VIS flatbed pickups, main models

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

In the mid-90s, the VAZ plant created several models of pickup trucks based on the Niva car. Cars were produced in small batches at the subsidiaries of AvtoVAZ. The cars were positively received by customers, so the plant continued to work on projects for new passenger-and-freight models. Currently, AvtoVAZ offers customers several flatbed pickups on different platforms.

Development and production of cargo-passenger vehicles is carried out by pilot production of AvtoVAZ and the company "VAZ-Inter-Service" (VIS). All cars have the same power circuit - the frame base of the onboard body is attached to the front bearing part of the serial car. The frame design is unified for the entire VIS model range.

Pickup for the village

Commercial vehicles are used not only in cities, but also in rural areas. Cars with a drive on one axle have insufficient patency on roads with poor coverage. For such conditions, VIS specialists created an onboard pickup truck 2346.

VAZ 21213 "Niva" chassis is used as a base. The first machines left the assembly plant in1996. VIS 2346 is equipped with a double cabin, to which the frame base of the body is attached. Customers can choose between an open body, a body with a plastic cover and an isothermal van. To reduce weight, the onboard platform is almost 1.9 meters long and is made of aluminum profile. The tailgate of the platform is folding.

The load capacity of a pickup truck is almost 0.5 tons with a closed van volume of 3.2 cubic meters. The open platform has a more modest volume - only one cube. The cars are equipped with an engine with multiport injection and a transmission from the standard Niva, which allow you to pick up speed up to 110 km/h.

Long version

Many buyers have criticized the standard VIS 2346 for its double cab. Taking into account these wishes, the designers created a variant with an extended cab.

The first samples of the flatbed pickup VIS 23461 were equipped with a five-seater cab, similar to the extended Niva model 212180. The cab was distinguished by original doors with an increased width. Such doors facilitated access to the rear row of seats, but they were not a serial part. Therefore, in the series, such a decision was abandoned and ordinary parts from the standard Niva were used.

The interior equipment of the cabin is completely identical to the VAZ 21213. The fuel supply is located in the tank located under the rear part of the cab bottom.

Because the length of the cabin has grown, the size of the loading platform has decreased by more than 0.6 meters, and is only 1.22 meters. Three options for equipping the platform are available: onboard version, with rigidon horseback and an isothermal booth. The isothermal option comes with two options for the thickness of the heat insulator - 30 and 50 mm.

The transmission units and 81-horsepower engine are completely identical to the base SUV model. But due to the increased weight of the car, the maximum speed of the pickup truck does not exceed 110 km/h.

Front-wheel drive pickup truck

Shortly after the start of serial production of the Lada Granta passenger car, the idea arose to create a passenger-and-freight version on its basis. The 2349 flatbed pickup appeared in 2012. The car is equipped with a two-seat cabin with an interior from the basic configuration of the Grant car. The seats, instrument panel, door cards design remained unchanged.

The mechanical part of the flatbed pickup truck consists of an 87-horsepower gasoline engine and a five-speed gearbox. The parameters of fuel efficiency and vehicle dynamics are quite consistent with the driving modes in modern cities. The car has a much higher maneuverability than its counterparts with all-wheel drive.

Equipment Options

VIS 2349 pickup is equipped with various add-on options, which made the car more versatile. The buyer can choose between an open or tarpaulin flatbed, a simple or isothermal van, a model with an independent refrigeration unit. The isothermal van has various options of thermal insulation of walls. The hard top version is available in two lengths - 1.9 and 2.2meters.

The most capacious options have a useful body volume of up to 3.2 cubic meters, which is a good indicator for a fairly oversized car. The maximum load capacity is just over 700 kg. The rear suspension of the pickup has an original design and is equipped with leaf springs.