Any major car brand has severalproduct lines. One of them are minibuses. All brands or models of this line have different load capacity, number of seats, body length and type of application, but all are united by one thing - small buses, cars for transporting people.
Stamps and models
Stamps are not written by chance - for example, take the Toyota brand. Toyota Hiace saw everything. But this one brand has several types.
At the same time, the brand itself has several brands related to the line of minibuses.
The pictures above show a Japanese minibus.If we talk about Western minibuses, all brands, their prices often consist of prices on the German market and prices for moving here. If the owner himself can overtake the car - the price will not be much lower than the price in Russia. This will require costs, but the amount of costs + bus price are worth it. This, of course, is not about new, but about second-hand, but used there - on western roads.
Soviet (Russian) minibuses
Soviet automakers minibuses likeas such, not engaged. VAZ, GAZ and other manufacturers produced only cars or trucks, cars. There was only one factory, more precisely, not even a factory - a factory creating hulls on a gazovski chassis. Her cars have seen everything. Someone went to work at this, someone to study, someone worked. I think that one word "factory" has already given impetus to the memories. Add here the word "auto", then we reduce it to one first letter ... And we get the name of the factory, which produced only minibuses. All brands or models (especially the earliest ones) of this factory had the logo of Latvia on the hood, and subsequently the RAF - the Riga Automobile Factory.
What is most interesting, in Riga there was not a single corps, but all the mass Soviet production functioned in the territory of the now sovereign state.
The factory worked for many years and, besides the usual minibuses, produced many special models.
Some products were exported to HungaryCzech Republic, Bulgaria, but almost all the minibuses of Soviet times were RAFiki and, accordingly, at one time left the gate of one of the shops of this factory. Having most of the nodes from the various models of GAZ, the cars had good handling, maintainability, and other Volga-specific features, right up to the hubcaps on the wheels from the Volga Gas 21. Not without lining. So, among other characteristics inherited from GAZ, it is possible to name the voracity of fuel, which distinguishes all RAF minivans. All brands differ in increased fuel consumption, but some RAF special developments consumed much more than their colleagues. However, if we recall that all the machines of this class were listed on the balance of state enterprises, then this drawback cannot be called significant.
В настоящее время Рафики успешно заменены Gazelles, Sables, or other foreign brands. The Gazelle was originally developed as a small truck, but the development turned out to be so successful that after the usual on-board car other modifications came with the usual Gazelle filling, but with a different body. One of these solutions has become modern minibuses-minibuses.
Current situation
New minibuses in Russia are not usedless demand than at one time RAFiki. Many carriers use only foreign solutions, but Gazelles, and especially high-ceiling designs, are also used successfully. By the way, if in former times a fixed-route taxi, however, as usual, was used no more often than buses or other public transport, then according to modern statistics there are cities in Russia where more than 80% of passenger traffic is transported by minibuses.
All brands, prices
Новые модели по-прежнему имеют популярность, и for example, in Moscow, the price of a Mercedes-minibus will be from 2 million. If there is a desire and opportunity, you can take the bus in other regional cities, and then return to Moscow (if the latter is necessary). So the price may be cheaper. The price of Wv, also in Moscow, can start from 4 million. At the same time, Russian cars - typical gazelles will naturally cost less.
GAZ, like the other manufacturer, is interested,to buy its products, therefore it sets low prices for its minibuses. All brands, prices and features can be viewed in the following table.
Of course, these are not all models, but we are talking about minibuses (prices, new models).
Conclusion
Рассмотреть в короткой статье все автомобильные brands are not possible. But we described the Soviet, and then the Russian brands that produce minibuses. All brands are considered to be useless - if the model is successful, it is simply recycled, modified and made new cars. But maybe this is right. Reinventing a bicycle is boring ...
