The oldest car factory in Ukraine, ZAZ !

This video is about the history of the oldest and longest running automobile factory, the Zaporizhzhia Automobile Factory.
I also cover some of the most famous car models that were manufactured there.

#history #ussr #sovietunion #ukraine #cars #sovietcar #zaporizhzhya #Ukrainianhistory

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[Admiral_Bongo]

I guess it should be noted that the shortened version of the name Zaporozhetz ("Zapor", that is) is the Russian and Ukrainian word for constipation. They were called that by owners consciously and on purpose.

[johnfh]

Thanks for this, it's very interesting! I've been a car buff all my life, but knew little about ZAZ. I have only ever seen one, a 966A in northern Italy in about 1982. Greetings from Stockholm

[BroniranEnotBG]

You got my like for sure. It was interesting.

[AddictedtoProjects]

Great video on a subject not really covered in other English speaking channels. Thank you!

[Hi---There]

Очень мило, как вы пытались передать кличку Запорожца «ушастый» на английском.
Перечень кличек:
965 - горбатый. Просто, горбатый. Ехать на горбатом. Купил горбатого.
966, 968 - ушастый. Шастый 30-ка или ушастый 40-вка. Так как моторы были 30 и 40 сил.
968м - мыльница

[davidbattOR]

Really interesting, didn't know anything about ZAZ, until now. Thanks for the excellent content.

[angelicasilberstein]

So really heart-catching, such a history`s heritage for the automobile`s industry . Yes these every ZAZ 968 became an icon for worldwide`s instant recognizment . Warm hellos from Argentina, in our country only was imported the Tawria 1103 aroun years 1991 til 1997

[j-medsystems]

An interesting story. These were never imported to Finland. We had Ladas which at the time were very popular even though western cars were freely available too, and a smaller number of Moskviches.

[martensscott]

My great-great-grandfather was a senior manager at the AJ Koop factory in the WWI-era, after it was merged into the "Urozhay" ("Harvest") farm machinery conglomerate but before the Russian Revolution. All I can tell you about Koop personally is that he was Mennonite and he died in the typhus epidemic in 1920, aged 82.

[benny_plgraciarz]

i had a Tavria about 15 years ago, and its not bad car, very economical (10L/100km of liquid gas) good power and good driving, only rusted very fast, but it was normal in Polish cars "Polonez", "Maluch", "Fiat 125" and Russian Ladas too - painting every year after winter was normal procedure then ;)

[luizmarxsenjr]

I saw a few Tavrias in Asuncion (Paraguay) but just on the hatchback version, I never saw the other versions. These cars were sold in Paraguay in the first years of 1990s, now they are very very hard to find...

[worldtraveler]

Here's a suggestion do a review of the Incredibly RARE Victory cars that came out after the end of the Great Patriotic War!!! 🤠👍🇺🇦

[BigPaul]

The Tavria looks exactly like a Lada Samara.

[TheTalkingHeadYT]

My grandfather had zaz 968m. My childhood memories

[ThorneyedWT]

Tavria was never called "Devyatka". That was nickname for VAZ 2109 or simply 9th model of Zhiguli/Lada. And "nine" in russian is "devyat" or "devyatka".
But I get why people often mix those cars, they are pretty similar looking, especially from the rear. But no common parts at all.

[anthonyeverett]

If the the maintenance is cheap that's what people want to run a vehicle 🚜

[pavlotsebenko]

Thats so Cool ! You pronounce Ukrainian words almost perfect. Where do you live and where are you from?
Thanks for this video. Slava Ukraini! Glory to Ukraine!

[skellyskelly]

This a fascinating and interesting video. I always wanted to own a MOSKVICH, but ended up with 5 Ladas. Not all Soviet era cars were as terrible as people think!

[aris]

Has anybody tested to change the air flow direction in engine that it actually pulls the air in the motor like in vw 1200?

[justinweisel]

If Daewoo, increased your quality of product.... You're completely screwed as a human.