UAZ “Patriot” and “Pickup” cars produced at the same base have long needed to be redesigned – after all, in their current form, the cost of these cars is too high for the domestic automobile industry to meet today’s requirements. To what extent the updated versions of these models meet these requirements, only an independent review this autumn will tell, but in the meantime, their serial production begins at the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant: after the facelifted “Patriot”, the facelifted “Pickup” begins to roll off the production line. and publications “Russian Gazette” There are even corresponding images.
Image source: Rossiya Gazeta.
It is worth reminding that the updated “pickup” is equipped with a 2-liter turbodiesel engine with a power of 136 horsepower. and. Torque is 320 Newton meters. In fact, for this “moment”, and for the large power reserve on one tank of fuel, the diesel version will be purchased. Mated to the turbodiesel engine is a 6-speed manual transmission.
Image source: Rossiya Gazeta.
The car also comes with modern lens LED headlights, a “winter package”, air conditioning, parking sensors, stability control, airbags and other options you’d expect from any modern car.
Image source: Rossiya Gazeta.
It must be said that in the Russian climate how practical a car in a pickup truck is is a hotly debated question. Usually, pickup trucks are associated with the landscape of the southern states of the United States, where there is almost no winter, especially in Russian.