UAZ 3162: creation history and specifications

2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42

In the early 90s, the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant faced a growing decrease in demand for its products. The Ministry of Defense, which for many years was the main consumer of UAZ SUVs, has sharply reduced orders. Civilian consumers were not satisfied with the overall level of comfort in the car, especially the canvas top caused a lot of criticism. Therefore, one of the urgent measures was the creation of a model car with a metal top.

Made of old and new

First, a hard top was installed on a conventional UAZ 3151. At the same time, the plant's designers began work on projects for new off-road vehicles. The machines were developed using nodes from existing models. This made it possible to speed up the release of the machine and reduce development costs. In 1997, the UAZ 3160 appeared, which was an old model chassis with a completely new body. The car turned out to be noticeably more expensive than its predecessor and was not popular. Model 3160 in the photo.

However, the plant continued to introduce new units into production, gradually increasing the reliability and comfort of the machine. In 1999, the plant introduced a new model - UAZ 3162 "Simbir" withwheelbase extended by 360 mm. By 2002, he completely forced the unsuccessful model 3160 off the assembly line.

Comfortable UAZ

Thanks to the increased base, the new SUV had a large carrying capacity and a spacious interior. In addition, the long base had a positive effect on the ride comfort parameters and the overall stability of the UAZ 3162 on roads with various surfaces.

The car received a completely new interior design. The designers paid much attention to improving visibility from the driver's seat. One of the areas of work was the expansion of the glass cleaning zone - on the new model, the brushes reach almost to the front pillars of the roof of the body. For the convenience of landing drivers of various builds, the car was equipped with a steering column with tilt adjustment. The steering wheel itself has become smaller in diameter, thanks to the hydraulic booster included in the basic equipment. General view of the interior of the UAZ 3162 car in the photo below.

The front seats are equipped with height and backrest adjustment. One of the features of the cabin was the possibility of folding the seats to get beds. The rear row of seats has a folding mechanism and is designed for landing three adult passengers. Landing in the rear seats of the UAZ 3162 is greatly facilitated by expanding the door openings. The width of the opening at different points has increased by 180-220 mm. The longer back is clearly visible in the photo.

With the seats folded down, a large cargo compartment was obtained. Optionally in the trunkinstall two folding seats, on which four more people are accommodated with relative comfort. The total capacity of the car is 9 people.

Engine and transmission

The chassis of the new machine has not undergone significant changes compared to the model 3160. Changed the design of the rear springs, which required a greater load capacity. For this purpose, one sheet was added to them. The front axle was equipped with a spring dependent suspension with anti-roll bar. An additional support was used in the design of the elongated cardan shaft. This solution allowed to reduce vibrations when driving.

To ensure the main technical characteristics, the UAZ 3162 was equipped with more powerful petrol four-cylinder engines ZMZ or UMZ. Zavolzhsky 2.7-liter engine model 4092.10 develops power up to 136 hp. s., Ulyanovsk motor 4213.10 with a larger volume of 2, 9 has less power - only 102 forces. Both motors could optionally be equipped with a preheater. Engine power is enough for confident off-road and highway driving.

Both engines were supplied with a five-speed gearbox. To expand the traction range, the machine was equipped with a two-speed transfer case with the ability to turn off the front axle drive. One small lever was used to control the transfer case. Previously, UAZ used two separate levers for this.

Further development

In 2000, the UAZ plant came under the control of Severstal, which not only repaidall the debts of the enterprise, but also invested more than 100 million dollars in the reconstruction of production. On the basis of the luxury version of the UAZ 3162, the Patriot model was created, presented to the general public in the summer of 2005. Currently, the car is produced in a slightly modernized form.

The last Simbirs were assembled in 2005 and already had many nodes from the new Patriot model in the design.