A New Russian Goods Vehicle
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RUSSIA'S most-operated goods vehicle, the PAZ-51, is to be replaced by a new model with the designation of PAZ-52. The PAZ-52 will, like its forerunner, be manufactured at the Gorki -works in the Soviet Union. With the same loading capacity as the PAZ-51-21 metric tons—it has a higher speed range and a fuel consumption figure 10 to 12 per cent. better than that of the former model.
At the Liehachov vehicle works in Moscow, the ZIL-62 goods vehicle is to he removed from production schedules and replaced by the ZIL-130, a 4-metrictonner powered by a 148 b.h.p. engine and equipped with synchromesh gearbox and hydraulically assisted steering.
A number of new commercial vehicle models are also reported from Poland. Among new types are the Star 200, a 5-metric-tonner with 125 b.h.p. engine, stated to be Poland's "goods vehicle of the future "; the Star 27, a 4-metric-ton vehicle with. 100 b.h.p. engine soon to come into production at the Starachowice works; a 14-metric-ton 70 b.h.p. vehicle and a 1.7-metric-ton van, prototypes of both of which have been built at Lublin; and a new 8-metric tanner with 180 b.h.p. engine and five-speed• gearbox, to be known as the "A-80."