VX heavy? Try this.

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09/10/2003, 03:22 PM
paultvx

VX heavy? Try this.

http://www.caranddriver.com/article....rticle_id=7113

5500 pounds and powered by 4.0 L Ford Ranger drivetrain. Can you say slow?
09/10/2003, 04:30 PM
Rickster

And UUUUGGGLLLLLY to boot, at least ours looks good while were running from gas pump to gas pump!
09/10/2003, 04:37 PM
AlaskaVX

Quote:

Originally said by Car and Driver
The all-steel body-on-frame vehicle is about the size of a Nissan Xterra but is said to weigh 5500 pounds. It was designed in 1966 for the Romanian military and is still produced there by Aro SA.

I guess it would be cool.......

If it were bullet proof ;)
09/10/2003, 04:41 PM
paultvx

Looks like a cheap Rover Defender copy. At that weight I don't see why any one would buy it even though the price isn't bad. And if anyone wanted the paramilitary frills... they could just buy a Pinzie or Mog for less.
09/10/2003, 05:04 PM
Moncha

Actaully to be designed in 1966, it's pretty good looking.
09/10/2003, 08:04 PM
Joe_Black

You can definitely see the Rover influence, and I agree with the Defender 110 comment. Then again, most of the early Japanese utes took their cues as well from the Land Rover and Gelandewagen. I'm with Paul though, gimme a Pinzie or a 416 DoKa 'Mog!
09/11/2003, 02:38 AM
paultvx

Quote:

Originally posted by Moncha
Actaully to be designed in 1966, it's pretty good looking.

Yeah, if it wa a bit lighter I wouldn't mind having one actually. Or even the Lada Niva... neat, in a cheap thrills kind of way. Interesting little cars. Saw one up close several years ago in Taiwan. The interior looked like it was straight from a military truck. Diamond plate here and there.

http://www.lada.gr/niva_print.htm

http://www.lada.gr/images/3protes/niva/main.jpg
09/11/2003, 05:22 AM
Joe_Black

OMG! A Yugo in uniform! LOL!;pg;
09/11/2003, 09:39 AM
IsuZOOM

A cheap off road vehicle with a modernish powerplant? That engine has tons of mods readily avail too.
09/12/2003, 04:45 AM
Andrey

Niva is also available in 4 door (extended weelbase) formfactor. It was the first consumer oriented 4 weel drive car (note my wording here - not SUV but 4 weel drive) available in the USSR to a consumer powered by 1.6 L engine (the most you can get at the time). It was very popular in rural places and for hunting/fishing.

You still can find them today in Canada. They were imported under "Cossack" logo.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~lada...ges/PROTO3.jpg
09/12/2003, 05:27 AM
Daver

AMC Eagles were popular for the same reasons.

http://www.users.nac.net/gr/eagleweb/4litre2.jpg

-Daver
09/12/2003, 11:08 AM
edyavno

Huh! That's the first car I learned to drive growing up, my uncle had one. The only car I liked in the boring more than modest Soviet car lineup.
It was early for its time, and it has been exported to all over the world, often under other brands:
http://www.geocities.com/vernr_au/others_gallery.htm

Quote:

Originally posted by Andrey
Niva is also available in 4 door (extended weelbase) formfactor. It was the first consumer oriented 4 weel drive car (note my wording here - not SUV but 4 weel drive) available in the USSR to a consumer powered by 1.6 L engine (the most you can get at the time). It was very popular in rural places and for hunting/fishing.

You still can find them today in Canada. They were imported under "Cossack" logo.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~lada...ges/PROTO3.jpg