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Jubilee of Remarkable Team

On 17 July KAMAZ celebrated the twentieth birthday of the great KAMAZ-master team.

In autumn 1988 two crews on production trucks KAMAZ-4310 appeared on the starting line of the European rally Elch in the vicinity of the Polish city Vrotslav. So the Chelny racing drivers’ team started to storm the sports Olympus. And its history begins in summer 1988 when Semyon Yakubov – Director of the KAMAZ R&D Center – formed the first backbone of the team, and training for the debut on the international scene started.

That start on the rally in Poland brought the team “silver”. After that there were many successful performances at the most prestigious international competitions. They won seven times at Dakar alone – the most prestigious and significant marathon rally in the world auto racing.

The enterprise itself and KAMAZ vehicles would be quite different without the racing drivers’ team. And, perhaps, off-road rally-raids – this ranking high all over the world and most prestigious kind of auto racing – wouldn’t be so developed and popular in Russia.

Fully formed of KAMAZ sportsmen, the KAMAZ-master team – is the only Russian factory team which defends our country’s honour and prestige on the international sports scene so successfully and brightly. As Vladimir Putin said at the meeting with the team, it has been the national Russian team for a long time.

It includes five World Cup champions, eight Masters of Sports of the international class, five Honoured Masters of Sports. This is the most “star” team composition for the whole history of the Russian auto racing.

Monday, 21 July 2008

KAMAZ Helps both in City and on Highway

On 17 July KAMAZ Inc. presented new models of special equipment on KAMAZ chassis.

Presentation was organized on initiative of the special equipment manufacturer OOO Chaika-NN (Nizhny Novgorod). Three automobile models were demonstrated for specialists.

A wrecker on the chassis of KAMAZ-4308 with a crane-manipulator Amco Veba and a horizontal platform of a new type immediately attracted attention. This vehicle is designed for towaway of cars in cities. The crane-manipulator is equipped with a hydraulic rotator and a certified crossmember which enables to regulate the position of the towed vehicle regardless of its center of gravity.

According to the representatives of OOO Chaika-NN, the previous modification of this tow truck proved to be good on the streets of Russia, in particular – of Nizhny Novgorod. The new wrecker is created in accordance with the requirements of the administration of Moscow where it will be tested.

The specialists grew no less interested in a dump truck KAMAZ-43253 with a crane-manipulator Amco-Veba and a clamp hook. This three-way tipper is perfect for the municipal services of the Russian cities. The vehicle enables to execute handling of all kinds of cargo successfully without extra equipment and personnel. The carrying capacity of the vehicle is 7.3 t and the boom-out of the crane-manipulator up to 7, 12 m makes the spectrum of application of this kind of equipment rather wide.

A tow truck with a partial loading on the chassis of KAMAZ-65224 is worth mentioning. This vehicle is meant for towing away heavy haulers, buses, trailers and semitrailers. The basic element of the construction is a telescopic attachment with the help of which the towed vehicle is picked up at the bottom and the hooked part is raised for further transportation. Such a wrecker is indispensable on the federal and regional highways, especially by towing away vehicles the front part of which is seriously deformed.

It should be noted that all kinds of special equipment on the basis of KAMAZ vehicles are always in request.

Monday, 21 July 2008

KAMAZ for Ministry of Defense

The new line of special trucks of KAMAZ Inc. is of great interest to the Armed Forces of Russia.

Igor Sevastyanov, Deputy Director General of Rosoboronexport, affirmed this fact. In particular, he mentioned an oil and fuel-servicing truck of “Mustang” series which has high performance and off-road capability. This automobile is called-for by the Russian army, it has already passed state tests, and now the issue of its production financing is being decided.

The official stated: “We hope that as soon as a special truck is added to our armory it will enter the international market as well”. According to Sevastyanov, a KAMAZ armored vehicle created on the basis of an all-wheel drive chassis is obviously of interest to foreign customers too.

Monday, 21 July 2008