Evening star., 1949-01-23
Russia to Make
TheBest Autos
Industry Spokesman Says
Soviet Will Replace
u. S. as Leader
BY Eddy Gilmore

bile industry is out to top the world.
Ten years ago." said the WELL
known Russian automobile expert
Yevgeni Chudakov in press inter.
view, I'VE overlook Britain, France
and Germany in truck production
and gained first place in Europe" "
There is not the slightest doubt, "
he added, that in the near future
Soviet automobiles will be the best
in the world"
ALREADY now" said Chudakov,
the average capacity of Soviet
made trucks is roughly half as
much again as that Of American
models.
In this way, although the United
States still manufactures more au-
tomobiles. the Soviet Union is over
taking it as regards tonnage car
ried.'
Great things are being predicted
for motor transport in the U. S.
S. R.. and the production Of a As
ton truck by the Yaroslavl auto
plant is one of the reasons.
Plan Bigger Trucks
This huge truck has already had
a trial run between Yaroslavl and
Moscow and back and is reported
to have stood up well.
According to Chudakov, still big
ger trucks are being designed by
Soviet automotive engineers.
Besides long distance freight
naulage, Soviet industrial enter
prises are making increasing de-
mands on the nations automotive
plants.
This year, according to state
ments, the government shipped
twice as many automobiles as last
year to agricultural areas, but the
demand is still great.
Large-scale Socialist economy has
laid its imprint on all kinds of mo-
tor vehicles manufactured in the
U. S. S. r. Just as medium and
heavy models predominant in local
tractor production, in the automo-
tive industry emphasis is on heavy
duty trucks of greater carrying
capacity.
The Stain auto plant in Moscow
has begun making four-ton' Zis-15O
trucks instead of the previous three
ton model.
The Cork auto plant has gone
over to the production of Gaz-51
trucks with carrying capacity of
two-and-a-half tons instead of the
one-and-a-half formerly.
The Yaroslavl auto plant has
launched the new seven-ton Yaz-
200 truck. which takes the places
of the former five-ton Yaroslavl
model, in addition to making the
new 45-tonner.
All the new types are said to
be provided with improved heavy
duty engines designed for greater
speeds than their predecessors.
Work on Future Models
The new passenger cars are the
seven-passenger zis-110, the FIVE
passenger Pobeda and the low-pow-
cred Moskvich.
Work is now coming to an end
said Chudakov, "on designing a new
six-passenger car which will incor-
porate the latest achievements in
automotive engineering while be-
longing to a lower price bracket
than Zis-110."
Presently Soviet automobile engi-
neers and designers are engaged in
a major undertaking initiated by
the Academy of Sciences of the
U. S. S. R.-to work out. the most
suitable types of motor vehicles fol-
the future.
In local conditions the various
parts used in the different makes
Of cars and trucks can be Standard
lied to the maximum, whereas in
most other countries this is possible
only within the framework of sin
gle manufacturing company.
Moscow and Leningrad streets
and the roads leading in and out of
the two biggest cities in the coun-
try, are now filled at almost all
hours with automotive traffic.
The most conspicuous cars in the
cities are the chrome long,
sleek Zis-110, fast-moving, COM
Portable car with automatically op-
Grated windows, and the medium
sized Poheda. There are also a
number of the small Moskviches.
Russia is also becoming fast pop
ulated with the station wagon
built on a Moskvich frame.