Automotive industry of the DPRK
The mass distribution of cars in the DPRK is considered evil. And yet North Korean auto industry produces cars that Avtovaz could envy. The entire line is on the juche-songun blog.
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Minibus "Samchonri". 4 doors, 11 seats, 2.4 liter Gas engine, length - 5.1 meters. Produced since 2006.
As promised earlier, I will tell you about the automotive industry of the DPRK. The mass distribution of cars in cities is an evil that is now being fought in Finland, North Korea, Sweden and other developed countries. By far the soundest course has been taken in Korea, where the President Kim Il Sung(long before they woke up from such evil in Europe!) wisely pointed out some year ago: "We limit the use of private cars. When there are a lot of cars in the city, they traffic fumes heavily pollute the atmosphere. Therefore, people in our country use the trolleybus, bus and metro more."
However, avoiding harm environment and the so-called "traffic jams" does not mean the elimination of the car, as such. This transport technically necessary for individual needs, hence the production of civilian cars, pickups, small buses and semi-trucks should be produced.
In many large countries, billions of US dollars are spent on solving such simple problems. This big money, taken from the pockets of the masses, is thrown into the abyss by the capitalist governments into the insatiable wombs of the "bankruptcy" automobile corporations.
Great Head Comrade Kim Jong Il did not follow such a stupid path, reaching the goal relying on own forces and attracting a minimum of resources. The review presents the main part model range People's Korea recent years. In addition, the DPRK is successfully operating an advanced domestic tractor industry, production of trucks and motorcycles.
Before the Difficult Campaign, the DPRK issued various models cars that could be used in civilian life. They require a separate review in text, so I will only point out this jeep of the Independence brand. Such a machine has been produced since 1985, having 4 driving wheels.
Passenger civilian car"Hviparam" production plant in the city of Nampo. Length 4.1 meters, 4-cylinder engine provides economical consumption gasoline. The Napo plant started operating in April 2002. The total area of the territory of the enterprise was initially 104 thousand square meters, and the construction area - more than 24 thousand square meters. Four main workshops and a number of auxiliary workshops were formed in the plant.
Passenger 4-door civilian car "Khviparam-2", model 2007. Produced in the same plant in Nampo. Joint project with a Chinese corporation. Length 4.8 meters, 1.8-liter petrol engine. The model is popular.
Executive car "Chunma". Auto plant in Napo, special production since 2006. 5 doors, 5 seats, sedan.
Jeep "Cuckoo-pronto", production started five years ago. 4x4, 5 doors, 5 seats, 4.8 meters, petrol engine. Nampo Automotive Plant.
Jeep "Kukushka-2", in the line of the plant in Napo since 2004. 4x2, length 5.1 meters, 2.2 liter petrol engine. good remedy for country trips and escort in the countryside.
"Kukushka-1", together with "Fiat". Nampo factory, 5 doors, 5 seats, 4.2 meters, 1.6 liter petrol engine. When this car entered the series in 2003, it was very popular.
"Cuckoo Premium". Relatively new model 2008, Korean-Chinese project, released in Napo. 4x2, 5-door, 5-seater, length is 4.6 meters, 2.4-liter petrol engine.
Pickup "Cuckoo" - donated to workers since 2008 for out-of-town visits in the province. Sino-Korean project, also produced for export. 4x2, 4-door, 5-seater, length 5.1 meters, 2.8 petrol engine.
Another "Cuckoo-Max" pickup, launched into the line at the same time. 4x2, 4-door, 5 seats, length 5.1 meters, 2.2-liter petrol engine.
Almost all models are made not only for the needs of the DPRK, but are also exported abroad. Order real korean car you can too. All conditions and details should be found here by phone +85023814356, fax +85023814746. North Korea, Pyongyang, Pyeongchon region.
Unbelievable, but true: in one of the most mysterious and frightening countries in the world, North Korea, There is own cars. This state is unlikely to surprise anyone with an abundance of brands and models, however, here you can find a lot of unique equipment that is difficult to find anywhere else.
As you know, the communist path is thorny and difficult. That is why there are still almost no cars in Pyongyang. This is a luxury available only to the ruling elite and civil servants - motorization in North Korea is the lowest on the planet: 0.22 cars come here per 1,000 inhabitants. Personal transport in fact, no, just as there is no freedom of movement. To become a car owner, you need to do something extraordinary (then there is a chance to receive a car as a gift from the top management). Can help North Koreans and foreign relatives. True, in this case, rich relatives will have to fit not one, but two cars at once (one - “for that guy”, that is, for the needs of the state).
Achimkoy - "Morning Flower"
By the way, being a motorist in North Korea is certainly not for the faint of heart. For example, the former ruler of the country, Kim Jong Il, managed to “please” local owners ten years ago Japanese cars. He ordered the confiscation of all "Japanese", seeing a stalled "Toyota" on the road, which prevented the exit from the mausoleum of Kim Il Sung. Spared only a few well-known actors and athletes, as well as cars in the civil service. It's scary to even think what punishment the current ruler, Kim Jong-un, could invent for a stalled engine.
Individual cars in this country are easily distinguishable - they are all equipped with yellow state numbers. Black signs - on military vehicles, blue - on diplomatic ones vehicles, well, whites - on cars of state organizations. With the exception of nuances, does it remind you of anything?
And now let's see what North Koreans ride, who are supposed to by status, and who are not afraid of it.
The basis of the fleet of a closed country is not cars at all, but trucks, agricultural machinery and other utilitarian vehicles. Of course, this is either semi-handicraft or a truly ancient technique. Today in North Korea, you can easily find trucks with gas generators. power plants(in other words, on firewood). The rest also have little to do with the 21st century. Here, for example, Sungri 58 is a copy of the real Soviet fossil GAZ-51.
Sungri 58
Do not be surprised - from the middle of the last century until the 90s, licensed soviet cars. And the first vehicles that entered the country at the dawn of its formation were government ZiS-110, ZiS-110B convertibles and an armored car - ZiS-115. They were followed by "Volga" and military SUVs UAZ-469 and GAZ-69. Many of these cars are still roaming the country today. Even licensed KrAZ and BelAZ were produced here.
Public transport is represented mainly by equipment with Czechoslovak roots - "Karos" and "Skodas" of the 60-70s with fantastic mileage, as well as "Ikarus". But the high cost and shortage of fuel forces carriers to mainly use electric transport- trams and trolleybuses.
The most beloved brand of the ruling North Korean elite has always been the enemy Benz. Mass purchase of these machines began in the 60-70s. "Eshki" in the bodies of w115 / 114 are still preserved from those times. And the old "Geliki" and all kinds of w123 and w126 are very common. The North Koreans were so imbued with Mercedes that in the 80s they even adjusted own production copies of them: engineers studied the design of the Mercedes-Benz 190E and built with minimal changes Kaengsaeng 88. The appearance of the car turned out to be clearly worse than the original, as well as everything else. The car received an eerie grille, non-opening windows and an interior without any ability to control the climate. Virtually nothing about this North Korean model is now known - not even the number of copies produced.
The North Korean fleet is not the only one alive by the "Germans": Swedish Volvo-144s are still used today as taxis for wealthy citizens. In 1977, the government purchased an impressive batch of a thousand pieces.
The North Koreans also have a reason to be proud: the Sungri motor plant, which has been operating since the 50s of the last century, still produces a real exclusive - the Achimkoy (“Morning Flower”) model, which completely copies the rare Soviet M-20 Pobeda. This is a piece production with an incredibly modest scale.
Another brand, Pyeonghwa Motors ("Peace"), emerged in the 90s as joint venture Northern and South Korea and now has exclusive rights to the production and sale of new and used cars. Licensed "Chinese" Brilliance, copies of the Italian Fiat and Dandong Shuguang SUVs roll off the assembly line of the enterprise. The names of the cars are extremely strange - Ppeokpuggi ("Ku-ku") or Hwiparam ("Whistling"). With very modest production volumes (hundreds, rarely thousands of copies a year), North Korean cars even manage to export to Vietnam.
Of course, the domestic footprint in the motorization of North Korea can still be traced. For example, Russian Priors are regularly delivered in small batches to this country.
Pyeonghwa Motors Automobile Plant.
Production volumes in the DPRK are much lower than in neighboring South Korea North Korea is not a member of the International Organization automotive manufacturers(MOAP) ( fr. Organization internationale des constructeurs automobiles) or any other committees UN, so the information automotive industry Little North Korea. MOAP does not publish data on the automotive industry of the DPRK. According to outsiders, the DPRK has the capacity to produce between 40,000 and 50,000 vehicles a year, but only a few thousand have been produced over the past few years due to the current financial crisis.
Story
The automotive industry of the DPRK originated during the existence of USSR when it was granted the right to produce transport according to Soviet licenses [ When? ] . Soviet Union rendered all possible assistance in the construction automobile factories North Korea, equipping them with Soviet technology. The first cars produced in North Korea were Soviet copies such as trucks GAZ-51, cars off-road GAZ-69 With all-wheel drive, cars GAZ-M-20 "Victory".
Automotive manufacturers
Sungri Automobile Plant
Auto plant "Pyeongsan"
IN 1968 Pyeongsan Automobile Plant in Pyeongsan at the Seungri Motors plant began production of the Kensen and Kensen NA models - a modified Seungri-4.10 4x4 car (combination GAZ-69 And Jeep) and a modified Seungri-4.25 4x4 pickup truck.
The 1970s also saw the launch of Thepaeksan [ What? ] and a small truck "Thujeng".
Plant "March 30"
Since 1982, the 30 March plant has been producing 100-ton dump trucks Konsor-100
Here everyone is now writing about North Korea, the most fashionable topic in last days. This is due to the next conflict between the DPRK and the civilized world; most likely Comrade Kim Jong-un once again wants to get money) I also decided to write a short post about the realities of this country.
In general, the DPRK is a very unique place, probably there are no more states in the world with the same degree of closeness. Personally, I was going to visit North Korea a couple of years ago, but then I read the reviews of travelers and decided that in this moment there is nothing to do there, all the photo reports from there look like twin brothers. It happens because each tourist group is assigned two guards - "guides" from the local special services, who lead tourists around the country by the hand, showing regular attractions.
You will not find on the Internet high-quality pictures of any residential area on the outskirts of Pyongyang, ordinary shops, entrances and apartments, the guides simply will not let you take a picture of it all. Nevertheless, some tourists still manage to take a few photographs of the life and realities of this country on the way to the monuments of the "outstanding ideas of Juche".
In this post, I have collected a few photographs of North Korean transport. So, under the cut is a story about what people drive in the DPRK.
02. Let's start with how tourists get to North Korea. In the DPRK, there is only one airline - "Air Korea", which is engaged in all air transportation in different directions. There is regular air communication with Russia - flights fly from Vladivostok to Pyongyang and back. A few tourists and all sorts of Russian statesmen, military song and dance ensembles, as well as journalists fly on planes. Pyongyang also regularly sends Korean workers to other countries to earn hard currency to support the regime.
The Air Koryo fleet is represented mainly by old TU-204s:
03. Inside, the planes look pretty decent, although according to travelers, it’s still scary to fly, the planes are old, and besides, Air Korea traditionally tops the lists of the most unreliable airlines in the world.
04. Food on board the Air Korea liner - burger with cutlet and salad:
05. The DPRK has a fairly extensive river network and there is cargo transportation along the rivers. Barges and other ships are usually very old and look something like this:
06. In order for the sides not to be heavily upholstered during mooring, old car tires are attached to the sides of the vessel with the help of chains.
07. And another boat, also with tires. Here I really liked the deck structure with a wooden paneled door))
08. Automobile transport in North Korea is represented by a few models cars, most of them are quite old and often break. Pictured is a Volvo 144 under repair. By the way, the DPRK has not paid off with Sweden for these "Volvos" so far.
09. You can also find old Romanian Dacias, donated or sold in the DPRK, probably even when. But these are not the oldest cars in North Korea either - on the roads there you can still see working Soviet gas-generating trucks (on firewood), which probably came to this country under Stalin.
10. Newer cars around the airport. You can have private cars in the DPRK, for example, a wealthy relative from China or Japan can give them to you. True, according to North Korean laws, in this case, he will have to donate another exactly the same car "for the state's income," in other words, to Kim Chenyn's officials.
12. In the capital of the DPRK, Pyongyang, trams and buses run. Trams tend to be very old; tourists write that these are models of some local production, but personally it seems doubtful to me, in my opinion, these are some old GDR cars:
13. The cars are usually in poor condition, with peeling paint, rusty. There is no glass in the car in the back photo. It is also likely that such cars rumble a lot when moving, I think wheels are rarely turned in the DPRK.
14. The driver looks like this. It is a pity, of course, that there is not a single photo of the tram from the inside - tourists are simply not allowed there. I also liked the asterisks on board - on the sides of World War II aircraft, such asterisks denoted downed enemy aircraft; I'm even afraid to imagine what they can mean on a Pyongyang tram))
15. There are also buses in North Korea. Pyongyang specimens look something like this. In the same way as trams, they are repainted many times (with brushes by hand).
16. The interior of the bus is newer. Pay attention to the clothes of passengers - the style is stuck somewhere in the 50-60s:
17. Street traffic controllers. Traffic lights in the DPRK rarely work, and there are live traffic controllers on all roads. In other cities of the country, this work is done by men, and in the capital Pyongyang, as a rule, girls.
18. There is also a subway in Pyongyang, which consists of two lines and 17 stations. The metro was opened in 1973 and copied the Stalinist style, but through the prism of "faster, higher, stronger" - almost all Pyongyang stations are longer and taller than Moscow ones.
Metro map on the wall of one of the stations:
19. Subway trains are as old as they are ground transport, once North Korea bought them in the GDR. The train consists of 4 cars each, all trains are painted in the same red-olive livery:
20. Interesting feature wagons - the doors are opened manually and closed automatically. To open the doors from the outside, these handles are attached:
21. Boarding the car:
22. Subway passengers:
23. One of the stations. Until 2014, only 2 out of 17 stations were shown to tourists, now all are available for viewing.
Photo: Zhang Peng/LightRocket | Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket | Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us | Anthony Asael/Art in All of Us | Irina Kalashnikova | Mark / Contributor.
Here is a transport
In general, as I wrote at the beginning of the post, it is completely pointless to go to the DPRK now - you will not be allowed to see practically anything outside the tourist program, so you have to wait until either the donkey dies or the sultan dies.
Would you like to visit North Korea?
Tell me, it's interesting.
