Iveco-UralAZ
Collaboration between UralAZ and IVECO began in 1992.
In May of that year that the first result of joint activity was represented: the truck cover 18 t Iveco UralAZ-330 -30ANW (6x6) with a gross weight of 33.5 t and a diesel engine V8 Deutz air cooled to 306.HP. The contribution of the Russian partner has been limited. The vehicle was designed for an arctic climate with temperatures of - 55 °C.
The new vehicle replaces the Magirus-Deutz-2900-26K-known in Russia, developed in the 70s under the brand IVECO-Magirus and whose production was stopped in Europe for many years. This became the basis of the production range of the new joint venture Iveco-UralAZ formed in late 1994 with a production capacity of 3600 vehicles per year.
All production features the logo IVECO-UralAZ on the radiator grille. However, in the technical press Russian vehicles are frequently called Ural-Iveco.
The first truck is the cab-IVECO-UralAZ 5531, closely derived from the Iveco 330 . On this basis was created for the tractor-trailer and the truck 55311 6x4 or 6x6. Its composition allows a road train him PTR 60 t.
In 1997, a new cab appeared that caps the engine IVECO, they have several standard sizes and annual production was increased to 9000 copies, that of the IVECO EuroTech which is no longer manufactured in Western Europe.
It replaces the old cab Fiat VI and modernized several times. The cabins forwards in the new 6329, on the chassis IVECO EuroTrakker and called UralTrakker. The short version of the car is used on trucks and semitrailer tractors for local transport. 63291 with the main tractor cabin with two berths. The PTR of the entire road is 56 t with a maximum speed of 103 km / h.
The chassis as for all other models are imported plants IVECO like water-cooled diesel engines, the famous Iveco Cursor 14 of the developing 370cv.
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