But the organizers evaluated the plant's merits differently and awarded KamAZ one of the main prizes - "For the most perfect equipment presented at demonstration performances."īy the way, about perfection. It turns out that the radiator was pierced with a sharp metal object from the inside, where a human hand could reach. Angry competitors tried to disrupt the performance of the Russians: one day the guys discovered that antifreeze was flowing near the KamAZ-4911, which had been left near the demonstration zone. Disappointment awaited other athletes who tried to "fly" on smaller jumps - the attempts ended in a broken suspension. The Belarusian crew, who tried to repeat the trick, failed: their car "nodded", broke the torsion bar and dropped out of the demonstration. It was then that KamAZ-4911 was awarded the epithet "flying truck" - "flying truck". The three-time world champion in off-road rally-raids, Vladimir Chagin, piloted it at a speed of 100 km / h, flew into a 14-meter springboard, after which he landed on all four wheels. In this country, a little earlier, at the spring exhibition of arms and military equipment IDEX-2003 in Abu Dhabi, the usual, and not sports, version of KamAZ-4911 flashed with its capabilities. Īfter last year's "Dakar" there were other victories of KamAZ -4911 Extreme, and in particular in the Desert Challenge rally-raid in the United Arab Emirates. By the way, "KamAZ-Master" is the only one of the teams that put up more than one car, which finished in full combat strength. Behind there were rivals on fifty trucks of famous brands: DAF, MAN, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, Scania, Tatra, Mitsubishi. On the track with a total length of more than eight and a half thousand kilometers, which connected two continents and five countries, Kamaz workers on Extreme "brought" more than an hour to their closest pursuers. Then, a year ago, our crew consisting of pilot Vladimir Chagin, navigator and head of the KamAZ-Master team Semyon Yakubov, mechanic Sergei Savostin finished first. It is not for nothing that this prefix was made to its index. The serial all-terrain truck at the price of $ 200 thousand (in the sports version - $ 250 thousand) is really unique in cross-country ability, dynamics and maneuverability. This definition best fits the all-wheel drive KamAZ -4911 Extreme.
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