drive on the off -road, the box was practically heard. Just silent in comparison with the constantly buzzing checkpoint of the classic goat. What soon had to be convinced once again by led the UAZ-31512. A well -known model was presented for one reason: it was installed on it and the imported andoria diesel. A good motor, painful and hardy. With a capacity of 84 liters. With. True, in combination with other properties of the most massive and cheap model of the Ulyanovsk jeep, this engine showed itself not as efficiently as Simbra's power plant. There was such a situation when on the site where I did not compose problems to write eights on Snezhnoye virgin land for sixty -second, the old SUV made its way with great difficulty and, in the end, tightly settled. So, it was quite easily pulled on the cable in reverse Simbir. He pulled his two tons of weight and more than one and a half tons in tow in half -meter snow. Yes, the patency of the UAZ-3162, unlike some of its other qualities, is really admirable. In some areas, he drove into my snow on the very headlights, and still continued to advance. Of course, with the inclusion of a handout for a reduced gear. The engine roared and vibrated quite strongly, forcing the tachometer arrow almost continuously to stay far beyond the mark of 4000 revolutions. But the car stubbornly pierced through the snowdrifts. Only once rested on the white parapet that had grown in front. I had to hand over a little back (as it was still inconvenient to switch this very key from the second gear to the back). And from a slight acceleration forward again. So, so - made their way! I then measured the depth of the snow cover in this place - 70 centimeters, plus sandy soil under it ... And if you add the ability to Simybra with confidently to take protracted rises in 31, walk with a side roll of 35 and overcome the half -meter depths of the moat with bead angles Krav up to 37, it can be safely argued that it is not inferior to the best foreign SUVs in terms of cross -country ability, and some surpasses. I did not even want to recall his imperfections, annoying me at first. Probably, I would have forgiven them if ...
Igor Bodrov decided to demonstrate the top of the capabilities of the car and got behind the wheel. He laid a couple of incredibly steep turns along Snezhnoye virgin lands and suddenly stopped abruptly. A thick steam fell from under the hood. We throw off the lid - there is a broken radiator that is fluent with antifreeze. It was rammed with a fan, which, together with the hydromoft and a massive pin of the drive of the steering hydraulic power steering, broke off the mounting on the front cover of the cylinder head. Because this cover scattered into pieces ... Sooner or later, something was supposed to happen, ”Bodrov summed up gloomily. - Too much load on one knot. But then he tried to justify the creators of the car: they say that for four hours in a row, the car worked at maximum modes, which in everyday conditions is unlikely. Of course, long and strong vibrations, the almost continuous touch of the engine could not but affect his condition. For that, and to find out where it is the limit of the endurance of the structure, materials. But if it, Bodrova, will, would still save the engine cover from the watercomoft and put in the basic configuration a more light electric fan of the cooling system. By the way, sometimes UAZ buyers themselves facilitate the design, replacing, at least, a metal impeller with a nylon. The car was fixed by the morning of the next test day. Yes, he, unfortunately, was marked by another breakdown. It seems to be a trifle - one of the valves of the power steering began to fall asleep. It became no longer possible to drive a Simbir in rough terrain. His steering wheel, when returning from the extreme right position, resisted, as they say, bought up. I had to focus on driving other cars presented on testing.
Koyot and Hunter
One of the four test machines - a jerking coyote, built on the basis of the serial UAZ -31519 - on the first day also failed ... even on the way from the station to the Red River. The front bridge broken on the highway made simply an unthinkable departure in the snow. However, after the repair of Koyot, he allowed reporters to evaluate his very decent running qualities. Well, somewhere at the level of sixty seconds. Fortunately, he was added for this a lot of bells and whistles. The Stoschny carburetor engine UMZ-4218, which usually equip luxury configurations of the basic model, was stunned, making a forced motor with a volume of 2.85 liters and a capacity of 122 hp. A 4-speed gearbox was replaced with a 5-speed one. The expanded Bars with a rut of 1600 mm, import clutch, again, again overseas shock absorbers and exhaust system, installed. The car base was increased by 200 mm. But most of all, Coyote was still impressive with his appearance, both outside and inside. Representatives of the company that conducted the tuning, not without pride, said that the entire body was fully boiled, taking the factory cracks to a minimum, installed capital noise insulation, used the highest quality paint and varnishes and a lot more, such as an additional stove in the salon and electric lily. In general, many nuances are taken into account that are important for people who prefer even hunting to go comfortably.
However, the approach to ensuring comfort can be different. The fourth of the cars presented - UAZ -39625 Hunter, popularly called a loaf, but in the proposed configuration intended specifically for hunting, underwent a more specific, albeit unpretentious tuning. In the cabin, there is a rugal for 4 units of weapons, the laid out seats easily turn into fairly comfortable sleeping places. A wide hatch is made in the roof to track the booty. A powerful turning headlight was installed next to it. The painting of the car is camouflage. Something, of course, is undertaken to strengthen the cross-country ability of the car. It is equipped with imported shock absorbers of Plaza, inter -normal self -locking differentials on both bridges, hinges of equal angular velocities (shreus) of a new model, reducing the radius of the rotation of the machine by 15%. I tried this model in business. The car showed itself on a crossed area. It is a pity that one cord at the loaf also broke during the test. What's how much
Nevertheless, there are things that fundamentally distinguish the tested cars from each other. I must say that the donor model for the coyote costs 125 thousand rubles, and all the chic added to it increased the price of the car to 523 thousand. Or in terms of approximately 16.6 thousand dollars.
- What purpose did you seek by getting a four -fold increase in price? I asked the sellers of Coyot.
“First of all, they wanted to prove that a really high -class SUV can be made from an ordinary wooden goat,” answered Sergey Kosenkov, a representative of the company that actually made a complete remake of the car. -And the resulting car according to technical characteristics, by ergonomics, is close, for example, to the Mercedes G-class, but there is still much less.
Comparison with the all -wheel drive Mercedes model, of course, amused us. Say, the components from which the coyote made were mostly of Russian origin. Separate changes in imports do not play a decisive role. In addition, an incorrectly produced by the German car to offer a single copy, in fact, manually collected and deposited UAZ into competitors. Anyway, you can pay the same money that they ask for a coyote, and purchase, say, a brand new Kia Sportage with a 16-valve two-liter engine with a capacity of 128 liters. With. A matter of taste, of course
Pricing values \u200b\u200blook just acceptable and quite justified for the Russian market in three other vehicles submitted to the test. Simbir costs 300 - 305 thousand rubles. UAZ -31512 with Andoria diesel - 188 thousand. UAZ-39625 Hunter is offered for 205 thousand. A similar ratio of price-quality, in any case, does not surprise. Oleg Vladykin
