Demand for MAZs with a restyled cabin and a YaMZ-650 diesel engine significantly exceeds supply today
Demand for MAZs with a restyled cabin and a YaMZ-650 diesel engine significantly exceeds supply today. Demand for MAZs with a restyled cabin and a YaMZ-650 diesel engine significantly exceeds supply today.
Minskers have reason to talk about a complete recovery in demand: in November 2010, the company returned to a two-shift operating mode, and in February it reached a rate of 80 cars per day. It is likely that in 2011 they will make more than 18 thousand trucks against 13.8 thousand a year earlier.
Of course, a special place is given to new products - first of all, to the family of mains with restyled cabs and YaMZ-650 diesel engines. Toward the end of the year, MAZ production will begin with Yaroslavl engines of the YaMZ-530 family. These engines are replacing discontinued products, which, due to their outdated design, are pointless to bring to the Euro-4 standard, which will enter into force in our country in 2012.
Probably, good prospects are opening up for two completely new models for the Minsk Automobile Plant. Serial samples of the four-axle chassis MAZ-6515 have already appeared. The machines planned for this year are already fully scheduled by customers, and therefore the plant will try to increase their production.
A special three-axle crane chassis MAZ-6903 with a support frame and a forward-mounted cabin of a reduced height exists so far only in prototypes, but, they say, Russian and Belarusian truck crane plants are already eyeing it.
MAZ-6903 with a lowered cab is designed for installation of crane installations weighing 25–40 tons. The engine is Yaroslavl, 250-horsepower
MAZ-6903 with a lowered cab is designed for installation of crane installations weighing 25–40 tons. The engine is Yaroslavl, 250-horsepower. MAZ-6903 with a lowered cab is designed for installation of crane installations weighing 25–40 tons. The engine is Yaroslavl, 250-horsepower.
Minskers have touched new products for a more distant future. For example, the company is seriously considering the possibility of returning to the production of hood models!
And this is not about construction or army vehicles, but about long-haul truck tractors similar to American trucks with a spectacular massive hood, a two-axle rear trolley and an impressive sleeping bag.
One of the options for a promising trunk tractor of the hood layout
One of the options for a promising trunk tractor of the hood layout. One of the options for a promising trunk tractor of the hood layout.
As for the serial beskapotnikov, in 2015 they should get a new cab. Another interesting project is the organization of production of trucks with a gross weight of 3-5 tons and minibuses in 2012 at own production facilities. True, the talk so far is only about assembling from Chinese car kits in rather modest volumes - at first no more than 2000 per year.
The MAZ bus branch also has something to trump. In 2011, he entered with two bright new products. The twelve-meter handsome liner MAZ-231 is designed for long-distance transportation.
The handsome MAZ-231 is designed for long-distance routes. The bus is equipped with a 326-horsepower 7.2-liter Mercedes-Benz engine and a 6-speed manual gearbox
The handsome MAZ-231 is designed for long-distance routes. The bus is equipped with a 326-horsepower 7.2-liter Mercedes-Benz engine and a 6-speed manual gearbox. The handsome MAZ-231 is designed for long-distance routes. The bus is equipped with a 326-horsepower 7.2-liter Mercedes-Benz engine and a 6-speed manual gearbox.
A promising small class bus with a length of 6.8 m is designed for 36 people. The first prototype with a cabin for long flights was equipped with 22 comfortable seats with high backs and folding armrests.
Among the classmates produced in the CIS, the bus stands out as a load-bearing body, spring-air suspension and an Allison automatic transmission. In the engine compartment - American 190-horsepower diesel Navistar. It is planned to install engines of more familiar brands in the CIS on urban and long-base modifications.
The first sample of a small class bus (6.8 m) MAZ-241 equipped with an engine capacity of 190 hp
The first sample of a small class bus (6.8 m) MAZ-241 equipped with an engine capacity of 190 hp The first sample of a small class bus (6.8 m) MAZ-241 equipped with an engine capacity of 190 hp
