АСЛАНЯН: Инкассаторам не спастись. «Инвалидка» от Автотор. Папамобиль / МАШИНЫ
Hello! Little Vova, who do you want to become when you grow up? A foreigner. A selected Soviet political anecdote. There were several meanings in it.
Under the Soviet regime, the common refrain of the two capitals was "time to hit the road." At that time, they did not yet go so far as to specify who. In those years, it meant "where." They finished school with this, studied at the institute, wrote their diplomas. They defended their dissertations, discussed in the kitchen, and the common refrain was an understanding that it was time to flee abroad. And in this sense, becoming a foreigner.
The second meaning indicated the privileged position of foreigners in the USSR. They flattered in front of a foreigner, envied, hated, opened any doors. A foreigner was more valued than a general at a wedding and meant high-level events. In order to live well in the USSR, It was enough to become a foreigner. This guaranteed automatic access to scarce goods, privileges, free entry to the store "Beryozka." And a much
deeper meaning. In Russia since the time of Peter the Great, anything foreign was valued higher than domestic. A Russian nobleman was considered most noble if his genealogy traced back to a foreigner. The Beresins, Skobelevs, Abolenskys yielded to the fan-Visins. By Lermontov, Varklay. The store "Rylyanochka" is clearly in a losing position compared to the store "Bill".
The cafe "Lipko" unquestionably loses to "McDonald's". "Zhiguli" will never outplay "Fiat". That is also why it is fashionable in the capitals to speak in "runglish," using foreign words, so that "manager" instead of "salesman," "security" instead of "watchman," "office" instead of "office." Because of the war, feeling discouraged without the usual abroad, pretending to be happy without dental care, creating Potemkin villages on the sites of former automobile plants, inventing an automobile industry for themselves, sweeping away the Chinese traces of modern Russian assembly industry, it is necessary to come up with imported names so that new brands at the start receive an important bonus. They must seem like foreign cars.
In no case be Russian. "Jack" Chinese plant because of its official name "Moskvich" will never turn into a car, as it has two genetic injuries at the start. It is a Russian car.
And it is a Chinese car. It is hard to say which is worse, but "Moskvich" still immediately causes disgust. China gradually. assembly autotor.
Gritting his teeth, he tries to reach the advent of SsangYong. Avtotor has always been a skillful partner for the Koreans. Promptly assembled various models of Kia, Hyundai from foreign car kits and parts, not to mention the assembly of BMW, a wide range of models from General Motors. But gradually slid down to the Chinese and today is hopelessly disgraced by attempts to assemble models of Chinese cars in full size, so inferior that even in China they are despised. Ssangyong, revived under the brand KGM, encourages the prospect of returning the factory to foreign cars, always in high demand in Russia, in order not to admit to Chinese roots.
"Avtotor" comes up with new names for its current products. Not very well versed in ronglish, but carefully avoiding the Russian language, "Avtotor" came up with the terrible name "Aburvalg" for its Chinese electric cars "Ji Angling". Over the past year, "Avtotor" assembled 1100 "Aburvalgs" of the A5 model and not very successfully tried to place them in taxi and leasing services. The car is neither worse nor better than other third-rate Chinese cars, but the name is just too exotic.
Although at the factory they read it slightly differently. Not Abervalg, but Amberville. And here Avtotor came up with the following name. E-Apukh.
This is a Chinese electric car with a ban on driving on public roads, which will try to certify as class L7, as a heavy quad bike. If it doesn't work out, E-Apukh will become a motorized wheelchair. The title is a bit harsh, but for drinkers it contains a tangible meaning and seems less mysterious and more understandable in advance, the main thing is slightly more personal. After the failure of Oborvalga, the motoprosthesis E. Apuk does not appear to be a contender for success and remains just as strange entertainment, necessary only to hold out until the arrival of Sangyong. If the Koreans spare him, They will leave a bad name for the KGF and the recognizable logo, Avtotor will receive hope to produce instead of China a full-fledged foreign car.
In Russia, handguns are prohibited for the population, but automatic rifles and machine guns are allowed, without the ability to fire automatically. And until recently, MMG were allowed. Layouts are large-sized, that is, real weapons, but they do not shoot, just scare and make an impression.
In 2013, two plants in Kovrov named after Degtyarev and in Vyatskiye Polyany named after Molot started production of the hunting carbine VPO-135, that is, they released for sale the submachine gun Shpagin, the legendary PPSh. Just in case, in Russia, all owners of civilian weapons are considered hunters. Hunting tickets are available to everyone, any machine gun, submachine gun, and machine gun are considered hunting weapons. The funniest example is the Maxim hunting machine gun. But that one, on the stand, is huge, heavy. They removed its automatic fire capability, switched it to single shots, and sell it in hunting stores.
They welded a fire selector switch to single fire on the PPSh. They restricted the box store to ten cartridges and declared it a hunting carbine. The standard cartridge for the PPSh is pistol, for the TT. After putting the PPSh on the shelves for sale, they also released cartridges for it, for the TT, after which something amazing happened. The PPSh remained on the shelves, while the cartridges were immediately sold out.
It turned out that the population had a lot of illegal TT handguns. And to the general joy of the authorities, they allowed refreshing the ammunition depots. According to statistics, there are about 5 million units of legal weapons and about 20 million units of illegal weapons in Russia. With the current war, the number of illegal weapons will increase even more. The TT remained from the Second World War, is rated higher than the PM, is valued on par with the Nagant, is expensive for the population, and is resold quite rarely.
And now When the country replenished caches with fresh ammunition, the Moscow region firm Eurokom developed an armored version of the "Lada Largus" car for cash-in-transit services. Protection class - BR-2. The body is protected from gunfire from a TT pistol. BR-2 is a rare standard for armored vehicles.
It is mainly for body armor. Previously, cash-in-transit personnel were prepared for gunfire from an AK-47, which is more logical. Moreover, with the current war, a flow of illegal AKs has poured into the country, and the nearest attacks will mainly involve Kalashnikovs. However, Eurocom received intelligence from criminal circles that there will be attacks in the Moscow region with weapons firing 7.62x25 bullets from the TT
pistol. There are only two types of such weapons in the country - the TT pistol itself and the PPSh. By the way, the cartridge is store-bought, imported. Tokarev designed his pistol for the Mauser cartridge.
Therefore, theoretically, an exotic Mauser pistol, famous from movies about revolutionary sailors, could become the third participant in the attack on the cash collectors near Moscow. Knowing in advance who and with what weapons will attack the Largus vehicles, the Eurocom company is entitled to expect that the least intelligent robbers will take the Soviet TT, and the talented ones will choose the PPSh. Although, it would seem the opposite.
The TT is hidden in the pocket, it is not visible, you can't hide the PPSH, and everything is clear to any Largus in advance. The same cartridge in different weapons has different initial bullet flight speeds. The PPSH hits harder. The PPSH has a bullet flight speed of 500 meters per second, while the TT has 420. The PPSH is more effective. Although from the PPSh to the AK is just one step, and since Largus is only ready to confront historical weapons, one can try their luck with a more modern AK, which has a muzzle velocity of 735 meters per second for a bullet in caliber 5.45 by 39.
However, in Eurocom, they have decided that nobody will attack their armored Largus with a Kalashnikov rifle and are only waiting for those armed with a TT. The Moscow region armadillo has a common lounge. Usually in cash-in-transport vehicles, the crew hides separately from the money.
Here they all ride together. The air conditioner is at the service of the money and the cash carriers, which will allow you to ride in the amazing car without overheating. Dealing with the reservation of passenger cars is a dead-end idea. This was indulged in ancient times when everyone around was so poor that even banks didn't have enough money for decent technology. And it was necessary to use armored Volkswagen Golfs, Renault 4.
And they were protected from slingshots, knives, and ladies' pistols 6.35x15. But as soon as they became rich, the armored vehicle of cash collectors became a large jeep or truck. To attack which need army large caliber weapons. But in Russia the economic situation is such that it is necessary to put on a bulletproof vest on the Largus, hoping that the collectors will be attacked with antique weapons. The Chinese counterfeit automotive plant Jun Chen Auto Body has expanded its model range. Before, they produced replicas of the Toyota AE86 in the Trueno body, Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40, Land Rover Defender 90, the first 1968 Ford Bronco, and the Ford Escort MK2 Coupe.
Then they added the Land Rover Defender 130 pickup body to the production lineup, as the demand for them never ends. Even in Great Britain, the English cannot restrain themselves, and despite the complete and unconditional cessation of Defender production in 2016, they continue to produce them in small batches, deceiving themselves and delighting buyers. Every year Land Rover releases 2-3 farewell editions, and each of them is better than the traditional conveyor ones.
The Chinese, in a frenzy of mass enthusiasm, willingly responded to the wishes of Defender enthusiasts and expanded their range of counterfeit models. And now the counterfeit factory has taken on the task of copying the Porsche 911. The 964 generation is from the '89 model year. Of all the 911s, this is the most classic and sought-after generation. By the time of its debut in '89, the model had already perfected its driving abilities. It became customary to look and was considered unconditionally classic.
The Chinese obtained the original, disassembled it, took measurements, and started stamping out body parts. All counterfeit products are produced in the third configuration. These are ready-made bodies, painted in the final color, with the hood, trunk, and doors attached.
The customer will obtain and install everything else themselves. I bought perfectly fitting glasses, optics, interiors, wiring, suspension, and wheels of Chinese counterfeits at the neighboring factory. The only problem is with the engines and gearboxes. China has not yet built a factory for producing counterfeit engines and gearboxes corresponding to the times. When the Chinese themselves need to revive a fake, they install more modern engines and gearboxes that are suitable in size and mounting points. Riding on the appropriate original engines is not interesting.
Since the buyer knows that it is a fake, he does not equip the car for a collection or attempts to sell it at an auction under the guise of an original, but for rides. Toyota 86 Trueno is rear-wheel drive. It is trendy to drift on it, performing at competitions where it's a pity to crash historical rarities, and a new Chinese model is just right. And Defenders don't go to the opera, they go to rally in the bush, hitting the stumps and somersaulting in the ravines. The Porsche 911 models that have appeared are also bought for specific feats on the asphalt. Very soon, Chinese Porsches will appear in the same competitions as the Truenos, competing with them in drifting.
The Chinese could go further, expand production, and sell complete cars. Add a department for legalization, where fake documents would be made for fake cars. However, business does not require this yet, as the customer is looking for a body that they themselves will customize, installing a safety cage, fire suppression system, and a welded inescapable Ackerman differential. But when presenting the 911th, the Chinese for the first time deviated slightly from their own rules and installed front optics and emblem on the body, indicating that they are willing to carefully listen to the wishes of customers, if they still want a car not in the third configuration, but, for example, in the first, they will find something to offer. In the free time from forging bodies in assembly, the Jun Chen Auto Body plant does retail stamping of individual parts. for repairing other not-so-old cars, not as old as fakes, but not the newest either.
In their product range, iron for Americans, Germans, French, Koreans, Italians, Swedes, English, and even for Russians. "Jun Chen Autobody" stamps front fenders for the "Priora" at a price of 2400 rubles per piece. A factory of Chinese car fakes for 13 years. In 2014, Jun Chen Auto Body received the international quality system certificate ISO TS 16949. The factory guarantees that its products are of high quality. 22 years ago, Europe allowed itself the signs of civilization and allowed countries to use instead of a paper vehicle registration certificate.
to make plastic cards with a chip the size of a credit card. This is a more reasonable way of life and a good support for storing any data that does not fit on paper. Very progressive, quite in the spirit of universal digitization.
Under Soviet rule, the cards looked solid, as befitting an identification document, resembling a booklet, with an attached warning slip and an insert for recording violations. And a more solid technical passport was also issued for the car. It contained information about both the car and the owners, starting from the very first owner to the last. In terms of size, the driver's license and the technical passport were the same and conveniently fit in the pocket of the uniform. Before that, the document for the vehicle was called more clumsily.
The technical passport for the car looked terrible, twice the size of the driver's license. not fitting into any pocket and was designed for an officer's tablet. In 1993 in Russia, there was a desire for either the Constitution or salted herring with horseradish, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs split the technical passport into two different documents - a blue PTS sheet and a pink STS card. In the PTS as the successor to the technical passport, they continued to write the names, passwords, and secret phrases of the former owners in the STS, the registration certificate. They wrote only about one owner, a little about his car, and definitely about the registration, so that any new Russian would know which address to come to with a soldering iron.
It became illogical, inconvenient, and again of different sizes, since the ultimatum of the year 2000 required changing the old Soviet-style driver's licenses to new Russian ones by January 1, which had become the size of a regular credit card. Rights have since changed multiple times in appearance and turned into a motley cardboard of Turkmen type, but neither the registration certificate nor the driver's license received either plastic nor a microchip, skipping over the digital format directly to electronic. Now the current drivers do not always have a real document confirming ownership rights in their hands, only a photocopy. Well, and hope for the traffic police inspector's tablet. It turned out bad again. created for the convenience of life and lazy doing nothing.
In the EU, not much happens quickly, as everything requires coordination, meetings, discussions, and must extend for decades. It took 25 years to replace national driver's licenses with single EU licenses. And transitioning to a chip card instead of a paper vehicle registration certificate And there is no regulation for it at all. There is only a decision made in 2003 allowing unified Europe to use plastic in addition to paper.
Austria matured to this in 2011 and started making chip cards. Germany only caught up with this idea this year. Germans are among the slowest and most backward in Europe. The infamous Finns are much faster and more agile.
And Germany, with its transport collapse, the worst railway in the EU, paper document flow, shows that the country has so many other problems completely not by chance. The Germans have overslept their Germany, the automotive industry, reasonable forms of digital life. The only thing the Germans still excel in is fines. There are many of them, they are different, with cynicism and foolishness, and far from all of them can explain themselves to the Germans. But someone in Germany turned on the computer, read about EU directives again, and suddenly had a flash of understanding of the digital convenience of the modern automobile technical passport. And the Federal Ministry of Digital Technologies and Transport, the Federal Road Transport Authority, and the Federal Printing Office.
The pilot phase of implementing a digital vehicle registration document is being launched. Since the idea is still very fresh, at just 22 years old, the Germans are afraid of making mistakes and disgracing Germany. Therefore, three federal agencies are looking for volunteers. 2500 brave drivers are needed, who are willing to risk their lives and health to drive for six months not only with a paper vehicle registration document, but also with a plastic one. Special requirements are placed on these heroes.
For example, they must be able to use smartphones. After that, following a grueling and dangerous experiment, they must fill out a questionnaire and explain in detail what happened to them all this time. If everything ends well, without casualties, Germany will ratify the ancient EU decision and by the end of this year will introduce a plastic vehicle registration certificate with a chip. Germans are being warned, because the country is backward, the police force is underdeveloped, it is better to bring an old paper document along with the digital registration certificate for the initial period after its introduction, as a symbol of Germany's failed digitization policy. The most famous official transport, attracting worldwide interest, belongs to the English queen and recently to the king. Two presidents, Russian and American, whose is longer, well, and from the Pope.
When kings and presidents change, it is customary for the transportation to remain old. Initially, one is expected to ride in the previous one, except for the Pope. He has professional modesty, and novelty and fashion are not suitable for him, except for bouts of environmental concern. In other words, the Pope should always have an old car that belonged to his predecessor. The other day there was a change of user for the popemobile, and the new Pope Leo XIV was given the official G-Class of the late Francis to use.
The papal garage allows only one color, always white. Only one option for license plates, three letters SCV, elaborate and multisyllabic, symbolizing the Vatican. The former Pope Francis drove on the current white G-Class on the penultimate day of his life. Remaining in execution, even against the odds, demonstrating true service. The Gelandewagen in the garage of another official figure remains a Mercedes, inevitably undermining the owner's image, adding significance and superiority to any portrait, except the Pope's. Only in front of the Pope does the Gelandewagen become just a car, where its resounding automotive name.
it stops mattering and only once shows humility in spite of the three-ray star. Although the history of each pope is described in detail, and the current Vatican has long been unfolding in our historical segment, humanity has overlooked the beginning of the papal garage and focused on it only with the first custom car, when in 1965 Paul VI He appeared before the flock in the most luxurious European Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Landale. The car received several improvements and in terms of equipment turned out to be holier than the Pope and better than any other customized option. The car was equipped with a podium for the only rear passenger seat, allowing the parishioners to contemplate Paul VI even when he was sitting. During those times, the violent death of the leader of the Holy See was not practiced, and the car did not require armored protection. In 1975, there was a replacement of transportation.
An excessively luxurious Mercedes was incompatible with the position. The Pope remained the same, Paul VI, and his official vehicle became the Toyota Land Cruiser 40 series. "The 'Forty' was always extremely ascetic and in this sense was perfect for the position she occupied. She had no seats, and the pontiff traveled standing, leaning on a special high handrail. It was from this cruiser that all the cars got the nickname 'Pope Mobile.' In 1981, the modesty of the Holy See worsened, and the 'Toyota' was replaced by the dismal 'Fiat Campagnola.'" All of his special equipment failed to
hold up during the movement. The assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, carried out on May 13, 1981, by the Turkish terrorist Ali Agca from the "Grey Wolves" group, occurred precisely while traveling in this unprotected car. Ali Agca fired from a powerful "Browning Hi-Power" pistol, fired four shots, seriously wounding John Paul II twice. Ak-Dzho was sent to prison, Fiat Compagnola to a museum. From that moment on, the Pope of Rome became a specially protected person, his car received armor protection. At that time, the best in the world at armoring vehicles were ZIL and Mercedes.
But out of annoyance that the assassination attempt did not succeed, Brezhnev did not think to give the Pole Karol Wojtyla, as John Paul II was called, a special car from his own garage. And in the failed tender, Mercedes won, becoming the main Gelandewagen in the service of the Pontiff. Mercedes made its armored vehicle on the chassis of a short-base G230. The car received an armored aquarium, allowing the Pope to stand at full height, be visible from all sides, while remaining protected. Such glazing is a very complex engineering task, as the huge area of armored glass must ensure safety, which is extremely difficult. If the first car of the papal garage, the extremely pompous Mercedes 600 Pullman Londale, poorly related to the service of the Lord, then switching to primitive military off-road vehicles in the simplest execution corrected and solidified the situation, improving the image.
The next papal car was supposed to be the downright inhumane Spanish Land Rover Santana. In this world, they punish with a machine in Catholicism. It would look like a technological equivalent of asceticism. Santana was armored, waiting for the pope to come to Spain to give to the holy throne.
But Siad managed to outsmart his compatriot and hastily put together a funny morbid for the pope, aka the Fiat Panda, exposed to bullets and winds, just like previous models. John Paul II only rode it once to honor the diligent manufacturers. After that, the English took on the Pope's garage. Having the most prestigious brands in the world, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, they tactfully offered the Range Rover. Three-door, white, with an appropriate armored glass dome.
But the most unexpected papal-mobile they made was based on a Leyland truck. There were no more candidates for the papal garage before or after such vehicles. On this massive Leyland, dad traveled through Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia in 88-89. The luxurious extended high-class car returned to the garage in '99, when Lyancha introduced the executive model Thesis to the market and decided that the best PR move would be to gift the new product to dad. The idea is beautiful, long-lasting.
Every outing attracts attention to the brand, buyers, to the dealer. And any lunch is always more modest than a Mercedes. Not everything that was listed in the garage of the Holy See and corresponded to the status of the pope became his official transport. In 2005, Ferrari gifted John Paul II a unique Enzo model, exclusively for subsequent resale at an auction, so that the Catholic Church could receive one million euros for charity. Ferrari promised to make it worldwide.
Only 399 copies of the "Ensa". But for the auction, the last, 400th car was made, with the only distinctive detail - an unpainted carbon rear spoiler. The rule "new pope, old car" was still broken once. In 2005, "Benedict XVI" ascended to the Holy See, and in his garage entered the "Mercedes Benz C-Class", the very 140th "Landale". Every humility improved.
In the world, the Roman Benedict was the German Josef Ratzinger and, having reached the pinnacle of his career, supported the domestic manufacturer by taking an appropriate achievement car. Josef Ratzinger is remembered as Pope Benedict not only for the 600th Mercedes, voluntary resignation, but also for ecological concern, as befits a representative of God on earth. He took on a task that corresponded to his rank and abilities, and began to improve the climate on the planet. In 2021, he acquired a service electric car Renault Kangoo Maxi ZE in the garage for this purpose. Both of them failed to fulfill their duties, overestimating their own abilities, and first the electric train left the job, and soon after, its main passenger as well. When the penultimate pope Francis was a priest, Jorge Mario Bergoglio in his native Argentina, he used to drive a basic Renault 4.
After becoming pope, he resumed this practice and, without needing to drive in an armored vehicle, he traveled around the Vatican and its surroundings in the same Renault, causing confusion among the security personnel. When in 2015 he embarked on a visit to the Philippines, the local Catholicism decided to please the pontiff with a simple gift and presented him with a local daily object, the jeepney. This is a traditional mode of transportation in the Philippines, meticulously transformed from an American CJ-5 jeep. The vehicle, as ornate as a pagoda, is peculiar everywhere except in the Philippines but is inexpensive and therefore appropriate. Pope Francis demonstratively feared nothing. He was sincerely modest.
That's why for his visit to America he chose a Fiat 500L, surprising Obama. And in his further world travels he used the most subdued cars, smoothing out the awkwardness of papal grandeur and universal admiration. During his 12 years of service, Francis travelled in specially designed papal vehicles, but without armored protection, and based on the most unassuming models available.
The visit to Cuba in 2015 was done in a Peugeot 206 Plus. In 2018, in Chile, the Pope traveled in a Toyota Hilux. The pretentious exotic with a claim to luxury only approached the modest Pope in Indonesia, where there is its own automotive industry concerned with producing special vehicles for the president and his entourage. Therefore, the pontiff visited Pindad, Maung, MV-3, Tanguh, and had to endure Asian luxury.
The most unusual car in the entire history of the Vatican garage also fell during the reign of Pope Francis – the hydrogen Toyota Mirai. It equally amazes ordinary mortals, saints, and high-ranking workers of various denominations. The newly appointed Leo is American.
If there are any changes in his garage, we will receive reliable clues about what kind of person he is. In anticipation of the war with Napoleon, Emperor Alexander I in 1810 ordered the construction of a fortress on the Western Dvina River. In Latvia, the Western Dvina is called the Daugava. The fortress and the city designated by it changed names for each era - Dinaburg, Dvinsk.
Daugavpils. Today, the city has finally reclaimed the name Daugavpils, while the fortress still remains either Daugavpils or Dinaburg. After the departure of the Soviet authorities from Latvia, the fortress received the care of the EU, candidate status for UNESCO World Heritage, partially restored, and in fact serves as an urban microdistrict behind the fortress wall, with residential buildings of various ages, styles, conditions, museums, and exhibition activities. The Nonabursk fortress was huge, it consisted not only of a central citadel, but also of seven forts, surrounded by moats, earthworks, and fortifications.
The project's author, Colonel Engineer Yegor Fyodorovich Gekel, was ahead of his time and proposed to build not just one point of defense, but an extensive line with developed communication, maneuvering capabilities, and counterattack opportunities. Essentially, Gekel's idea was a prototype of a fortified area. In the next stage of fortification evolution, which replaced fortresses, someone had to be the first at each invention. Haeckel happened to be the first to develop the idea of defensive structures on the scale of a fortified area. Two years ago, the Daugavpils Center for Technology and Industrial Design with a large museum exposition opened in the engineering arsenal.
The second anniversary is being celebrated these days with great solemnity. This museum of technology organized an open day, gathering children, moms, grandfathers, specialists, collectors, and visitors. In the square between the buildings of the engineering arsenal, apart from the hustle of toy cars, attractions, established exhibits, in the far corner, modern art objects from the museum's reserves glimmered. They look more striking in the sun. Ferrari 250.
In this car, the bodywork design is more important than in Ferrari. It is so recognisable primarily due to the work of the bodywork studio, and only then thanks to the technology. The thing is, the index 250 does not mean this particular car.
250 - the displacement of one cylinder. The model indexing system in those times at Ferrari only contained one hint - the displacement of one cylinder combustion chamber. Therefore, everything that the company produced in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s with this engine received the same index, denoting very different cars with very different purposes and destinies ranging from racing and sports to road vehicles. And if the car carries the name of its chief designer Enzo Ferrari, then the amazing engine also entered history under the name of its creator, Gioachino Colombo. This is a V12, with a 3-liter displacement, a 60-degree V-angle, three Weber carburetors, and a power output of 280 hp, which was not considered the best in the world indicator, but it was the lightest among V12 engines.
There are many cars with Colombo engines, and they are not alike, so to designate this model, the incantation of three magical words "Ferrari", "Colombo" is required. Based on these clues, the beauty of full restoration splendor exhibited in the square of the engineering arsenal can be guessed. The appeal of any Ferrari restoration work is also that each car is invariably collectible.
It is always in demand, therefore any expenses are paid off. The Latvian SSR was a highly developed industrial republic, had its own automotive industry, and the entire Soviet Union drove on RAV minivans. This nostalgic car is still remembered and loved.
A whole collection of them is gathered in the engineering arsenal. The first floor of the museum of technology is occupied by Soviet cars that were dreamed of by the whole country, people stood in lifetime queues for them, watched "Beware of the Car" about them. And in no case did they forget now. Only wheelchairs were free for the Soviet person. For the rest of the equipment, you had to pay, collecting all your life, or when a sudden postal notification arrived, urgently collecting money from relatives. The exposition logically unfolds based on the price.
About Muscovites dreamed more strongly than about Zaporozh vehicles. The 407th, as well as the 403rd together with the 402nd, which only specialists can distinguish, remained long-playing. And when the country switched to dreams about the 408th, 412th Muscovites, the previous model range remained in operation, passed down to descendants, becoming a guide for studying technology. receiving initial locksmith skills and a driving simulator for training.
Against this background, the 412th looked like perfection. But it immediately dimmed as soon as the "Zhiguli" appeared. "Zhiguli" quickly put an end to disputes and became the main dream of the Soviet person. At first, they were suspected of being unfaithful to ideals and tried to reproach them for the non-removable front wings and a spring suspension without the usual rear leaf springs. But the "Zhiguli" skillfully preserved foreignness, showed people a completely new level of mastery of technology.
And along with fast driving, a warm heater, an easy life, the public suddenly got an auto service, about which they had no idea and did not dream. "Zhiguli" were the first in the USSR to show that one can not be a mechanic, not know how to fix things, and still survive and even drive. "Zhiguli," "Ladas," "Sputniks." were a reachable
dream. The "Volga" remained an unattainable dream. It was never a decent car and always lagged behind by one or two generations, remaining a thing of the day before yesterday. But in the Soviet Union, it occupied the top league. People wanted it not because it was good to drive, but because the "Volga" meant everything at once - career, wealth, status. And a Soviet person could never understand its role as a taxi.
How can one bomb prestigious cars at train stations, collect from sidewalks, trade vodka at night against all respect and admiration? A fire engine is interesting to boys of any age. УА-69 with an unprecedented pump NШН-600, gear fire pump, cast iron, weighing 30 kg, never breaks, works off the crankshaft snorer. Well, simply put, it connects with a piece of scrap through the hole for the crank starter. The fire truck GAZ-51 served in the province.
It relied on small settlements, collective farms, villages. The all-wheel drive GAZ-63. The car has always been rare, especially in firefighting execution, hardly found in museums. Automobile exhibits on the first floor. The engineering arsenal allows us to remember feelings from our past life, to share them with our children, grandchildren, realizing how complex and unrealistic were the guiding principles of Soviet people. Part of the exposition on the first floor is not about cars, but about the industry of Soviet Latvia, which produced telephone sets.
They were the most beautiful in the country and were valued equal to East German ones. To get a VEF telephone in the apartment, it was necessary to intrigue and give an additional 3 rubles. But, of course, the most important thing for the country became the symbol of the Khrushchev thaw - the Spidola radio receiver.
It was used to listen to the beacon. The symbol of the Brezhnev stagnation was the Riga radio receiver VEF, thanks to which they listened to "Voice of America." But the VEF company is primarily known in the rest of the world for the Minox camera. It was invented in 1935 by the Riga native Walter Zapp. In 1937, production was launched at the VEF factory, and the world received the main spy camera of the decade, although initially it was not a spy camera, but simply small and convenient.
In order for a car to learn to drive, people initially spent a long time turning nuts, and before that they practiced precision of intentions, trying to fail. But initially, they mastered work on wood, as clearly and substantively reported by the engineering arsenal. Treasures of global scale are stored on the second floor of the arsenal. When Nikolaus Otto invented the four-stroke engine, he did not intend to put it on cars, as there were no cars at that time. Otto's engine was stationary and ran on gas. His task was to operate machines and agricultural equipment.
Nikolaus Otto, having obtained a patent for his invention, organized a company to produce his engines, now known as "Deutz". In the exposition of the "Arsenal", there are two Otto engines produced by the "Deutz" company. We are not used to the large Fiat under the index 520. In 1921, the company made its first representative car and, out of admiration, named it "Superfiat". It was bigger and more powerful than that.
"Superfiat" was produced for a couple of years. Then, under its name, a slightly smaller and not so super car was created, but still unusually large and still representative. The "Inline six" engine with a displacement of 2.2 liters had a power of 46 hp.
For Italy, the car became the first with a steering wheel on the correct side, on the left. It looked magnificent. It drove very fast, 90 km per hour. Aston Martin Sport Tourer of the year 1939. Firstly, it is beautiful.
Secondly, the car is placed above the mirror. When we talk to people, we use the term "inner beauty" and do not insist on clarifications, implying slightly different meanings. Workers of the engineering arsenal allowed visitors to see in a mirror reflection one of the possible versions of inner beauty. DeSoto Chrysler corporation, model K, 1931, with a 6-cylinder inline engine of 3.2 liters. The first Chrysler with hydraulic brakes.
The K series was the starting point. This was the very first model of the DeSoto brand, created by Walter Chrysler to compete in the mid-price segment. This DeSoto was purchased by the first owner in pre-war Riga. That period in our textbooks was referred to as the bourgeois Latvia. To save the car from Soviet authorities, the owner hid it in his house, bricking up the entrance. The car was discovered accidentally in the 60s during construction work.
It had been locked away for 32 years. Now it stands in public view. This "Nash" from 1920 will be turned into a magnificent exhibit in a couple of years. Now only his poor health is obvious, but the prospect consoles. In present hands, he will come to life and drive, but for now, it only encourages. The company named after himself Charles Nash invented in 1916, after leaving the position of General Motors executive.
This exhibit is one of the early ones. This is how the great Nash started with such cars. To celebrate its second year, the engineering arsenal not only opened its doors with discounted tickets, organized children's rides, offered pancakes, but also indicated its attitude towards painting. Inside the halls alongside the cars, canvases by contemporary artists are exhibited. Outside, creativity is displayed in the most visible form, in the process of creation. The airbrush is a complex tool.
But in experienced hands, it can soften the image. The elephant turns out friendly thanks to aerography. As for the Alien based on the movie by Ridley Scott, it depends on the painter.
The Alien was invented by the gloomy Swiss artist Hans Giger. There is a Giger museum that not everyone can endure. And here the Alien turned out not scary and it is quite possible to endure it.
People are not always ready for something new. They are used to living in the same old way. That's why artists have a tough fate. But it's interesting.
Questions and Answers, quotes by Vitaliy Nemirovsky. You can't put the cart before the horse. First, make acceptable civilian cars, and then start working on sports cars.
Otherwise, it's just laughable. Acceptable civil cars should not fall apart and must be reliable. To ensure longevity, endurance needs to be checked. The fastest and most visual way is motorsport. For you, motorsport is popping champagne on the podium and overly beautiful cars that are unaffordable.
In fact, motorsport is a testing ground for ideas and designs, after which come technologies and solutions. It is transferred to production, and you get acceptable civilian cars. Phaganera. If the Subaru lineup is for Americans, then not in inches, but in inches. You showed ignorance. The Japanese at Subaru believe that their lineup is in feet for Americans.
The American distributor believes that for America, this lineup is in feet. You showed foolishness. That's all for today. Goodbye.
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