The main technical characteristics of "Gazelle"

Not everyone wants to work for the owner. One of the most accessible types of private entrepreneurship is trucking. And one of the most convenient machines for this type of business is the Gazelle. It is maneuverable, unpretentious in maintenance, it can be repaired on its own. Technical characteristics of "Gazelle" allow using a car for city and intercity transportation.

Vehicle Description

The total weight of the car is 3.5 tons. And this means that it can be managed by anyone who has obtained the rights to drive a car, that is, opened the category "B". For the same reason, there are no problems with the passage of "Gazelle" through the city streets. The turning radius of the car is 5.5 m (less than most "cars"). Carrying capacity - 1,5 thousand kg, which makes it profitable to transport this type of vehicles for short distances. The loading height of the body is 1 m, which allows loading without the use of special tools. The length of the body of the car is 3 m, width is 1.95, the height of the side is 40 cm.

You can not particularly worry about the road conditions, while driving a car "Gazelle 3302". The technical characteristics of the ground clearance - 17 cm - allow it to go off-road. Of course, this is not a cross-country vehicle, but Russian roads are not terrible for a car. Especially if it is loaded "to the eye".

In addition to the usual variant, where the rear axle is the leading one, there are modifications with a full drive. Such a car will overcome even a rain-washed primer.

Look under the hood

Under the hood of the Gazelle, produced before 2000, there was an engine from the Volga car, tested for years. But its power was not always enough, and recently designers began to install a new injector engine.

"Gazel" (technical characteristics are presented in the table) is completed with units of Zavolzhsky and Ulyanovsk motor plants :

Currently, more and more often you can find cars of this kind, working on diesel fuel. The economical motor company "Cummins" has the following parameters:

• Power - 120 liters. from.;
• Volume - 2,8 l;
• Fuel consumption - 10 liters per 100 km.

Technical characteristics of "Gazelle" allow also to install gas-cylinder equipment for work on methane or propane. The possibility of using two types of fuel - gasoline and gas - makes the car more economical. For example, in winter conditions, thanks to gasoline, the car is easy to start. Then it is transferred to gas, which saves the driver money.

An important factor for safety on the roads is the brake system. In the "Gazelle" hydraulic front disc and rear drum brakes are installed, which allows to reduce the braking distance to a minimum (60 m) at a speed of 80 km / h.

Cabin

The cab in the ordinary cargo "Gazelle" has 3 seats - one driver's and two passengers. There is a modification with a six-seater cabin. Technical characteristics of the "Gazelle duet" are slightly different from the standard ones - the body is shorter. The total length of the machine - 5.5 m - does not change. Such cars are popular among installers of windows, builders-repairmen, workers of emergency services. They need to move mobile from object to object, transporting materials and equipment.

On the roads you can find cars, the body of which is extended to 4 m. If the owner of the car wants to modify this vehicle in a similar way, he will need a special permit.

The design of the Gazelle is reliable, but anything can happen on the way, no one is insured from force majeure. Even a not very experienced driver is capable of making minor repairs himself or changing the wheel.

To summarize, we note: the technical characteristics of the Gazelle made this child of the domestic car industry one of the most popular not only in Russia, but also in the entire post-Soviet space.