Sale of new cars maz. Formation and development of the MAZ model range

The history of the Minsk Automobile Plant begins 6 days after the liberation of the city from the Germans on August 9, 1944, and it begins with the fact that at the beginning Studebaker trucks began to be assembled in the old Lend-Lease repair shops of the USA. Only in 1945 did the government decide to create heavy trucks at the enterprise, the first machines that were manufactured by November 7, 1947 were 6-ton dump trucks MAZ-205 with straight-sided bodies, created by specialists from the Yaroslavl Automobile Plant (YaAZ).

Its basis was the YaAZ-200 car, from which the MAZ-205 inherited the 4-cylinder 2-stroke diesel engine YaAZ-204A (4650 cm 3, 110 hp) with direct injection and direct-flow scavenging, which was based on American GM 4-71 (GM) engines. Vehicle with a wheelbase of 3800 mm. equipped 5 step box gear Yaroslavl plant, pneumatic brake drive, wood-metal cab, disc wheels. With a gross weight of 12.8 tons, the dump truck developed a maximum speed of 50 km / h.

In 1950, the production of 7-ton YaAZ-200 trucks with an onboard platform was transferred to Minsk, which received the MAZ-200 brand since February 1951. Outwardly, they were distinguished by a vertical grille and a new three-dimensional emblem in the form of a chrome-plated bison. The machine was equipped with the same engine, had increased to 4520 mm. wheelbase and developed a speed of 65 km / h. In 1951, the first own version of the MAZ-200G appeared with a high-sided body. The following year, the production of a road train intended for gross weight 23.2 tons of truck tractor MAZ-200V with a modernized 2-stroke diesel engine YaAZ-204B (130 hp).

After some time, MAZ launched the production of its own trailer for its cars. In 1955, a timber truck MAZ-501 (4 × 4) appeared with a 10-speed gearbox, permanent drive to both axles and an asymmetric interaxle locking differential, which transmitted to rear axle 2/3 torque. In coupling with a 2-axle trailer-dissolution, he could take out of the forest 30-meter whips of trees weighing up to 15 tons.

From next year, 4-ton flatbed truck MAZ-502 and a variant with a MAZ-502A winch on single wheels. In 1962-64. the plant offered transitional models: the MAZ-200P truck and the MAZ-200M and MAZ-200R truck tractors. On trucks of the "200" series in 1959 and 1964. the production of the 100 and 200 thousandth car of the MAZ brand fell. In 1950, a design bureau for superheavy vehicles was created at MAZ trucks, which was headed by the famous designer B.L. Shaposhnik (1902-1985).

Under his leadership, on September 17, 1950, the first 25-ton dumper MAZ-525 with an overhead valve 4-stroke diesel D-12A, V12 (38.8 l., 300 hp), 2 disc clutch with hydraulic clutch, mechanical 5-speed gearbox, power steering, all-metal body with a capacity of 14.3 m 3 . With a total weight of 50 tons, the dump truck developed a speed of 30 km / h. In 1957, the production of a 3-axle MAZ-530 (6 × 4) vehicle with a payload capacity of 40 tons and a gross weight of 77.5 tons began. The engine power was increased to 450 hp.

For the first time, a hydromechanical transmission was used on this car, which included a torque converter, a 3-speed planetary box gear, center differential and planetary wheel reduction gears. MAZ-530 developed a speed of 42 km / h and consumed 200 liters. fuel per 100 km. Since 1956, MAZ has also produced special wheeled vehicles: construction MAZ-528 (4 × 4) and a 300-horsepower airfield tractor MAZ-541 (4 × 2) for towing 85-ton aircraft, as well as a timber carrier MAZ-532 (4 × 4) with a 165 hp engine .

The program included single-axle tractors MAZ-529V and MAZ-531 with 165 and 300 hp engines. for towing scrapers. In June 1954, a special design bureau was created at MAZ under the leadership of B.L. Shaposhnik for development all-wheel drive vehicles. In 1956, the first car MAZ-535 (8 × 8) appeared with a 375 hp engine, which was soon followed by its reinforced twin - MAZ-537 (525 hp). They used the old diesel engine D-12A, hydromechanical transmission, wheeled planetary gearboxes, power steering, lockable differentials and tire inflation system, independent torsion bar suspension.

In the army, they served as tractors and carriers of powerful weapons, and in the national economy they worked in remote areas to deliver pipes or especially heavy loads. There were no equals in the USSR in terms of quality, it was not for nothing that the plant gave 10 summer warranty on their secret cars. Since 1960, the manufacture of the MAZ-535/537 family has mastered Kurgan plant wheel tractors(KZKT), and MAZ continued to develop machines of the new MAZ-543 family with two cabs, which received the unofficial name "Hurricane". Back in 1958, MAZ assembled the first samples of the new generation of “500” machines with a cab over the engine, but only in 1965, after the reconstruction of the plant, their mass production began.

The basic option was the onboard 7.5-ton MAZ-500 with a wheelbase of 3850 mm. piston, 5-speed gearbox with synchronizers on four higher gears, spaced main gear with planetary wheel reduction gears, power steering, telescopic hydraulic shock absorbers in the front suspension, discless wheels, tilting all-metal cab.

The base model with a gross weight of 14.2 tons developed a speed of 75 km / h, and fuel consumption was 25 liters. per 100 km. Its first variants were the onboard MAZ-500G with an awning and truck tractor MAZ-500V for towing a 14-ton semi-trailer MAZ-5243. In 1965, the plant produced northern version MAZ-512 and tropical MAZ-513, as well as 7 ton dump truck MAZ-503 with a body with a capacity of 3.8 m 3 and a short-wheelbase MAZ-504 truck tractor (base 3280 mm.), Working with a MAZ-5245 semi-trailer as part of a road train with a gross weight of 24 tons.

Experienced dump trucks MAZ-510 with a single cab and a body with a protective visor and MAZ-511 with two-way tipping were very original. In 1969, a MAZ-509 (4 × 4) timber carrier appeared with dual rear wheels, permanent all-wheel drive and a winch, designed to work with 2-axle dissolutions GKB-9383 or TMZ-803M with a gross weight of 29 tons. On its basis, a batch of MAZ-508 (4 × 4) truck tractors was produced. A year earlier, the plant produced its first 3-axle vehicle with 14 ton truck MAZ-516 (6×2) with a third supporting and lifting axle.

In 1970, the 500 family was upgraded. Wheelbase onboard model MAZ-500A increased by 100 mm, carrying capacity increased to 8 tons. Derivative models have also changed accordingly: dump trucks MAZ-503A and MAZ-503B with bodies up to 5.1 m 3 , truck tractors MAZ-504A, MAZ-504B and MAZ-504G for flatbed and dump semi-trailers. The exception was the MAZ-504V main tractor, which received a new YaMZ-238 V8 diesel engine (14860 cm 3, 240 hp). He worked with a 2-axle flatbed semi-trailer MAZ-5205 (gross weight of the road train 32 tons), had sleeping area in the cab, sprung driver's seat and produced until 1979.

In 1973 new motor installed on 3 axle truck MAZ-516B with a carrying capacity of 14.5 tons. A year later, they released an onboard version of the MAZ-514 (6 × 4) with a YaMZ-238E engine (265 hp) and an 8-speed gearbox. On the MAZ-515B truck tractor, the YaMZ-238N diesel engine (300 hp) was used, which made it possible to increase the weight of the road train to 40.6 tons. The third generation of MAZs 1977-89 was a set of various transitional combinations from the 500-series chassis with old and new engines, gearboxes and cabs, which became the basis for all modern models.

The first prototype modern generation became an 8-ton truck MAZ-5335, which differed only in the lining of the cab and all-metal cargo platform. On its basis, a 7.2-ton MAZ-5549 dump truck, MAZ-5429 main truck tractors with a 3-seater sleeping cab and MAZ-5430 for working with a dump semi-trailer, as well as a MAZ-509A (4 × 4) timber truck were produced. A new YaMZ-238E diesel engine (265 hp) and a fully synchronized 8-speed gearbox were installed on an onboard 8.5-ton MAZ-53352 truck. On its chassis, a MAZ-5428 truck tractor was created for road trains with a gross weight of 33 tons.

By this time, the contours of a more advanced family were outlined, which was based on the new YaMZ diesel engines (280-360 hp), a dual-range 8-speed gearbox and a new tilting cab, offered in short and elongated (sleeping) versions. Updated family included 2- and 3-axle flatbed trucks MAZ-5336 (4×2), MAZ-6301 (6×2) and MAZ-6302 (6×4), truck tractors “5432”, “5433”, “6421 ” and “6422”, dump truck “5551” and timber carrier “5434” (4×4). The first of these in 1978 was the MAZ-6422 (6 × 4) truck tractor, the so-called “SuperMAZ”, equipped with a YaMZ-238F turbocharged diesel engine (320 hp), stabilizers roll stability in suspension and the most comfortable version of the cabin with two berths.

He worked with a 3-axle flatbed semi-trailer MAZ-9398 with a carrying capacity of 26 tons. The total mass of the road train reached 42 tons, maximum speed- 88 km / h. A year later, production of a similar 2-axle model “5432” began. The transition to a new generation was almost completed by 1985, and the MAZ-54322 and MAZ-64227 truck tractors with more comfortable cabs became the base ones. To replace the 5335 series, they launched the production of 5337 trucks, 5551 dump trucks and 5433 truck tractors from 180 strong diesel V8. In 1988, the models “54321” and “64221” were added to them, which received new YaMZ-8421 and YaMZ-8424 engines with a capacity of 360 and 425 hp.

In the same year, cooperation began with the German company MAN (MAN), whose 360 strong engines were first installed on tractors MAZ-54326 and MAZ-64226. Finally, in 1988, on Paris Motor Show the plant presented an experimental "truck of the future" - MAZ-2000 "Perestroika" 15 m long with all power units located inside the swivel bogie under a high streamlined cab. On April 14, 1989, the 1 millionth truck was assembled. They became the tractor MAZ-6422, transferred to the First Moscow Automobile Plant. In parallel, the production of heavy multi-axle dual-purpose vehicles was successfully developing.

They were based on the MAZ-543A (8 × 8) and MAZ-547 (12 × 12) chassis, which served as carriers of strategic missiles. Since 1973, on the basis of the first model, the production of a civilian 20-ton flatbed truck MAZ-7310 (8 × 8) and a timber-carrier “73101” with a D-12A diesel engine (525 hp) began. Subsequently, on their basis, a truck tractor “7410”, a 20-ton dump truck “7510” and a pipe carrier “7910” were created. After modernization in 1979, the plant began production updated trucks“73123”, tractors “73132” and dump trucks “7516”. Since 1986, a 21-ton onboard 525-horsepower version “7313” (8 × 8) and a 6-axle crane chassis “7913” (12 × 10) with a capacity of 650 hp have been produced.

On the units of serial trucks, a 4-axle 21-ton dump truck MAZ-6515 (8 × 4) with a diesel engine of 425 hp was developed. Soviet army 7-axle chassis-missile carriers “7912” and “7917”, 8-axle vehicles “7922” and “7923” for the delivery of strategic missiles “Topol”, as well as unique 8- and 12-axle transporters “7906 ” and “7907”. In 1991, this production was transformed into an independent enterprise - the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant (MZKT). The transition to economic reforms in the early 90s. was marked by major economic and political upheavals that put MAZ on the brink of disaster.

In the future, MAZ was able to recuperate, modernize its previous trucks and create their new fourth generation. They received protective guards, ABS in the brake drive, ASR traction control. Along with the Russian engines of the Yaroslavl and Tutaevsky motor plants, German MAN engines, American Cummins and even English Perkins began to be used more and more widely. 9-speed gearboxes were used on mainline tractors gear YaMZ, 12 or 16-speed "Eaton" (Eaton) and ZF (ZF), electromechanical differential lock, comfortable cabs with a high roof, adjustable seat and steering column.

The basis of 2-axle machines of the 90s. the families “5336” and “5337” still remained. On their basis, an extensive range of vehicles was created, differing in configuration and a number of parameters: flatbed “53362”, “53363”, “53366”, “53368” and “53371”, truck tractors “54323”, “54326”, “5433”, “ 5440”, “5442”, “5443”, dump trucks “5551”, “5552” and all-wheel drive version “55513” with ISO-460 hp diesels. Gross weight of a single car is 16-25 tons, road trains - up to 44 tons. The novelties in this series are the 8.7-ton truck “534005” (330 hp) with an increased cab for working with the trailer MAZ-8701 and the truck tractor “543208” with the new YaMZ-7511 engine (400 hp). ).

In the range of 3-axle machines basic model became MAZ-6303 (6 × 4), on the basis of which the “630168” (6 × 2) version and the all-wheel drive 11-ton truck “6317” (6 × 6), as well as the truck tractors “64229”, “64229- 027" and "6425", dump trucks "5516" (6×4) and "55165" (6×6) with a carrying capacity of 15-16 tons, timber carriers "6303-26" (6×4) and "64255" (6× 6) with 240-460 hp engines. The total mass of road trains is 42-67 tons. On March 11, 1997, the first 2-axle truck tractor of the 5440 family of the fifth generation for a road train with a gross weight of 44 tons rolled off the assembly line, developing a speed of 120 km / h. At the customer's choice, it can be equipped different engines 370-600 hp, 9, 12 and 16-speed gearboxes, spring or air suspension with electronic stiffness control.

The car is equipped with a comfortable cabin own production with an internal height of 1850 mm. and two bedrooms. The tractor "544008" is equipped with a 400-horsepower YaMZ-7511 diesel engine, options with imported units have the indices "544020", "544022", "54421". The start of the new 3-axle generation was given by the MAZ-6430 (6 × 4) truck tractor for 46-ton road trains. Its variants “643008” and “643026” are equipped with 400-horsepower diesel engines YaMZ and MAN, respectively. In 1999, the plant introduced an unusual 4.5-ton MAZ-4370 delivery truck with a D-245.9 diesel engine (136 hp)

Minsk Motor Plant (MMZ). Its production began in March 2000 October 23, 1998 at joint venture"MAZ-MAN" began to operate a line for the assembly of mainline tractors MAZ-MAN-543265 and MAZ-MAN-543268 (4 × 2) with engines of 370-410 hp. for work as a part of 44-ton road trains. They were based on converted MAZ-5432 chassis with MAI diesels, cabs from the F2000 series and a 16-speed ZF gearbox. Since 2000, 3-axle tractors “642268” and “642269” (6 × 4) with 400-465 hp engines have been produced. for towing road trains with a gross weight of up to 65 tons.

Despite all the difficulties, the Minsk Automobile Plant with 20,000 employees occupies a leading position in the production of trucks in the CIS countries. If in the 80s he produced up to 40 thousand trucks a year, then in the 90s. - total IT-12 thousand (in 2000, 13085 chassis were assembled). The plant still manufactures a wide range various trailers and semi-trailers, and since 1993 its branch for the production of multi-seat buses has been operating. Since its foundation, MAZ has manufactured more than 1.2 million vehicles.

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Having chosen the sale of new MAZs as the main activity, we guarantee our clients impeccable service and an individual approach to each order. MAZ-RF not only offers its customers favorable prices official dealer of MAZ, but also ensures the delivery of equipment to the place of operation, undertakes the subsequent warranty and service maintenance of MAZ vehicles.

We regularly organize various promotions, within which the purchase of MAZ vehicles becomes even more profitable; we support all special offers of the Belarusian manufacturer and carry them out for our Russian clients. Prices for MAZ trucks of the basic configuration are regulated by the MAZ price list and are presented in the catalog for each model.

Here you can order cars of individual configuration or cars with installed on them additional equipment. Moreover, our managers can advise you on which option will be the most ergonomic for each specific situation. Please note: when ordering vehicles with additional or individual equipment, the truck is delivered directly from the factory, which will take a little longer than when buying vehicles from the MAZ-RF parking lot.

Choice of financial program

The most common financial programs when buying commercial vehicles are credit, installment and leasing. Moreover, the latter in our time is becoming increasingly popular with the widest range of customers, but especially with representatives of small and medium-sized businesses. This is not surprising: leasing is the most accessible source of financing, which, as a rule, does not require additional collateral, guarantees and guarantors.

MAZ-RF has partnership agreements with a number of leasing companies capable of providing our customers with the maximum profitable terms. Detailed information You can read about the conditions for obtaining a leasing or a loan in the relevant section of the site. There you will also find full list our partner companies. MAZ-RF does everything to make our cooperation profitable, comfortable and fruitful.

Today JSC " MAZ" is management company large holding "BelAvtoMAZ". And just 69 years ago, back in 1944, partisan companies, for which the war had already ended, began to restore car repair shops. After a couple of months, it was decided to organize a car assembly plant on the site of these workshops. From that very day, the history of the Belarusian automotive giant began.

If we talk about milestones, then the first event that predetermined the further direction of the main model range MAZ brand cars happened in November 1958, when the enterprise team solemnly welcomed the first models of MAZ-500 and MAZ-503 trucks. Second milestone development was the implementation of the joint project "MAZ-MAN". And the third - the start of production of buses brand "MAZ" (1995).

Since that time, the Minsk Automobile Plant has been producing passenger vehicles. In its lineup MAZ - urban, intercity, tourist buses, as well as machines that are manufactured according to special order. Buses of the Minsk Automobile Plant today can be found on the roads of Russia, the CIS countries, Western Europe and Latin America. Passenger vehicles of the MAZ brand are represented by 15 models of buses of more than a hundred modifications.

Today, under the logo of the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ), truck tractors, flatbed vehicles, chassis for installation various kinds equipment, buses - more than 500 models and modifications of MAZ vehicles. MAZ equipment complies with the accepted world standards Euro-3, Euro-4 and Euro-5. MAZ truck tractors are successfully used for transportation of goods together with semi-trailers and as part of road trains. With the help of MAZ semi-trailers, agricultural and industrial goods are transported. Trailers of the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) are very popular among consumers. Due to the unique technical characteristics, this equipment can transport the widest range of goods (from building materials to timber). MAZ equipment easily overcomes off-road and country roads.

There are dump trucks in the product line of the Belarusian manufacturer. MAZ dump trucks are one of the most demanded types in the model range of the company's products. Minsk Automobile Plant produces various models dump trucks MAZ with different technical characteristics. These MAZ models differ mainly in the type of bodies and load capacity.

MAZ has a wide service and dealer network in the Republic of Belarus and abroad. For all MAZs (trucks and buses), the manufacturer gives an official guarantee.

One of the largest enterprises in Belarus is PRUP "Minsk car factory". He is engaged in the production of heavy vehicles, trolleybuses, buses, trailers and semi-trailers. In Russia, MAZ cars can be seen as often as, for example, KamAZ or Ural. They are used in various fields of activity. They are not inferior in their characteristics, and in some cases even ahead.

Variety of modifications

The plant produces a large number of modifications that allow them to be used for various purposes. The main ones are:

• Truck tractors.

• Dump trucks.

• Vans.

• Buses.

• Trailers and semi-trailers.

• Special equipment (truck cranes, concrete mixers, timber trucks, municipal equipment, manipulators and others).

The MAZ car is used (photo can be seen in this article) in many countries of the post-Soviet space and not only. Basically it is Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan.

MAZ dump trucks

Dump trucks have been popular for decades. During this time, they have shown themselves to be of high quality, durable and passable equipment. High Performance MAZ vehicles make vehicles competitive. It is not inferior in its properties to the products of other countries.

If we talk about Russia, then in our country the following advantages that a MAZ car has are most valued:

• Reliability.

• Profitability.

• Good permeability.

• Affordable price.

• Availability of accessories and spare parts.

• Ease of operation.

Most modifications of MAZ dump trucks have the following characteristics:

• Engine power - 155-412 horsepower.

• can have from five to sixteen speeds.

• Spring suspension.

• Wheelbase 4 x 2 or 6 x 2.

• Load capacity - 5-20 tons.

The most popular trucks of the enterprise

For the transportation of goods over short distances, the MAZ car is made in the form of a flatbed truck.

Story cargo models MAZ began immediately after the end of World War II. In the period from 1947 to 1966, the company produced the MAZ-200 model. Her cabin was wooden, but with metal sheathing. The body was also lined up on a wooden platform. All three sides were open.

On its basis, at the same time, a modification of the MAZ-205 was developed. The body platform has already been changed to metal. Only the tailgate opened. The cabin has not changed.

For harsh climatic conditions Far North was developed special modification MAZ-500, which was produced for five years (1965-1970). The cabin had additional insulation, diesel fuel, along with engine oil, was heated by a special starting mechanism, there was a spotlight on the cabin roof.

TO today MAZ lineup includes thirty-four modifications.

Special equipment

Together with dump trucks and trucks, the company produces equipment with a specific purpose. Their history began simultaneously with other types of technology.

Since 1959, the TZ-200 tanker truck has been produced for seven years. A single-section tank with a volume of 7.8 thousand liters was installed on it. Its filling (release) was carried out by means of a centrifugal vane pump.

A prototype of the K-51 truck crane was produced on the MAZ-200 chassis. It had a carrying capacity of 5 tons. Its serial production began in 1951. Later, the K-61 model appeared, the carrying capacity of which increased by one ton. All variants of truck cranes were equipped with a screw jack, which was carried out manually. The mechanism of the cranes was driven by a mechanical drive.

In 1966, the MAZ-509 car appeared, which was designed to transport wood. Over time, the range of timber carriers of the enterprise has expanded significantly. Among them - MAZ 6303А8-328 (short-truck), MAZ 641705-220 (timber truck)

To date, there are nine modifications of concrete mixers. A mixing drum is installed on the vehicle platform. It starts to rotate after the car starts moving. One of the best representatives of this series - ABS-9 YES (based on

For utilities, seven modifications of equipment have been developed and are being produced. Among them are vacuum machine KO-523V and side-loading garbage truck MKM-35.

It is too long to list all the models of equipment manufactured at the MAZ enterprise. The range is too big. It is enough to understand that the goods this manufacturer at the expense High Quality managed to win a large part of the market in different countries.

Specialization: production of transport equipment.
Trademark (brand): MAZ (MAZ)

Contacts of OJSC "Minsk Automobile Plant" (MAZ): official website, model range, address.

Address: 220021, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, st. Socialist, 2
Call Center Phone: (+375 17) 217-22-22
Phone reference: (+375 17) 217-98-09
Office phone: (+375 17) 217-97-03
Phone marketing department: (+375 17) 217-25-10
Fax + (375 17) 217-23-39
Official site: http://maz.by
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Full name: JSC "Minsk Automobile Plant"
Briefly: OAO MAZ
Year of foundation of the plant: 1944

Production of JSC "Minsk Automobile Plant" (MAZ): trucks, chassis, trailers, semi-trailers, buses, special equipment.

The Belarusian enterprise JSC "Minsk Automobile Plant" is engaged in the production and sale of MAZ equipment:
1. Cars, flatbed trucks, truck tractors, dump trucks, grain carriers (agricultural workers), truck chassis, dump trailers, flatbed trailers, timber carriers, tipper semi-trailers, tent and curtain, container carriers, heavy trucks, isothermal;
2. Trolleybuses, city, suburban, tourist buses;
3. Truck cranes, auto-hydraulic lifts and tow trucks, utility vehicles, manipulators on MAZ chassis, other special equipment.

Onboard vehicles

Truck tractors

dump trucks

Tipper trailers

Tipper semi-trailers

Car trailers

Car semi-trailers

Timber semi-trailers

Container semi-trailers

panel carriers

road trains

Cars with a manipulator (CMU)

Heavy semi-trailers

Garbage trucks with rear loading

Auto-hydraulic lifts

Car tow trucks

Trolleybuses
Buses

Buy a tractor, dump truck, trailer, semi-trailer, MAZ flatbed truck at the manufacturer's price.

You can buy a new truck tractor, a Zubrenok truck, a flatbed truck, a dump truck, a trailer and a semi-trailer for a grain carrier (agricultural worker), a bus, a truck crane, a MAZ timber carrier at the price of the manufacturer:
- in Belarus, in the sales department of the Minsk Automobile Plant, which sells MAZ trucks, municipal, trailer, forestry equipment directly from the manufacturer under a sales contract and in some cases provides an additional discount on the price indicated in the price list.
- in Russia, official dealers OJSC "Minsk Automobile Plant" in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and other cities of the Russian Federation.

The history of the MAZ plant and the creation of cars.

Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) is one of the oldest and largest automobile plants in the CIS. The main share of the plant's production falls on heavy trucks, but other equipment is also produced: trailers, special equipment, buses.

The history of the MAZ plant briefly.

From the first partisan companies that came on July 16, 1944 to restore workshops for the repair of automotive equipment, from the decision of the State Defense Committee of August 9, 1944 on the organization car assembly plant in Minsk, the MINSK AUTOMOBILE PLANT conducts its history. The country gave everything it could to the construction of the future first-born of the Belarusian automotive industry. And already in October 1947, the first five MAZs were assembled at the plant.

The first MAZ-205 cars, which left the factory gates at the end of 1947, only heralded the birth of the Belarusian automotive industry. In order for Minsk cars to work faster at the construction sites of the country, the plant had to be built at the pace dictated by the time. Already at the end of 1948, the construction of the first stage was completed, and in 1950 the second stage. As a result, in the same 1948, it became possible to organize mass production of cars, and with the completion of construction, reach the design capacity and even surpass them. In 1951, the plant produced 25 thousand cars against 15 thousand planned. Moreover, not only the production of cars increased. The result of the search for designers were machines that did not know global automotive industry. The world's first 40-ton dump truck MAZ-530 at the World Industrial Exhibition in Brussels in October 1958 was awarded the highest award - "Grand Prix".

In November 1958, an event occurred at the Minsk Automobile Plant that largely predetermined it further development: samples of MAZ-500 and MAZ-503 cars were collected, which were to replace the cars of the first family - MAZ-200. But the path to new machines was not easy. It took both time and effort. Difficult ones lay ahead technical solutions, comprehensive testing of the created equipment, reconstruction of production. However, all these tasks were within the power of the factory workers. On December 31, 1965, the last car of the first MAZ family, the MAZ-205 dump truck, rolled off the main conveyor and took its place on the pedestal of the monument to the first MAZs. The plant has completely switched to the production of MAZ-500 family vehicles, successfully increasing their production. In 1966, the first award appeared on the banner of the enterprise - the Order of Lenin, and in 1971 - the Order of the October Revolution.

The seventies were the years of accelerated renewal of manufactured equipment. Already in September 1970, the production of modernized MAZ-500A vehicles began, and in March 1976, the first MAZ-5549 dump truck from the new MAZ-5335 family of vehicles rolled off the main assembly line. Created in the 70s on the basis of four-axle all-wheel drive wheeled chassis, trucks and tractors became indispensable assistants oil workers, geologists and builders in the development of hard-to-reach areas of Siberia and Central Asia. In 1977, the plant was awarded its third high award - the second Order of Lenin.

The beginning of the 80s was marked by an important event at the plant. On May 19, 1981, the first truck tractor MAZ-5432 of a new promising family of cars and road trains MAZ-6422 was assembled on the main conveyor. And less than two years later, on April 16, 1983, the thousandth car of this family was assembled. The production of new cars continued to increase. On April 14, 1989, the millionth MAZ was produced. It turned out to be a truck tractor MAZ-64221. The plant began preparations for the large-scale production of three-axle truck tractors. In the late eighties, a prototype of the famous concept car MAZ-2000 "Perestroika" was created.

In 1996, after successful completion acceptance and operational tests in the fleets of the Republic of Belarus, a new model range MAZ-5440 was recommended for mass production. On March 11, 1997, the first mainline tractor of the new MAZ-54421 family rolled off the assembly line of the Minsk Automobile Plant. At the end of 1997, MAZ-54402 and MAZ-544021 vehicles were assembled that fully meet all European requirements for heavy vehicles for international transport.

Minsk Automobile Plant, which has always played important role in the development of the economy of the republics of the former Union and now provides the needs of the Republic of Belarus and other CIS countries in heavy automotive technology. Minsk Automobile Plant arouses well-deserved interest of foreign partners. On December 10, 1997, Valentin GURINOVICH, General Director of PA "BelavtoMAZ", Klaus SHUBERT, Chairman of the Board of the MAN Concern (Munich, Germany), and Alexei VAGANOV, General Director of Lada-OMS Holding, signed an agreement on the establishment of a joint Belarusian-German enterprise for the production of trucks "MAZ-MAN" and the charter of the newly created enterprise. Documents were also signed on the establishment of a joint venture for the sale of manufactured products "MAZ-MAN Trading". The difference between this project and other projects for the production of cars in the CIS countries was that the share of domestic components and parts will reach 60% in the products manufactured at the joint venture. The MAZ-MAN project has become an important step towards ensuring that vehicles for international transportation manufactured in Belarus can continue to compete on equal terms with the world's leading brands in the markets of the CIS countries.

The history of the creation of MAZ vehicles - models of trucks, dump trucks.

1944 August
Decree of the State Defense Committee on the organization of a car assembly plant in Minsk.

1947 October
Assembly in the experimental workshop and sending for the restoration of the post-war devastation of the first five MAZ-205 vehicles.

1950 June
Sending abroad the first dump trucks MAZ-205 as a gift to the Polish people for the restoration of Warsaw.

In 1957, the resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On the development of new cars at the Minsk Automobile Plant" was issued. By that moment, the automotive equipment produced at the enterprise for more than ten years was already obsolete, and it was necessary to replace it with a more modern one with better technical and operational indicators. In addition, a more powerful YaMZ-236 engine than previously used on the two hundredth YaAZ-204 appeared. The terms of reference were developed by specialists in February, and future products received the following indices: truck - MAZ-500, dump truck - MAZ-503, tractor - MAZ-504. The novelties were in many ways not similar to their predecessors. But, perhaps, their main difference was a completely new revolutionary layout.

For a long period, foreign and domestic manufacturers preferred to produce cars of the old, so-called classic layout. Its essence was as follows: during the development process, the designers sequentially installed, one after the other, all the main elements of the created vehicle.

At first, the power unit (engine, clutch, gearbox) was located, then the cabin was located along the length, and behind it, with a certain gap, the platform. This scheme had a number significant shortcomings. Among them, for example, a forced increase in the size and weight of the car. At the same time, insufficient space was occupied by the body, the main unit for transporting cargo. Such an inefficient arrangement led to an unjustified decrease in the carrying capacity of the machine.

The Belarusians went the other way. To do this, they had to develop several options. They started with the classical scheme, then moved on to the intermediate (half-sweat). With this construction, the cabin approached the front axle, advanced on the engine, but did not completely cover it. Such a scheme made it possible to slightly shift and lengthen the platform, which increased the mass of the transported cargo.

However, Minsk residents eventually chose the third path. Here, the metal cabin (on the 200s there was a wooden one) moved forward significantly. It was located above the engine, which excluded the hood and made it possible to move the platform as far as possible, significantly increasing the capacity of the latter. If, with the traditional arrangement, the relative lengths of the platform and base (the distance between the axles) were approximately equal, then with the new one, the first one exceeded the second one by 1.4-1.5 times. The innovation had a positive impact on important indicator How axial loads. It was possible to load the front axle with an additional useful weight from 4.2 tons for the MAZ-200 to 6 tons for the MAZ-500. This made it possible to increase the carrying capacity of the vehicle by almost 2 tons at once.

The discovery made it possible to eliminate such a previously necessary structural element as the bonnet, to reduce the size of the wings, to reduce weight characteristics and dimensions, improve access to the engine. It became easier for the driver to drive the car. At the same time, the vibration load on it increased, which was reduced with the help of softer springs, improved shock absorbers and seats. The Belarusian find also greatly simplified the assembly process: there was no need for complex stamps.

At that time, when the MAZ-500 was born in agony, some experts did not believe in the possibilities of the new concept. Domestic experts were afraid that the permeability would worsen. In the late 50s, only 46,000 medium-duty trucks with a cab-over-engine were produced in the world. But no one has yet dared to use such a lineup for heavy vehicles. Only a little later, foreign companies came to such a scheme.

You have to give credit to the young team. Despite all the objective and subjective difficulties, the youth did not deviate from the chosen path. In difficult battles at numerous scientific and technical meetings in the Economic Council and at the plant, the chosen solution was defended. And life has confirmed the correctness of the intended path.

To speed up the process, the plant took a risky step. At the same time, the processes of design, testing and development of production were going on. To facilitate the transition to the units and mechanisms developed for the 500th, they were equipped with the mass-produced 200th hundredths and their modifications. Colleagues from other car factories, and first of all from GAZ and ZIL, also provided great help to the Mazovians.

In the year of the 40th anniversary of the formation of the BSSR, 4 prototypes (2 dump trucks and 2 flatbed trucks) appeared, which were immediately put to complex factory tests. In the course of them, various shortcomings were identified that required immediate elimination. So, at first it was planned to use pneumohydraulic brakes for machines of this family. However, due to their complexity, I had to return to pneumatic. Caused claims and the interior of the cabin.

In total, it took the car manufacturers 7 years to start the conveyor assembly of cars with an index of 500. The work of the team was not in vain. At all-Union exhibitions, MAZ-500 was repeatedly awarded with various awards. In conclusion, I would like to name the creators of such wonderful machines that received the State Prize in 1970: Vysotsky M.S., Gileles L.E., Kuzmin N.I., Vygonny A.G. and others.

1958 October
Awarding the Minsk Automobile Plant with the highest award of the World Industrial Exhibition in Brussels - "Grand Prix" for a 40-ton dump truck MAZ-530.

1965 December
Release last car the first family of MAZ dump trucks MAZ-205. Complete transition to the production of cars of the MAZ-500 family.

1970 September
Start of mass production on the main conveyor of new modernized MAZ-500A vehicles.

1970 November
Rewarding the plant with a gold medal of the Leipzig Fair for the MAZ-516 car.

1974 December
Creation on the basis of the Minsk Automobile Plant, Baranovichi, Osipovichi and Kaliningrad Auto-Aggregate Plants and the Minsk Spring Plant production association"Automaz".

1975 September
Creation on the basis of the production association "AvtoMAZ", the Belarusian and Mogilev automobile plants of the production association "BelavtoMAZ".

1981 May
Assembly on the main conveyor of the first MAZ-5432 truck tractor of a new promising family of MAZ-6422 vehicles.

1983 September
Rewarding the plant with the gold medal of the Plovdiv Fair for the road train MAZ-5432 9397.

1988 May
Demonstration at the international salon in Hamburg of the first three-axle MAZ car with the engine of the West German company "MAN".

1992 June
Creation bus production. Release of the first low-floor city bus MAZ-101.

1994 February
Order of the State Committees for Industry and Interindustry Productions, for State Property Management and Privatization, for Antimonopoly Policy "0 to carry out work on the denationalization of enterprises of the production association "BelavtoMAZ" and the creation of a holding company".

1997 March
Release of the first mainline tractor MAZ-54421 is a new family of vehicles that fully meet European requirements for heavy vehicles for international transportation.

1997 December
Signing of an agreement on the establishment of a joint Belarusian-German enterprise for the production of trucks "MAZ-MAN".

2000 June
The 1000th MAZ bus rolled off the technological lines of the bus branch.

2001 February
Minsk Automobile Plant was awarded a certificate of conformity of the quality system to the international standard ISO 9001. The audit was carried out by specialists from the SGS group of companies, Switzerland. SGS has certified over 25,000 firms worldwide.

2005. Mass production buses MAZ-256.

2010. The production of MAZ-6501 dump trucks with Euro-5 engines began.

2011. The first bonnet truck tractor MAZ-6440RA appeared in the product line, the engine was created at Minsk engine plant power 600l.s.

2012. Production of garbage trucks MAZ-690214 "Sapphire" was mastered.

2013. A city bus MAZ-203965 with an internal combustion engine running on methane was created.

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