В СССР, разумеется, тоже были свои микроавтомобили. Один из них, хоть и не запущенный в серийное производство, был создан в качестве нашего «фольксвагена» (народного автомобиля) и, кстати, даже отличался схожей с «Жуком» заднемоторной компоновкой. НАМИ-050 «Белка» появился в 1955 г. в результате сотрудничества между Научно-исследовательским автомобильным и автомоторным институтом (НАМИ) и Ирбитским мотоциклетным заводом (ИМЗ); общественность давно просила ИМЗ спроектировать доступный автомобиль, вот главный инженер завода Федор Реппих и обратился к единомышленникам из НАМИ, среди которых были Юрий Долматовский и Владимир Арямов, предложивший взять за основу формулу 5x5 (вместительность – 5 человек, масса – 500 кг, расход топлива – 5 л/100 км, объем двигателя – 0,5 л, пробег от заправки до заправки – 500 км). Собственно, это объясняет появление пятерки в номере модели, а название «Белка» было дано ирбитчанами в память о том, что их город когда-то был центром торговли пушниной.
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The USSR was not foreign to microcar experiments some of which did not make it to mass-production. One such experiment revolved around the need to create our own “Volkswagen”, or people’s car, and had a few similarities to the VW Beetle such as its rear-engine design. The NAMI-050 was born in 1955 out of a collaboration between the Automobile and Engine Research Institute (NAMI) and Irbit Motorcycle Factory (IMZ). Like many other Soviet vehicle-making plants, IMZ was being pushed to create an affordable car, so Fyodor Reppikh, the factory’s Chief Engineer, contacted his forward-thinking colleagues at the NAMI including Yuri Dolmatovsky and Vladimir Aryamov. The latter proposed a 5x5 concept that implied a car with a seating capacity of five, weight of 500 kg, fuel consumption of 5 L per 100 km, engine displacement of 0.5 L, and driving range of 500 km. This explains the digits in the name of the model; the car was also dubbed Belka (the Russian for “squirrel”) referencing the fact that Irbit used to be home to a fur trade fair.
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The USSR was not foreign to microcar experiments some of which did not make it to mass-production. One such experiment revolved around the need to create our own “Volkswagen”, or people’s car, and had a few similarities to the VW Beetle such as its rear-engine design. The NAMI-050 was born in 1955 out of a collaboration between the Automobile and Engine Research Institute (NAMI) and Irbit Motorcycle Factory (IMZ). Like many other Soviet vehicle-making plants, IMZ was being pushed to create an affordable car, so Fyodor Reppikh, the factory’s Chief Engineer, contacted his forward-thinking colleagues at the NAMI including Yuri Dolmatovsky and Vladimir Aryamov. The latter proposed a 5x5 concept that implied a car with a seating capacity of five, weight of 500 kg, fuel consumption of 5 L per 100 km, engine displacement of 0.5 L, and driving range of 500 km. This explains the digits in the name of the model; the car was also dubbed Belka (the Russian for “squirrel”) referencing the fact that Irbit used to be home to a fur trade fair.
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В СССР, разумеется, тоже были свои микроавтомобили. Один из них, хоть и не запущенный в серийное производство, был создан в качестве нашего «фольксвагена» (народного автомобиля) и, кстати, даже отличался схожей с «Жуком» заднемоторной компоновкой. НАМИ-050 «Белка» появился в 1955 г. в результате сотрудничества между Научно-исследовательским автомобильным и автомоторным институтом (НАМИ) и Ирбитским мотоциклетным заводом (ИМЗ); общественность давно просила ИМЗ спроектировать доступный автомобиль, вот главный инженер завода Федор Реппих и обратился к единомышленникам из НАМИ, среди которых были Юрий Долматовский и Владимир Арямов, предложивший взять за основу формулу 5x5 (вместительность – 5 человек, масса – 500 кг, расход топлива – 5 л/100 км, объем двигателя – 0,5 л, пробег от заправки до заправки – 500 км). Собственно, это объясняет появление пятерки в номере модели, а название «Белка» было дано ирбитчанами в память о том, что их город когда-то был центром торговли пушниной.
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The USSR was not foreign to microcar experiments some of which did not make it to mass-production. One such experiment revolved around the need to create our own “Volkswagen”, or people’s car, and had a few similarities to the VW Beetle such as its rear-engine design. The NAMI-050 was born in 1955 out of a collaboration between the Automobile and Engine Research Institute (NAMI) and Irbit Motorcycle Factory (IMZ). Like many other Soviet vehicle-making plants, IMZ was being pushed to create an affordable car, so Fyodor Reppikh, the factory’s Chief Engineer, contacted his forward-thinking colleagues at the NAMI including Yuri Dolmatovsky and Vladimir Aryamov. The latter proposed a 5x5 concept that implied a car with a seating capacity of five, weight of 500 kg, fuel consumption of 5 L per 100 km, engine displacement of 0.5 L, and driving range of 500 km. This explains the digits in the name of the model; the car was also dubbed Belka (the Russian for “squirrel”) referencing the fact that Irbit used to be home to a fur trade fair.
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The USSR was not foreign to microcar experiments some of which did not make it to mass-production. One such experiment revolved around the need to create our own “Volkswagen”, or people’s car, and had a few similarities to the VW Beetle such as its rear-engine design. The NAMI-050 was born in 1955 out of a collaboration between the Automobile and Engine Research Institute (NAMI) and Irbit Motorcycle Factory (IMZ). Like many other Soviet vehicle-making plants, IMZ was being pushed to create an affordable car, so Fyodor Reppikh, the factory’s Chief Engineer, contacted his forward-thinking colleagues at the NAMI including Yuri Dolmatovsky and Vladimir Aryamov. The latter proposed a 5x5 concept that implied a car with a seating capacity of five, weight of 500 kg, fuel consumption of 5 L per 100 km, engine displacement of 0.5 L, and driving range of 500 km. This explains the digits in the name of the model; the car was also dubbed Belka (the Russian for “squirrel”) referencing the fact that Irbit used to be home to a fur trade fair.
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