KamAZ holds customer test-drive event

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KamAZ Trucks Press Release  /  June 11, 2016

KamAZ recently held an off-road event on the grounds of the Moscow raceway to give several hundred vocational customers an opportunity to experience he truckmaker’s new range of construction-oriented trucks.

Models on hand included the a KamAZ 65806 prime mover paired with a dump trailer from KamAZ subsidiary NefAZ, and several dump trucks including KamAZ’s 6520 6x4 and 65201 8x4.

The new KamAZ 65806 6x4 tractor features a comfortable 4-point fully suspended cab and economical 428 horsepower Daimler OM457 Euro-5 engine paired with a 16-speed ZF gearbox.

(Daimler owns a 15% stake in KamAZ, 11% it owns directly and 4% that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development holds on its behalf)

Both the KamAZ 6520 and 65201 tippers were praised by attendee for their ease of operation and excellent handling.

The event was visited by large numbers of people. One hundred and fifty of them ride on new cars: two-thirds - as drivers, remaining - as passengers. The show truck passed at a high organizational level, all the guests were satisfied with the new KAMAZ.

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[Vladislav]

Haven't heard about the event. The Moscow raceway is in about 70 km from my location. But as you can see on the pics they didn't use the race track.

Daimler engine, ZF gearbox.... All that is very good but far from to be called inexpensive stuff. Unfortunately the politics think on how to sell more of expensive things minimize pollutions. Not just how to get the most of jobs done.