Speaking of the world-famous Soviet trucks, one cannot ignore one of the brightest representatives of this tribe – the famous ZIL-157, also known as the “Cleaver” or “Zakhar”. Relatively economical, simple in design and incredibly passable, it was so successful that even when more modern cars appeared, drivers preferred to drive ZIL-157, and this car was delayed in production for a long time.
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It was produced in Moscow from 1958 to 1982 and in Novouralsk from 1977 to 1991. If we count the early version with rear wheels called ZIL-151, Soviet factories produced about 950 thousand cars in total! But that’s not all: our “Zakhar” under the name Jiefang-CA30 was produced at the plant of the FAW company, which today is gaining more and more fame in Russia …
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- “Driving” can be seen on YouTube