Every car enthusiast, interested in the car, wantslearn all of it, so to speak, inadequate. This article will provide even more. We will consider cars MAZ, their history and the entire model range in general.
The history of MAZ
After the liberation of Minsk, in 1944, beganmass restoration of workshops and enterprises engaged in repair of cars. July 16, 1944 began the history of the Minsk Automobile Plant. By the end of 1951, several tens of thousands of machines with the MAZ logo had already left the assembly line. The cars of the Minsk plant have become popular not only in the Republic of Belarus, but also far beyond its borders.
What did I release in my almost 70-year historyMAZ? The model range includes more than five hundred modifications and models of the car. Under the famous brand are produced tractors, flatbed trucks, buses and chassis, designed to install almost any equipment. MAZ technology for many years has maintained a leading position in the market and is competing with other world brands. The MAZ model line has earned respect due to its reliability. Trucks proved themselves well in work on quarries, in the transportation of goods.
The composition of the automobile series MAZ
The MAZ technique has been tested for many years. The model range is mainly represented by trucks. Several models are described below.
A truck tractor is aalternative version of the onboard truck. This unit is designed to work as a road train. The carrying capacity of the tractor will not leave anyone indifferent. Pulls the car no less than 200 tons. And despite its size, it has sufficient maneuverability.
Onboard cars - an excellent replacement for imported carstrucks. Both a truck and a dump truck have a payload capacity of five to twenty tons. On-board machines MAZ, despite the engine capacity and the amount of horsepower, have a fairly low fuel consumption. The cost per 100 kilometers is about 50 liters.
Communal equipment - is presented in the form of garbage trucks and sewers.
Also at the MAZ, timber trucks are produced and speciallyequipped trailers. In the article, not all types of equipment are included in the model range of the Minsk plant. The range of MAZ offers almost all types of special equipment used at this time.
MAZ Buses
In addition to cargo and special equipment,produced at such a giant automotive industry as MAZ, the lineup was supplemented by buses. This vehicle began life in 1992. First, the buses were produced jointly with German firms, but then it was decided not to cooperate. In the future, the production and development of the vehicle was made only by Belarusian designers.
MAZ buses, a number of which includedthemselves urban, airport, intercity and tourist cars, quickly gained confidence. They were widely used not only in the country, but also abroad. History knows cases of sending shipments of vehicles to other countries. The capacity of certain bus models reached 200 passengers.
Decline of MAZ
The first production stop occurred at the beginning.2015 Further downtime has become more frequent. At this time, the plant can be considered unprofitable, and finished products go only to the warehouse. According to some reports, countries that bought MAZs began to abandon the plant’s services in favor of foreign manufacturers, such as Mercedes and Scania. The plant has ceased to be cost-effective due to a lag in technology.
MAZ, the model range of which included more than 250types of cars and more than 60 of their modifications, lost ground in the car market. More and more consumers are switching to imported equipment, despite the quality and durability of machines. But MAZs, available in every city of Russia, will serve more than one decade, bringing only profit and profit.
