SAS-968M

Saporoshez
SAS-968M
Production period:	1979-1994
Class :	Small car
Body versions :	limousine
Engines:	Petrol engines : 1.2 liters (30–37 kW)
Length:	3765 mm
Width:	1490 mm
Height:	1400 mm
Wheelbase :	2150-2160 mm
Empty weight :	800 kg
Previous model	SAS-968A
successor	ZAZ-1102 Tavria

The SAS-968M "Saporoshez" ( Ukrainian ЗАЗ-968М "Запорожець" , Russian ЗАЗ-968М "Запорожец" ) is a small car from the Soviet , now Ukrainian manufacturer Saporisky Avtomobilebudiwny Sawod (for short . The model was primarily intended for the domestic market.

The main differences to the predecessor, the SAS-968A, were the smooth body without large side air intakes, rectangular taillights, new bumpers, fewer chrome parts, a new dashboard and a larger trunk. The use of plastic parts made it possible to reduce the vehicle weight by 40 kg.

In 1981, 149,000 small cars were produced. Production of the SAS-968M ceased in May 1994. As early as 1987, the successor model, the ZAZ 1102 Tavria , a station wagon with front-wheel drive and water-cooled front engine was presented.

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  SAS-968M (1979-1994)

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  SAS-968М, rear view

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  halved SAS-968М in the museum

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bernard Vermeylen: Cars from the Eastern Bloc: All models since 1945 . Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-7688-3149-9 , p. 237f.

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 .
• 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-968M “Saporoshez”  - collection of images