LuAZ Lunokhod

LuAZ "Lunokhod", modernized.

A VAZ 2106 engine is installed.

The car retained its swimming function.

It so happened that the development and serial production of LuAZ-969 in the USSR coincided with the study of the Earth’s natural satellite in the early 70s using special remote-controlled vehicles - Lunokhod-1 and Lunokhod-2. Some consonance and even external similarity predetermined among the people the same name for the car. However, there is no direct connection between them. The prototype for the Lutsk “king of off-road” was a purely military object - the so-called frontline transporter LuAZ-967, created by order of the Ministry of Defense in the 60s. The machine is extremely specific and extremely functional. A displacement body with an open top, quick-release side-tracks for overcoming ditches and trenches, a special arrangement of seats - with the driver's seat in the center and the ability to drive the car while lying down. A winch is provided in the bow - mainly as a means of covert evacuation of the wounded. The main technical solutions of the 967 formed the basis for the “civilian” SUV, although the body for it was designed completely differently.

• State: Used

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