- GAZ-61
Infobox Automobile
name=GAZ-67 / GAZ-67B
( ГАЗ-67 / ГАЗ-67Б )
manufacturer=GAZ
parent_company=
production=238 (1938–1945)
predecessor=GAZ M21 - GAZ M25
successor=GAZ-M72
class=SUV
body_style=
platform=
layout=
engine=85 hp/3600 rpm, 6-cyl 4-stroke, 3485 cc
transmission=
length= convert|4670|mm|in|1|abbr=on
width= convert|1750|mm|in|1|abbr=on
height= convert|1905|mm|in|1|abbr=on
ground_clearance= convert|210|mm|in|1|abbr=on
weight= convert|1650|kg|lb|0|abbr=on
wheelbase= convert|2845|mm|in|1|abbr=on
top_speed= convert|107|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on
fuel_economy= 17.0 L/100km
assembly=
related=GAZ-64 GAZ-61 was a
four wheel drive car fromGAZ first introduced in 1938 GAZ-61 to replace V.A Grachev's too complex model GAS-M21, but production didn't really start until 1940. It was made by putting theGAZ M2 body on a four wheel drive chassis. Designed by V. A. Gratchev. It is the worlds firstSUV and possibly the world's first all-wheel drive passenger car. It could climb angles up to 38 degrees and cross water up to convert|72|cm|in|abbr=on depth.The first version made between 1940 and 1941 was 5-seated 4-door phaeton. It was powered by a convert|3485|cc|cuin|abbr=on 6-cyl 4-stroke engine giving Convert|85|hp|kW|0|abbr=on giving a top speed of Auto km/h|100|0. Many supreme commanders of the
Red Army headquarters used this car in 1941.In 1941 the updated GAZ-61-73 was introduced. It was now a 5-seat, 4-door 6-light saloon. It had the same engine, but was now rated at a top speed of Auto km/h|107|0.
The GAZ-61 was not only painted in civilian black but in in blue and Russian 4BO green as well, together with the typical cross-country tread tires.
The GAZ-61 featured several times in the 1962 Soviet film, "
Ivanovo Servenaya ".
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