Groove - scale models. PAZ compact buses: model range Modern PAZ buses

Domestic buses produced by the Pavlovsk plant, at the expense of affordable cost versatility, high-quality technical characteristics, reliable and safe design are the most common models of their class in our country.

Automobile plant on the Oka

In the city of Pavlovo, he began his industrial activity in 1932 as an enterprise for the manufacture of tools and body elements for cars assembled at the Gorky Automobile Plant. After 20 years, the plant was redesigned for serial production of buses, special transport based on GAZ trucks and received the official name PAZ (Pavlovsky bus factory).

The one manufactured at the enterprise received the designation PAZ-651, but in fact it was a copy of the model of the Gorky Automobile Plant under the GAZ-651 index on the GAZ-51 chassis. Distinctive feature the first model was the bonnet layout.

In 1958, the plant began to produce the first independent development of the PAZ-652 bus. The novelty had a cabover wagon arrangement, which continues to be used on the company's buses to this day. The development was the next model - PAZ-672, manufactured from 1968 to 1989. After that, the plant began to produce its most massive model 3205, the production of which and the model range of PAZ buses based on it continues in the present period after numerous upgrades.

In 2000, the enterprise became part of the GAZ Group concern, which unites largest manufacturers automotive equipment in Russia.

The first generation of PAZ small buses

The very first range of PAZ buses (photo below) was developed and manufactured on the basis of model 651, which had the following technical characteristics:

• dimensions:
  • base - 3.30 m;
  • length - 6.17 m;
  • width - 2.36 m;
  • height - 2.63 m;
  • clearance - 25 cm;
• full capacity - 24 people;
• engine:
• model - GAZ 51;
• type - gasoline;
• number of cylinders - 6 pieces;
• location - row;
• working volume - 3.50 l;
• power - 70.0 l. With.;
• fuel consumption - 22 liters (per 100 km at a speed of 60 km / h);
• gearbox - four-speed, mechanical.

Quality at the time of production technical specifications allowed to produce the following range of PAZ:

• 651 B - ambulance bus;
• 657 - bread van;
• 659 - mobile shop;
• 659 B - medical laboratory;
• 661 - manufactured goods van;
• 661 B - cargo-passenger version;
• 654 - staff bus;
• 655 - collection version.

After the end of bus production at the Pavlovsk plant, the production of the basic model and several modifications of the family continued at the Kurgan Automobile Plant until 1973.

Long-lived bus

The most famous and widespread bus of the enterprise is PAZ-3205, manufactured since 1989. Such a long period of production of the PAZ bus and the model range based on it is associated with a successful design and the following technical and operational parameters:

• dimensions:
  • base - 3.60 m;
  • length - 6.93 m;
  • width - 2.53 m;
  • height - 2.88 m;
  • ground clearance - 25 cm;
  • weight - 7.60 tons;
• full capacity - 42 people;
• engine (base):
• model - ZMZ-5234;
• type - gasoline;
• number of cylinders - 8 pieces;
• location - V-shaped;
• power - 130.0 l. With.;
• volume - 4.67 l;
• compression value - 6.5;
• fuel consumption (combined version) - 20.5 l;
• the highest speed - 90.0 km / h;
• gearbox - mechanical, five-speed.

The model range of PAZ buses based on version 3205 includes more than 30 modifications. The most common options are:

• 3206 - all-wheel drive;
• 3205-20 - cargo-passenger;
• 3205-50 - "luxury" version;
• 3205-60 - version for the northern regions;
• 3205-70 - school;
• 32051 - urban;
• 32053 - suburban;
• 32053 - cargo-passenger;
• 3798 - refrigerator;
• 32054 - urban, with a Cummins engine.

Among other modifications, various options for completing the interior and equipping with power units can be noted.

Modern PAZ buses

Currently, the range of PAZ buses is quite diverse and consists of the following basic versions(see table below):

Table of PAZ models

No. p / p	Model name and PAZ classification index	Purpose of transportation	Capacity (person)	Notes
1	VECTOR NEXT (320414-04)	urban, suburban	39-53	body resource - 10 years
2	VECTOR 8 (320414-04)	urban, suburban	57-64	body resource - 8 years
3	4234	urban	45-50	body resource - 5 years
4	3204	urban, suburban	43-53	environmental standard - Euro 5
5	320412	urban	51-70	extended length - 8.50 m
6	3203	urban	39-43	body resource - 8 years
7	32053	urban, suburban	37-43	reinforced suspension
8	3206	school	22	all-wheel drive
9	VECTOR 4 (320470)	school	18	warranty - 2 years
10	VECTOR 4 (320402)	urban, suburban	43-53	warranty - 2 years, optional automatic transmission
11	32053-20	cargo-passenger	10	cargo weight - up to 1.8 tons
12	VECTOR 8 (320414-05)	intercity, tourist		body resource - 8 years

The main advantages of PAZ buses

All PAZ models produced by the enterprise are in stable demand due to the following main advantages:

• affordable cost;
• good technical parameters;
• modern design;
• high security;
• maintainability;
• economical operation;
• quick payback;
• a large number of modifications for various purposes.

Buses of small and medium class PAZ are of high quality and safe vehicles for the transport of passengers.

Transport production has been established at the Pavlovsk Bus Plant, located in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. PAZ buses are currently undergoing regular modernization, as a result of which their consumer characteristics are constantly improving. Modern models even in basic configurations equipped with a motor braking system.

Main parameters:

• number of seats - 11 and 30;
• fuel tank volume - 95 and 140 l;
• environmental class - 4 or 5;
• fuel used - gasoline, diesel fuel;
• engines - YaMZ, ZMZ, Cummins.

The advantages of PAZ buses include:

• low cost of technology;
• cheap spare parts;
• reliability and unpretentiousness;
• fast payback.

A distinctive feature of the products of the Pavlovsk Automobile Plant is a very strong suspension that can withstand movement on any road. PAZ buses are indispensable for communications between villages and regional centers.

Benefits of cooperation with RusBusinessAuto

Official dealer special equipment domestic and foreign manufacturers "Rusbiznesavto" sells PAZ buses on favorable terms:

• minimum possible price, which allows you to establish direct cooperation with manufacturers;
• guarantee for all transport, established by the manufacturer;
• the possibility of buying on credit or leasing on favorable terms for the client;
• the possibility of handing over equipment with a mileage of Trade-in program and receive a significant discount when buying new car;
• full technical support for all clients of RusBusinessAuto, including maintenance and all types of repairs in any of the 26 specialized car services located in major cities Russia. If it is impossible to deliver faulty equipment to the service station, call us by phone, and an on-site repair team will be sent to the indicated address.

Sales offices of RusBusinessAuto are located in more than 30 regions of Russia. You can apply online.

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PAZ-3205 may well claim the laurels, if not the most massive, then one of the most mass buses... no, not Russia. All over the world! Without taking into account the products of Chinese manufacturers, of course.

The Pavlovsk Bus Plant has already produced more than 220,000 (two hundred and twenty thousand!) Such vehicles. This is an absolute bestseller in its class. And from July 2015 began new stage in the history of this, without exaggeration, PAZika "of all times and peoples." The manufacturer completely, finally and irrevocably switched to the release of a restyled version, which we are studying in style.

01. On the side, it's still the same classic PAZik. Simple and concise forms, familiar from childhood. Moreover, from early childhood. After all, I and PAZ-3205- peers.

PAZ-3205 only a few months older than me. We were born in the same year - 1979. Only he is in the summer heat, and I am in the December cold. On this occasion, our small remark.

M-Park remark

02. Throughout the first half of the 1970s, PAZ was developing a successor for the model 672M. She was supposed to be PAZ-3203- a completely new and very progressive for those times small-capacity bus with a completely new body and completely new units. The supply of these units to its conveyor PAZ, "thanks" to the Soviet economic planning system, could not break through. As a result, in April 1978, the Ministry of Automotive Industry of the USSR, due to a shortage of new components, ordered all work on the topic PAZ-3203 stop.

03. But New Product was needed. As a tribute to the efforts spent (at least on the body) efforts, a “compromise” model was born, which became PAZ-3205- symbiosis of the body "a la 3203 ", but with an engine and transmission from PAZ-672M. Compared to a carefully crafted model 3203 symbiotic-compromising "Zero Fifth" was, in a way, a "step back" in the technical-aggregate terms, but a forced step back. It began to be designed in the spring of 1978. In the summer of 1979, the first prototype PAZ-3205 was ready. This is the car from 1979:

04. Several years of testing followed. In sales statistics PAZ-3205 will appear only in 1984. But those were piece copies, assembled using bypass technologies.

05. And on the conveyor PAZ-3205 will be 10 years after the manufacture of the prototype. In January - a test assembly on a conveyor thread, then 11 months of technology development, and in December 1989 - a complete transfer of the conveyor to PAZ-3205. Most early conveyor PAZ-3205 It had this red and white color.

06. The classic appearance of the "good-natured eye" will be assigned to this bus for many, many years. A prototype of the restyled version “with a Leninist squint” will appear in 2010, and from 2013 the restyled mask will be offered to customers as an inexpensive option.

But for the sake of historical justice, we cannot fail to mention the fact that the current restyling is not the first attempt to change the familiar look PAZ-3205. Not the first in principle, but the first to see the series. What were the previous ones? This is our second remark.

M-Park remark

07. This is an option PAZ-32051-50 shown in 1994. An experiment, nothing more.


Photo Sergey ANDREEV

08. After 10 years there was a second attempt. PAZ-32052-07, introduced in 2004, also remained only a prototype.

09. In the mid-2000s, design searches continued. And, as you can see, one of the options saw the light.

10 . Now "muzzle" PAZ-32053 looks like that. Plastic elements the front body cladding for the PAZ is manufactured by the Togliatti company Polad. Previously, the restyled version was assembled in parallel with the "eyes", now only a new version is in production.

11. Did it work out well? Definitely good! A small plastic surgery has changed and rejuvenated the face of the bus. Previously, the visual image of the front end was based on the contrast of the color of the plastic grille and the color of the body. On updated version one color is used for everything. By the way, white is basic.

Now let's move on to the details.

12. lens headlights near and high beam supplied by the firm Hella. Daytime running lamp, made in the form of a diode ring with a turn indicator inscribed in it - Russian-made.

13. In low beam mode, the optics work like this:

14. And so in the far mode. The new headlights light up the road better than the old ones.

15. The rear lighting is also new, as is the bumper.

16. supplies rear lights the same company as the front lenses - Hella.

17. PAZs have to ride not only on asphalt, so tires are different. Here is installed "moderately toothy" Omskshina U-2.

18. Size 8.25R20- classic for PAZs. This was used even on the 652nd family. But, of course, without the letter R. Radial tires did not exist then. To be exact, the size of the "shoe" for the 652s was indicated only by numbers 8,25-20 . But the connection between generations is still on the face.

19. Let's climb on workplace driver. To do this, you need to "overcome" one step. It is well protected from dirt.

20. Dashboard while it is applied, well, oh-oh-very old-school. But, they say that a completely new “tidy” is already somewhere on the way to mass production. We are waiting with interest.

21. IN this option the driver's workplace is separated from the passenger compartment by a "semi-blind" partition.

22. To the right of the driver is the engine compartment cover.

23. A slight movement of the hand and the engine, in the truest sense of the word, is at hand.

24. On the PAZiki of the 3205 family they put different motors. In this case, it is a gasoline 8-cylinder V-shaped carburetor ZMZ-52342.10.

25. It also has good access from the front. Replacing the belt is not a problem.

26. Entrance door, effect overall dimensions and established traditions, of course, narrow. Its width is only 73 cm. You can't mix each other here. But "one by one" to enter and exit normally.

27. If you didn’t have time to enter, then you should know that on the right is hidden “ secret button". It really works, so when you press it, immediately remove your hand. I would have placed this button all the same on the sidewall - it's more noticeable and safer.

28. But at the steps with safety, everything is in order. All lines are smooth, there is not a single sharp corner. Liked.

29. In the family PAZ-32053 There are several interior layout options. In this case, it is a suburban version with 25 seats. On this modification, the first two rows of seats on the port side are installed according to the vis-a-vis scheme.

30. And the entire front row of passengers rides backwards.

31. General form salon. Outwardly, such a kind of "hello from the 80s", but in fact it is much more comfortable to sit here than in most "vans". The seat pitch is sufficient even for tall people.

32. "Aft" part of the cabin. Here, seats for 10 people are arranged in a U-shaped pattern. You won’t particularly admire the splendor of the views outside the window, but this made it possible to organize a fairly spacious storage area and...

33. ...and free access to the emergency exit.

34. The handrail system is very well organized. They are not particularly visible, while there are enough of them for everyone.

35. And I really liked the interior lighting. It is bright and evenly distributed. Reading a newspaper on a dark evening is not a problem.

36. This bus is an absolute hit of the Pavlovsk plant. Yes, very simple, extremely simple. And inexpensive. At the same time, it gives a completely acceptable level of comfort to passengers, and it can be repaired in any machine and tractor workshop of any collective farm. This is exactly how the PAZik-3205 was conceived under Brezhnev, and it remains so today. And that is what makes it a hit, still in demand by the market.

You know, I wouldn't be surprised if ten years later PAZ-3205 will still be produced and sold. I wonder if they will make a new restyling then?

Thank you RUSAVTOPROM LLC(Borisov) for providing for study PAZ-32053, as well as N. Markov and D. Dementiev for historical and technical advice.