The cargo auto giant from the banks of the Kama after the collapse of the USSR was not particularly pleased with the new models. Years of existence in the absence of competition allowed the same truck to rivet KAMAZ for decades. You could not really bother, paying attention to such concepts as ergonomics, handling, active, passive and environmental safety. There was a demand, there was a market.
And suddenly, at one moment the plant in Naberezhnye Chelny was left alone with second-hand Scania, Mercedes, Iveco, MAN and other Renault. Kamaz, of course, tried something, experimented, but did not give birth to something new and competitive in new conditions.
In many ways, the fault lies with the inefficient management of the cargo auto giant, state protectionism in the form of constant pumping of huge amounts into the plant and the gradual introduction of barrage customs duties. As you understand, in such circumstances, KamAZ could not bother with anything. What partly happened.
Nevertheless, there was some kind of movement and development. Take, for example, a sample of the pen in the segment of medium-duty vehicles: the KamAZ 4308 model with the Cummins engine. Speech about which will go in this video
27 дек 2018
