UAZ-3160 - four-wheel drive road vehicle ( suv ) for use on all types of roads and over rough terrain.

History

Development of the new SUV was launched in 1980. Model index 3160 received an upgraded chassis and new body, designed with the help of engineers AvtoVAZ . The main problem was to maintain the five-door body on a short wheelbase, the corresponding three-door body of most world automakers.

The resulting car is different from the models produced higher level of comfort and improved technical and economic performance. Better paint finishes, sunroof, modern lighting, "kengurin" thresholds, radial tires, excellent review, modern instrument panel, interior execution is configured similarly to modern passenger cars.

However, problems with the stability and controllability of the car caused the need for improvements, as a result of a new model UAZ-3162 "Simbir" , which became longer and had new bridges.

Mass production Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant in August 1997 the year for 2004 .

Specifications

• Transfer case 2-step: I - 1; II - 1,94
• Front brakes ventilated disc, two-cylinder, floating caliper
• Rear drum brake type, with the cylinder, with automatic control of the clearance between the linings and the drum
• Front suspension Dependent, spring from antiroll bar, hydropneumatic spring telescopic double-acting, with two longitudinal and transverse thrust levers
• Rear suspension of two longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf springs and shock absorbers hydropneumatic telescopic double-acting
• Tires 225 / 75R16