In recent years, the leadership of KAMAZ master boasted to journalists that they wanted to put together a kind of museum of military victories on their base. The most famous sports trucks were displayed under a special roof at the team’s headquarters. Plus, the stable even bought back the equipment that had previously been sold to private owners!
But now things are going so bad that some of the copies will be transferred to new owners. The charismatic 2004 KamAZ-4911 Extreme can be bought for 8,200,000, and the more recent KamAZ-4326 VK, which finished three times in the Dakar itself, is sold for 10,400,000 rubles.
In an interview with Match TV, team leader Vladimir Chagin stated frustrated that the reason for the “garage sale” was a significant cut in funding. Foreign sponsors turned their backs on the team, which previously liked to put their logo on the sides of cars.
“You can say that life forced me,” commented the seven-time Dakar winner. “I don’t see anything wrong with someone acquiring the precious sport KamAZ for their collection, and the team will get extra money to continue their activities, I don’t see anything wrong.
Meanwhile, against the background of competitors, the Russian squad has always been distinguished by a giant staff, which seriously ate money for its maintenance. According to the AvtoVzglyad portal, the Blue and White team consisted of exactly 200 employees last year.
By the way, racing camions are composed of fully sanctioned components: Finnish Sisu provides bridges, American Allison provides automatic transmissions, Dutch Reiger shock absorbers … By the way, the springs are ours, Chusovskie. But Chinese motors are DCEC brands.
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KAMAZ−4911 Extreme.Photo: KAMAZ master.
KAMAZ−4326 UK.Photo: KAMAZ master.
In recent years, the leadership of KAMAZ master boasted to journalists that they wanted to put together a kind of museum of military victories on their base. The most famous sports trucks were displayed under a special roof at the team’s headquarters. Plus, the stable even bought back the equipment that had previously been sold to private owners!
But now things are going so bad that some of the copies will be transferred to new owners. The charismatic 2004 KamAZ-4911 Extreme can be bought for 8,200,000, and the more recent KamAZ-4326 VK, which finished three times in the Dakar itself, is sold for 10,400,000 rubles.
In an interview with Match TV, team leader Vladimir Chagin stated in frustration that the reason for the “garage sale” was a significant cut in funding. Foreign sponsors turned their backs on the team, which previously liked to put their logo on the sides of cars.
“You can say that life forced me,” commented the seven-time Dakar winner. “I don’t see anything wrong with someone acquiring the precious sport KamAZ for their collection, and the team will get extra money to continue their activities, I don’t see anything wrong.
Meanwhile, against the background of competitors, the Russian squad has always been distinguished by a giant staff, which seriously ate money for its maintenance. According to the AvtoVzglyad portal, the Blue and White team consisted of exactly 200 employees last year.
By the way, racing camions are composed of fully sanctioned components: Finnish Sisu provides bridges, American Allison provides automatic transmissions, Dutch Reiger shock absorbers … By the way, the springs are ours, Chusovskie. But Chinese motors are DCEC brands.
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Source: Avto Vzglyad
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