British and European Car Spotters Guide - 1977 |
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Also see: GAZ Car Reviews |
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By 1977 the original Chaika design was, even by Soviet standards, well overdue for an overhaul.
Of course the mechanical components were to be retained, but GAZ needed a completely new bodyshell. The designers (under V. Nosakoff, chief of the GAZ heavy cars section) had produced their own version of the ZlL, less the glass partition. The seven-seater body was eight inches longer than the model it replaced, and 14.5 in. longer than a Daimler limousine. Both the M13 and M14 manufacture overlapped for several years. The engine needed all of its 220 bhp to carry the 2½ ton car monolith from rest to 62 mph in 15 seconds, and to a claimed top speed of 109 mph. The updated Chaika was conventionally sprung with coils in the front and semi-elliptics at the rear. The Chaika M14 remained in production from 1977 to 1988, after which point the Chaika limousine brand was ended.
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Saab 99 Turbo |
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Also see: Saab Car Reviews |
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One of the earliest and most potent turbocharged cars to come to the mass market, the 99 Turbo was an unlikely but impressive road rocket, establishing the front-drive turbocharged formula the Swedes made their own. |
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