Gavril D-Series

1992-1997 Gavril D15 V8 4WD

> “*It's quite slow and handles poorly, but it more than makes up for it with durability and brute force.*”
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> —Gabester, Devblog, 8 June 2012
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The **Gavril D-Series** (formerly known as only the **Gavril D15** in some of the earliest versions) is a series of full-size pickup trucks and SUVs built by Gavril from 1986 to 2003. It shares a platform with the Gavril Roamer. It was one of the first vehicles to be developed for BeamNG's soft-body physics engine, dating back to 2012.

## Configurations

### D10

The D10 is, stock, a 2-door SUV, derived from the D15 frame and, in aftermarket form, 4-door SUV based on the D10 rear body and D15 crew cab frame. It is equipped with either a 4.5-liter V8, a 5.5-liter V8, or a 6.9-liter V8. All models except the L-TRV Marauder come with a 4-speed automatic transmission, and all models except the Charro 423 Sport have 4WD, with the L-TRV's case due to having a 6 liter diesel and the Charro 423's case due to being derived from the D15 423 sport, which is rear wheel drive.

#### Charro V8 4WD

The D10 Charro V8 takes on the form of an SUV, as a short wheelbase, integral bed model with a factory bed cap.

#### Park Ranger

Modified from the D10 Charro, this model is built for prowling around national parks, with off-road extras.

#### Kentarch D10 V8 4WD

This model is a custom product from Kentarch Fabrications, combining the D15 crew cab body and frame with the D10 rear.

#### Charro 423 Sport

This model is essentially the D10 variant of the regular D15 423 Sport, and as thus, is equipped with a 6.9L V8.

#### Zeta

The D10 Zeta includes a supercharged 5.5L V8, lifted off-road suspension and a unique cosmetic package.

#### L-TRV Marauder

A popular project base for offroad enthusiasts, this surplus military vehicle features heavy duty suspension and a powerful diesel V8.

### D15

The D15 is the standard light-duty truck, available in regular, extended, and/or crew cab versions with a short bed or long bed. It is equipped with either a 4.1-liter I6, a 4.5-liter V8, a 5.5-liter V8, or a 6.9-liter V8, and either a 4-speed automatic transmission and 5-speed manual transmission stock, with aftermarket configurations having either a 6-speed manual race transmission, 3-speed race transmission or 3-speed automatic drag transmission.

#### Fleet

A fleet base utility model, powered by an I6.

#### Fleet Long Bed

This model comes with a longer frame, which accommodates a longer 8-foot bed, allowing a higher carrying capacity.

#### Fleet Extended Cab

This model comes with a lengthened frame, adding room for an extended cab with an extra row of seating and an additional pair of rear-opening doors. In-game, this model comes in an early and facelift form.

#### Farmhand

A cheap, basic, inline six powered manual-only truck marketed to bulk buyers for company fleets, fitted with a rear flatbed.

#### V8

This model is fitted with a 4.5L V8 engine for additional power over the basic I6. In-game, this model comes in an early and facelift form.

#### V8 4WD

This is nearly the exact same as the model listed above, but with four-wheel-drive. In-game, this model comes in early, intermediate and facelift forms, and the intermediate form is the default vehicle that you spawn with in the game if the default vehicle has not been changed by the player.

#### V8 Extended Cab

Extra passenger space in the form of a second bench and a 4.5L V8 make this low-end truck practical but powerful. In-game, this model comes in an early form with either a manual or automatic transmission, or a facelift form with only the automatic.

#### V8 Extended Cab Long Bed

An extra pair of doors and an extra 2 feet of bed make this D15 a more utilitarian option combining extra passenger space with extra cargo space. In-game, this model comes in an early and facelift form.

#### V8 4WD Extended Cab

The addition of 4-wheel drive to this roomier version of the D15 make it well suited for dirt roads and light off-road driving. In-game, this model comes in an intermediate and facelift form.

#### V8 Crew Cab

An even longer frame than a standard extended cab truck, this crew cab configuration features 4 full sized doors and more comfortable rear seating. In-game, this model comes in an early and facelift form.

#### V8 Crew Cab 4WD

A lengthened frame adds room for a crew cab with four doors.

#### V8 Crew Cab Short Bed

This is an uncommon factory configuration with the 4 doors from a crew cab... and a short bed. That's very unusual. While not mentioned in the in-game configuration title or the description, this model is equipped with four-wheel-drive.

#### Custom Classic

The Custom Classic features sport suspension and exhaust, and a retro-style cosmetic package reminiscent of earlier generations of D-Series trucks.

#### V8 RoadSport

The RoadSport features a high-output supercharged V8 and upgraded suspension for car-like handling.

#### 423 Sport

The 423 Sport is Gavril's first entry into the performance truck market, featuring a huge 6.9 liter V8 engine, sport suspension and a special livery.

#### Street Tuned

The Street Tuned configuration is equipped with a powerful supercharged V8, custom 15 inch wheels and a stepside bed, wrapped in a tacky paint job.

#### Off-Road

This D15 has lifted suspension, 33 inch off-road tires, fender flares, custom bumpers, a snorkel, and a roll bar. It is not mentioned, but it is equipped with a stage 2 supercharger.

#### Drift

With this configuration, thanks to the abundance of power, low ride height and welded differential, you can now go sideways through the farmers market intentionally, rather than accidentally.

#### Drag

With this configuration, a Supercharged, Nitrous-injected 6.9L V8 powers two huge drag slicks suspended by a custom 3 link rear suspension. Side pipes, a drag wing and an induction hood tie the whole package together.

#### Track

A powerful supercharged engine, race suspension and a spoiler make for an interesting work truck in this configuration.

#### Crawler Crew Cab

Spacious and capable, this bob-tailed crew-cab will haul you and your buddies up whichever mountain you please.

#### Pre-Runner

This is a powerful RWD desert truck designed originally for scouting race courses, but has evolved into a competition vehicle of its own.

#### Pre-Runner Extended Cab

This is the same as the configuration above, but with an extended cab instead, and with the main portion of the paint being orange instead of green,

#### Rock Racer

Unlimited class Rock Racer featuring IFS portal hub 4WD. Designed for enduring races with both slow technical crawling and high speed racing.

### D25

The D25 is the medium-duty and heavy-duty truck variant of the D-Series, featuring a solid front axle and heavy-duty suspension. It is equipped with a larger 5.5 liter V8 engine.

#### Fleet Long Bed

With the addition of a solid front axle, the D25 Fleet is a popular choice for construction and utility companies thanks to its increased carrying ability. In-game, this model comes in an early and facelift form.

#### V8 4WD Long Bed

Featuring a driven solid front axle and medium-duty suspension, the D25 4WD Long Bed is a good starting point for an off-road build. In-game, this model comes in an intermediate and facelift form.

#### V8 Extended Cab Long Bed

An extended frame allows for a longer cab with an additional row of seating, providing this D25 with more people-carrying ability.

#### V8 4WD Extended Cab Long Bed

This D25 features the extra cabin space of the extended cab as well as 4WD for comfortable, practical light off-road driving. In-game, this model comes in early, intermediate and facelift forms.

#### V8 Extended Cab Dually

This model is made out of an extended frame and cab, with medium duty suspension and dual rear wheels.

#### V8 Crew Cab

An even longer frame and crew cab with 4 full length doors gives the rear passengers of this D25 extra leg room for more comfort, at the cost of diminishing practicality.

#### V8 4WD Crew Cab

This D25's 4WD and crew cab allow for transporting 5 to 6 people and a large quantity of cargo comfortably over light terrain. In-game, this model comes in early, intermediate and facelift forms.

#### V8 Crew Cab Dually

This model is made up of an extra long frame and cab with medium duty suspension and dual rear wheels.

#### Lifted

High riding D25 with custom, extra tall front and rear suspension plus a good helping of chrome. Seems like the average redneck truck.

### D30

The D30 is a heavy-duty 4-door aftermarket SUV based on the D35 crew cab frame, made by Kentarch Fabrications. Only one official factory config is available.

#### D30 Kentarch

Kentarch's highest level offering, the sought-after D30 melds a top-range D35 with the ubiquitous D10 for a heavy duty SUV like no other. Sure looks like it.

### D35

The D35 is the large heavy-duty version of the D-Series, featuring a heavy-duty frame, and robust suspension. It is equipped with either a 6.9-liter V8 or a 6.0-liter diesel V8 engine.

#### Fleet V8 Dually

This model is a barebones heavy duty work truck popular with construction, utility and logging companies. It features a heavy duty frame, dually rear axle and extra-stiff springs for improved carrying and towing ability. In-game, this model comes in an early and facelift form, and while it is not mentioned in the in-game configuration description, it has a long bed.

#### 4WD Long Bed V8

This is, in simple terms, the same as the above model, but only being offered in an intermediate form, and no dual wheels.

#### 4WD Extended Cab Long Bed V8

This is, also in simple terms, the same as the above model, but with an extended cab.

#### Diesel V8 Extended Cab Dually

This model is an extended cab truck with dual rear wheels and a diesel V8 engine.

#### V8 Crew Cab Dually

An extra-long D35 featuring a crew cab as well as a 6.9L V8 engine providing plenty of torque for towing heavy trailers. Prior to what was likely BeamNG 0.21 or 0.22, but likely the former, this configuration was equipped with the 6 liter diesel V8, but some time during one of the mentioned game versions, it then came with the 6.9 liter gasoline instead.

#### Chief Rancher models: Chief Rancher Diesel and Chief Rancher V8 Dually

The Chief Rancher is the top-of-the-line model of the D35, coming standard with all the bells and whistles. In-game, assuming the Chief Rancher is a line of models, a-la Gavril's RoadSport line, the early version of the Rancher was an extended cab long bed dually model equipped with a 6.9 liter V8, painted in an Oxide Red-on-Gray two-tone livery. In the later 1998 model year, the Chief Rancher model received a facelift, which changed the bed back to a regular long bed, switched out the gas 6.9 liter with the 6 liter diesel V8, and changed the paint scheme to a Steel Blue-on-Silver two-tone livery.

#### 'Beast'

A 3-ton behemoth loaded with accessories, the Beast represents the practice of shortening a crew-cab frame to accept a short bed, a configuration not offered from the factory by most truck manufacturers of the period. The mention of other truck manufacturers is interesting, so it can confirm big evidence that Bruckell, Hirochi, Ibishu trucks actually exist in the lore/universe.

#### 'Pig'

Named for both its mud-bogging prowess and its handling on asphalt, the Pig features 38 inch crawler tires, 3-link suspension and a custom flatbed. It is not mentioned in the in-game configuration description, but this configuration is equipped with the 4.1L I6*,* an interesting engine choice for a configuration presumably derived from a D35 model.

#### 'SuperPig'

This pig can't fly, but boy can it crawl.

### D45

The D45 is the extra heavy-duty 2-door chassis cab that is offered with the same engine options as the D35. It visually appears that the D45 frame is a shorter version of the H45 frame from the Gavril H-Series.

#### Diesel Rollback Upfit

The Diesel Rollback Upfit model of the D45 is a heavy duty variant equipped with a rollback upfit. This can also be interpreted as a smaller equivalent to the Gavril T-Series rollback upfit.

#### Cargo Box Upfit

This model is a heavy duty variant equipped with a cargo box upfit.

#### Ambulance

This model is a heavy duty variant equipped with an ambulance upfit.

#### Off-Road Ambulance

This model is similar to the above model, but it is diesel powered, 4-wheel-drive and intended for off-road work.

## Development

Before *BeamNG.drive* even existed, the D-Series first appeared as an add-on pack for Rigs of Rods, which was also developed by Thomas Fischer and Gabriel Fink.

Also before its first appearance on the devblog, the D15 had already been showcased in a YouTube video demonstrating the soft-body physics which the BeamNG team had been developing at that point. It had been the first vehicle to be created for the software, although the interior was not modeled in that video and a color map may not have been added yet, either. The photos from the Blog, as well as a subsequent YouTube update, shows both of these implemented.

Updates have been made over time to increase the variety of options for the vehicle. Notable ones include new configurations (starting in 0.3.1, with "Sport" and "Drift Missile" variants added), extended cab models, heavy duty (D35) models (both in 0.5.0, at which point changed the name to D-Series), crew cab models (in 0.9.0), various new parts and props, and new engines and powertrain updates.

On October 28, 2019, a screenshot was posted in the Development Media thread, showcasing a proportionally tweaked mesh. This was a teaser for the D-Series' complete overhaul, released on December 9, 2019, with update 0.18. The body and frame were made fully separable, the inner front fender structure was reworked to be more accurate to real-life trucks, improvements were made to the mesh and JBEAM structure, and several new parts and configurations were added.

Among these additions were a work-in-progress short frame and one-piece body, which were fully functional but lacking parts and configurations. Developer Stoat Muldoon promised on December 12, 2019, that a rear shell would be added in the near future. On March 3, 2020, he announced that the shell, interior, and parts were complete, and provided a screenshot showing the fully assembled vehicle. In the same post, he revealed the extended wheelbase Roamer LXT, providing a screenshot for it as well. In the background of the later screenshot, a D-Series with an alternate fascia could be seen.

On March 2020, Nadeox1 posted a screenshot of a D10 in a head-on collision with an H-Series. On the D10 was an older rear bumper not previously seen or mentioned. On March 19, 2020, Stoat Muldoon officially revealed the previously seen fascia and bumpers as a 1985-1987 pre-facelift (now became 1986-1991 for obvious reasons) (prior to this, the D-Series was listed as beginning production in 1988).

The D10 Charro, Kentarch, and 1985 D-Series (1986 since the addition of facelift) were added in the 0.19 update, released on April 8, 2020.In the 0.20 update, it was mentioned that the D-Series would get further improvements, which likely referred to the 0.21 update, in which the D-Series gained a facelift trim, similar to the Roamer back in 0.20.

## Trivia

* In early development screenshots, the D-Series was shown to have seats matching the color of the interior. However, until 0.21, the D-Series' seats were always black regardless of interior color.
* The D15 Custom Classic is designed to resemble "earlier generations of the D-Series". Although it is based on the 1992-1997 model years, it may suggest it is supposed to resemble the *1986-1991* generation, and the plural form "generations" may suggest that the D-Series nameplate may date further back than 1986 (officially).
* The D-Series shares its gasoline V8 engines with Gavril's own Grand Marshal, H-Series, and Roamer, and as well as its I6 and diesel V8 engine with the Roamer and H-Series only. Speaking of cases where it shares its engines, although the Hopper is manufactured by Ibishu, it still shares all of Gavril's V8 gasoline engines as well through engine swaps (although aftermarket only), the Civetta Scintilla shares the 5.5 liter V8 and 6 liter diesel V8 engines via aftermarket engine swap as well, and the SP Rockbasher shares the 4.5 liter and 6.9 liter Gavril V8s.
* The D-Series has the most configs out of any other vehicle in-game, currently having a total of over **73**.
* The D-Series was the first vehicle in-game with multiple body style options, having regular and extended cabs, and later a crew cab, 2-door and 4-door one-piece (unibody) SUV body.
* Unlike the D15, no actual light-duty full-size pickup truck in the 1980s, 1990s, and as well as the 2000 model year had a crew cab configuration, except unless aftermarket builds; only the heavy-duty models did from the factory. Although it is fairly possible that the pre-facelift D15 Crew Cab configs could've been Kentarch conversions as opposed to factory offerings.
* The D15 423 Sport is designed to resemble the 1990-1993 Chevrolet C-1500 454 SS, which the config is actually based off of. For some unknown reason, there is a D10 Charro version, despite the fact that the Blazer in real-life didn't have that said model.
	+ Though to be fair, the D10 Charro version could be more of a GMC Typhoon look-a-like, albeit powered by a V8, and some other differences.
* The D25 Lifted design and its stock paint scheme is designed to resemble Colt Seavers' truck, a 1982 GMC K-20 Wideside from the TV series *"The Fall Guy"*,
* Kentarch is partly based on and a stand-in of **Centurion Vehicles Inc.** It is known as **Kentarch Fabrications**.
* The original D-Series model years were previously accidentally known to be 1988-1999 and 2000-2003 on the Internet Game Cars Database (IGCD) but was later changed to 1992-1997 and 1998-2003, matching the actual in-game model years, due to avoiding coincidences and references to the GMT400 timeframe. Also, the pre-facelift's model years were changed from 1985-1987 to 1986-1991 as well.
	+ Actually, in fact, something worth noting is that the model years for all the three facelifts are now more based on the Ford F-Series trucks (with the 1992 D-Series being the only exception as opposed to the F-Series beginning year of its ninth generation. However, to differentiate with the 1987 F-Series, it begins in 1986. And with the 1998 D-Series, the F-Series similar to that said D-Series style begins in 1997 (F-150 only; with Super Duty models beginning in production since 1999).
* The Zeta configuration, being a two-door SUV, is likely based on the Gavril Zeta, a two-door and/or four-door SUV created by Gabester for *Rigs of Rods*.
* The Sea Blue intermediate version of the V8 4WD is the first vehicle you start off with every time you load a level in free roam.
* Strangely, for some reason there is a "quarter-ton" D25 dually. In real-life, dually trucks usually begin on the Class 3 level.
* The D45 is actually based off of the 1987-1997 Ford F-Super Duty line.

## References

1. ↑ YouTube: Revolutionary soft-body physics in CryEngine3
2. ↑ YouTube: BeamNG progress update! New cars, intervehicle collision, breaking glass, and more!
3. ↑ BeamNG Forums: Development Media
4. ↑ BeamNG DevBlog: The 2019 Winter Release – BeamNG.drive v0.18
5. ↑ BeamNG Forums: 0.18 Discussion thread | Use Safe Mode before reporting
6. ↑ BeamNG Forums: Micro Blog(s) - 2018-Current
7. ↑ BeamNG Forums: Community Screenshots - Each post an image of BeamNG.drive
8. ↑ BeamNG Forums: Micro Blog(s) - 2018-Current
9. ↑ BeamNG Devblog: “La Vie à Toute Vitesse” – BeamNG.drive v0.19
10. ↑ BeamNG 0.21: The 2020 Winter Release – BeamNG v0.21
11. ↑ BeamNG Forums: Development screenshots #1 [Closed]

## External links

* Official Showroom thread

**Gavril**