[FWD] Top-news from the e-newspaper YTPO.ru

============================================================================== * Forwarded by Wladimir Bulchukey (500:95/462) * Region : RU.NEWS (News) * From: Big Worm's News Robot, 2:461/48@fidonet (14 Oct 02 11:06) * To: All, * Topic: Top-news from the e-newspaper YTPO.ru ============================================================================== >========================================================================================= Top-news from the e-newspaper YTPO.ru (http://www.ytpo.ru/topnews.shtml) >========================================================================================= THE CAR "CHAIKA" IS 25 YEARS OLD. A quarter of a century ago from the assembly line The first executive class car rolled out of the Gorky Automobile Plant "Seagull". The seven-seater car captivated everyone. She was elegant and comfortable, combining lightness and swiftness of forms with rigor and clarity of lines. Thanks to the successful combination of large tires, soft suspension, specially designed shock absorbers "Chaika" literally floated over the road. "Chaika" - GAZ-14 has become a kind of testing ground for implementation new designs, materials and technologies. Exactly on this model disc brakes, headlight cleaners, window lifts appeared for the first time, seat belts, closed cooling system with antifreeze. Powerful8-цилиндровый двигатель позволял развивать скорость до 175 км/час. By спецзаказу министерства обороны, на базе ГАЗ-14 была разработана модель "Чайки" с открытым кузовом для приема военных парадов. Passengers of the Seagulls, прозванных в народе "членовозами", были руководители государства, послы USSR abroad. Век "Чайки" был недолог - всего 11 лет. During this time горьковский автозавод выпустил 1114 представительских автомобилей. In 1988 г., на волне "борьбы с привилегиями", их производство было прекращено, а сборочные линии, технологическая оснастка и рабочая документация "Чайки" destroyed. Теперь автомобиль, бывший не так давно "топ-моделью" советского автомобилестроения, можно увидеть лишь на ежегодных парадах автоколлекционеров и в музее ОАО "ГАЗ", где выставлена "Чайка", на которой принимали военные парады советские министры обороны. ================================================================================ Excuse me... That is, sorry already, All...! Have they gone crazy there?! 25 years is 1977! "The Seagull" is 20 years older, Gagarin rode it. Может, 25 лет _новой_ "Чайке" (которая современная, похожая на представительский ЗиЛ)? With the best - Wlodek. * [] * mailto: wlblack(sign)chat.ru http://wlodeks.boom.ru * <[ZX]> * http://wlodek.newmail.ru [500:95/462@ZXNet] [2:5016 Forever] [Golyanovo] [Radio 'Retro' 88.3 MHz]