In fact, the fighting peoples also looked down and thought, and they were also reflecting in the late 1980s. Start trying to embrace product changes and make products that are more in line with the market, and the two cars we introduce today are the products of that era. Concept cars from the National Automotive Engineering Institute (NAMI) are NAMI Typhoon 0286 (Tajfun) and NAMI-0295 Ross (Rus).
Today's NAMI is known as the State Science Center of the Russian Federation (Государственый научный центр Российской Федерациии), whose predecessor was the Automotive Science Laboratory (NAL), founded in 1918. In 1921 NAL became the Institute of Automotive Science (NAMI), with its first director being N.R. Professor Briling, at that time the laboratory had a research and development team of 86 people.
At that time, the Institute of Automotive Science (NAMI) was fully responsible for the development of related research and development in the Soviet Union, and its four major segments were passenger cars, commercial trucks, buses and special vehicles. Among them, special vehicles include snowmobiles, motorcycles, tractors, military equipment, special trailers and transmissions.
The research institute, hidden behind the fighting national auto industry, is so powerful that its research has been adopted by more than a dozen national brands. Among them are the GAZ, Kamaz and MAZ that we are very familiar with, and the models introduced today are somewhat related to the MAZ-2000.
The MAZ-2000 was developed in 1985 and participated in the 1988 Paris International Motor Show. The above picture is the NAMI-0286 typhoon that began to be developed in 1989, and its appearance is somewhat similar to that of MAZ-2000, but the core is actually a traditional design concept, and the breakthrough technology of MAZ-2000 is not used.
The cab adopts the design of the road train, the clearance with the cargo is very small, and the curved roof diversion effect is good. The A-pillar on both sides of the curved front windshield directly in front of it is moved backwards to increase the field of view and reduce blind spots. Underneath the glass are three bottom-mounted sub-edge wipers, with NAMI's logo in the middle of the front face. The lower grille is integrated with the bumper, and the headlights are embedded in the bottom sides.
The side design is more sci-fi than the MAZ-2000, and the same rear-sliding open door is equipped with a folding hidden three-step progressive board. The 6×4 model features a front-rear-drive powered configuration and is powered by a YaMZ-8424 V8 diesel engine with a maximum power of 500 horsepower. Paired with a 14-speed manual transmission, the top speed is 120 km/h.
The three-axle model has a maximum weight of 51.5 tons and the same streamlined fiberglass cab as the MAZ-2000 mounted on a steel frame with a surround on the lower side of the body and a custom-made compartment on the upper part. A follow-up model was introduced, the NAMI-0925 Rus.
The NAMI-0925 Rus, introduced in 1992, looks more like the MAZ-2000, but don't be fooled by this look. The cab and chassis of this car are not separate modules, but appear to be separate. The roof deflector resembles a large back, and the front windshield has been changed to two pieces of split glass, retaining three bottom-mounted downside wipers.
The front air intakes are divided into upper and lower parts, and the headlights are still embedded in the bottom two sides. The sliding doors and progressive three-stage pedals on the side of the car remain, and the fiberglass cab, which is separated from the chassis, looks a bit floaty. Due to the thin cab and chassis skids, protruding fixing bolts can occasionally be seen.
Two-spoke steering wheel with combined instrument cluster
Although there is plenty of space in the cab, the legroom is not spacious due to the addition of a sleeper. The concave steering wheel is more convenient to observe the dashboard, a large number of small modular dashboards are somewhat messy, and the function keys in the multi-function area on the right are very rich. The right-hand gear lever, which has no grip, is not easy to handle and is said to come from the same supplier as Ferrari.
The vehicle is powered by an in-line 6-cylinder YaMZ turbo diesel engine with a maximum power of 450 horsepower and an automatic transmission. It is a 4×4 all-wheel drive tractor with air suspension and disc brakes at the front and rear. From the side, the front end of the powertrain has a certain angle in the cab as a whole, so it is certainly not possible to separate the cab from the chassis like the MAZ-2000.
In fact, in addition to the NAMI-0295 double-axle tractor, there is also a NAMI-0296 three-axle semi-trailer. However, there is very little information about this NAMI-0296, perhaps only in the planned model. After reading what you want to say, or want to know which brand models, welcome to leave a message to tell me.