ZAZ-968

The Zaporozhets (Russian: Запоро́жец, Zaporozhets; Ukrainian: Запорожець, Zaporozhets) was a brand name of subcompact cars designed and built from 1958 at the ZAZ factory in Soviet Ukraine ("Zaporozhsky Avtomobilny Zavod", or Zaporozhsky Automobile Factory). Different types of Zaporozhets were produced until 1994. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2208x1479, 421 KB) Description Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Zaporozhets ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2208x1479, 421 KB) Description Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Zaporozhets ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ZAZ or Zaporizhia Automobile Building Plant (Ukrainian: ЗАЗ, Запорізький автомобілебудівельний завод) is the main automobile-manufacturer of Ukraine, based in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhya. ... A factory worker in 1940s Fort Worth, Texas. ... Soviet redirects here. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

The name Zaporozhets means a Cossack of the Zaporizhian Sich. Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Ottoman Empire. ... Zaporizhian Sich or Zaporozhian Sech (Ukrainian: ,Zaporozka Sich) original Slavonic name Zaporizhska Sich was the center of the Cossacks of Zaporizhzhia. ...

Zaporozhets is still warmly remembered in many ex-USSR countries. Like the Volkswagen Beetle or East Germany's Trabant, Soviet Zaporozhets was destined to become a "people's car". It was the cheapest Soviet car and so the most affordable to common people. At the same time, it was rather sturdy and well suitable to Russian roads (or the lack thereof). The very looks of this car gave birth to several nicknames that stuck with it forever: "Zapor" (short for "Zaporozhets", but also means "constipation" in Russian), "hunchback" (due to ZAZ-965 insect-like form; ZAZ factory workers never used this nickname, using "Malysh" (Russian: малыш; English: Kiddy) instead ^[1] ), "big-eared" (the car had air intakes on its sides to cool down the engine in the rear of the vehicle). The Volkswagen Type 1, more commonly known as the Beetle, Fusca, Coccinelle, Vocho, Bug, Volky or Käfer (German), Escarabajo(beetle) in (Spanish) is an economy car produced by the German automaker Volkswagen from 1938 until 2003. ... GDR redirects here. ... The Sachsenring emblem adorned the front of every Trabant The Trabant was an automobile formerly produced by East German auto maker VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau in Zwickau, Saxony). ... A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Nick is short for Nicholas). ... Constipation or irregularity, is a condition of the digestive system where a person (or animal) experiences hard feces that are difficult to eliminate; it may be extremely painful, and in severe cases (fecal impaction) lead to symptoms of bowel obstruction. ... Hunchback may refer to one of the following. ... Orders See taxonomy Insects are invertebrates that are taxonomically referred to as the class Insecta. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Bat ears come in different sizes and shapes The ear is the sense organ that detects sound. ... An engine is something that produces some effect from a given input. ...

All Zaporozhets cars featured rear wheel drive (with engine in the rear) and aircooled engines. Rear wheel drive was a common form of engine/transmission layout used in automobiles throughout the 20th century. ... In Automobile design, an RR, or Rear-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places both the engine and drive wheels at the rear of the vehicle. ... Aircooling (also: air cooling) is one method of dissipating heat. ...

ZAZ-965/965A

The ZAZ-965 model was made between 1960 and 1969. Despite speculations, that design was copied from the Fiat 600, ZAZ representatives say the car was an exclusively Soviet design, created by Soviet ZAZ engineers jointly with colleagues from Moscow's NAMI ^[1] It was powered by a MeMZ-965, a rear-mounted, aircooled OHV 887 cc V4 engine of partially aluminium design, giving 26 hp (19.4 kW) (27 hp (20.1 kW) in the ZAZ-965A). A common (and false) urban legend is that the Zaporozhets's engine was used as a starter motor in Soviet tanks. The base model was manufactured between 1960 and 1963, and the ZAZ-965A, which had the air-intake "ears" removed, between 1962 and 1969. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Fiat 600 D The Fiat 600 (or Seicento) was a small (3,22 m) automobile available in hatchback with a good ventilation and defrosting system. ... Melitopol Motor Plant or MeMZ (Russian: Мелитопольский моторный завод, МеМЗ) is a leading Ukrainian engine factory. ... Aircooling (also: air cooling) is one method of dissipating heat. ... In automotive engineering, an overhead valve internal combustion engine is one in which the entry and exit valves and ports are contained in the cylinder head. ... 1700 cc High Compression Ford Taurus V4 A V4 is an engine in V configuration, with 4 cylinders. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

ZAZ-966/968/968M

ZAZ-968M

Model ZAZ-966 was made from 1967 to 1974. It had a restyled chassis, no longer resembling the Fiat 600, similar to the German NSU Prinz (it also looks like a Hillman Imp and Chevy Corvair). The engines were slightly updated as well, but the infamous "ears" were back. Image File history File links Zaz968m. ... Image File history File links Zaz968m. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The NSU Prinz was an automobile produced in Germany by the NSU Motorenwerke AG. The car was built from 1957 to 1973, and received a model change in 1961 (the old model was continued until 1962). ... The Hillman Imp was a compact, rear-engined saloon (US: sedan) automobile manufactured by the Rootes Group (later Chrysler Europe) from 1963 to 1976. ... The Chevrolet Corvair remains one of General Motors most unusual creations. ...

The ZAZ-968 was produced from 1972 to 1980. It had the ears removed again, and featured the newer MeMZ-968 engine, which increased the displacement to 1.2L and doubled the power output. The ZAZ-968M featured some minor updates and was made from 1979 to 1994. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Melitopol Motor Plant or MeMZ (Russian: Мелитопольский моторный завод, МеМЗ) is a leading Ukrainian engine factory. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

The 968 was replaced by the heavily updated ZAZ Tavria hatchback, which was quite different from Zaporozhets due to its front wheel drive and watercooled engine. ZAZ Slavuta The ZAZ Tavria (Russian: ) is a range of front wheel drive subcompact cars made by Ukrainian ZAZ. The Tavria and subsequent Dana/Slavuta hatchbacks replaced rear wheel drive Zaporozhets in the product lineup. ... Peugeot 306 hatchback, with the hatch lifted and the parcel shelf tilted for access Not a hatchback: a fastback like this Infiniti M35 can be confused with a true hatchback Hatchback is term describing an automobile design, consisting of a passenger cabin with an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind... Front wheel drive is the most common form of engine/transmission layout used in modern passenger cars, where the engine drives the front wheels. ... Watercooling is a method of heat removal from components. ...

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References

1. ^ ^{a b} (Russian)FIAT begins to produce Zaporozhets