SAS-966

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Saporoshez
ZAZ-966 front view.jpg
SAS-966W / SAS-966
Production period: 1966-1972
Class : Small car
Body versions : limousine
Engines: Gasoline engines :
0.9–1.2 liters
(20–29 kW)
Length: 3730 mm
Width: 1535-1570 mm
Height: 1370-1400 mm
Wheelbase : 2150-2160 mm
Empty weight : 745-840 kg
Previous model SAS-965
successor SAS-968

The SAS-966W " Zaporozhets " ( Ukrainian ЗАЗ-966В "Запорожець" , Russian ЗАЗ-966В "Запорожец" ) and his successor SAS-966 "Zaporozhets" are small cars of the Soviet and present-day Ukrainian manufacturer Saporisky Awtomobilebudiwny Zavod (SAS), by 1966 to 1972 were built.

Details

NSU Prinz 4
Chevrolet Corvair

The self-supporting body is similar to that of the NSU Prinz 4 , which was built from 1961 and whose designers were in turn inspired by the US Chevrolet Corvair . Like their predecessors, the SAS-966W and SAS-966 models also have V4 engines with four-speed transmissions , some of which are made of aluminum , in the rear .

SAS-966W (1966-1967)

The prototype of this vehicle was presented in October 1961. The start of the series was announced repeatedly, but it did not take place until 1966. The 966W is a transition model between the SAS-965 A and the SAS-966. The completely redesigned body was 40 cm longer and 15 cm wider than that of the previous model. Technically, almost everything remained the same: The V4 engine manufactured in the Melitopol engine factory also had a displacement of 887 cm³ and developed 27–30 hp (20–22 kW), albeit at a slightly higher speed of 4200-4400 / min. Accordingly, it stayed at the top speed of 100 km / h. The petrol consumption increased from 5.5 to 5.9 liters per 100 km compared to the SAS-965A. Thanks to the newly designed rear suspension with trailing arms , the road holding of the Saporoshez 966W was better and the driving comfort was higher than with its predecessor.

SAS-966 (1967-1972)

In the following year the model received a new engine with 1197 cm³ displacement and 40 HP (29 kW) at 4200-4400 / min. Thus accelerating the Saporoshez in 34 s h to 100 km /, reaching a top speed of 118 km / h. The gasoline consumption increased to 7.9 liters per 100 km.

successor

The Saporoshez 968 appeared as early as 1971 , which differed from the SAS-966 in only a few details.

export

In January 1968 the Saporoshez 966W was presented at the Brussels Motor Show. From the beginning it was offered in Belgium under the name Yalta , in the Netherlands , Denmark and Finland - Yalta , in Austria - Eliette and in Italy as ZAZ . Otherwise, the spelling Zaporozhets was used for the English and Zaporozhets for the French-speaking market. Like the Moskvich , the Saporoshez was temporarily installed in Belgium as the Yalta 1000 ; some of the cars produced there received the engine of the Renault 8 . At the end of 1968, the SAS-966B with a V4 engine and a displacement of 1196 cm³ was presented at the Paris Motor Show. In France, however, it was never sold, in Belgium this type came on the market under the name ZAZ 966.

The SAS-966W was in the GDR with 11,950  marks around 4,420 marks more expensive than the SAS-965A offered at the same time. It was still considered to be technically vulnerable, was little appreciated and was derisively called "fidget frog" or "taiga drum".

  • SAS-966 "Saporoshez" (1967–1972)

  • SAS-966 "Saporoshez" (1967–1972)

literature

  • Hein Werner: I drive a Saporoshez. Type 965A, 966, 968, 968A . 4th revised edition. transpress VEB publishing house for transport, Berlin 1979, DNB  800134826 .
  • Michael Birken: Stalin's Last Revenge. Adventurous novel . Fuchsbau Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-8311-1266-5 (A journey with the Saporoshez through the GDR).
  • Nasur Yurushbaev, Jefim Replijansky: Saporoshez. Built from 1960–1994. From bread roll holder to T 34 Sport. Vehicles of the East . UAP Video, Leipzig 2013 (DVD, 45 min).

Web links

Commons : SAS-966W and SAS-966  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Saporoshez 966 on curbsideclassic.com (English)
  2. ↑ Bernard Vermeylen: Cars from the Eastern Bloc: All models since 1945 . Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-7688-3149-9 , p. 234
  3. ↑ Development tendencies of the European passenger cars . In: Motor vehicle technology 2/1963, pp. 56–59.
  4. ↑ zaz-dnepr.org.ua
  5. ↑ ЗАЗ-968 "Запорожец" , denisovets.ru, July 25, 2008 (Russian)
  6. ↑ a b Bernard Vermeylen: Cars from the Eastern Bloc: All models since 1945 . Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-7688-3149-9 , p. 235