Solved: PN #274 -- Teza Kentaur /Centaur

pnegyesi · January 10, 2012, 03:28:20 AM

Please identify this automobile for a point.

pnegyesi · January 18, 2012, 01:35:18 AM

Experts?

del78 · January 18, 2012, 08:33:59 AM

Mercedes G conversion?

pnegyesi · January 18, 2012, 10:49:10 AM

Absolutely not

del78 · January 18, 2012, 06:12:57 PM

ARO based?

pnegyesi · January 19, 2012, 12:18:31 AM

No

darkface · January 19, 2012, 12:30:19 AM

russian?

pnegyesi · January 20, 2012, 05:56:30 AM

Yes

pnegyesi · January 26, 2012, 11:30:37 PM

Professionals?

Oguerrerob · January 27, 2012, 03:21:57 AM

LUAZ 1301 1984?

pnegyesi · January 27, 2012, 09:46:45 AM

Absolutely not

mymokke · January 28, 2012, 07:32:06 PM

Looks like a LADA Niva with an updated front facia.

pnegyesi · January 28, 2012, 11:57:10 PM

It was based on a Lada Niva with an enlarged cargo compartment and a partly plastic body. It had a proper name too.

Oguerrerob · February 23, 2012, 04:38:08 PM

NAMI?

pnegyesi · February 23, 2012, 11:28:29 PM

In Hungarian "na mi?" means "so, what's this?".
So this is not related to NAMI

Arunas · February 24, 2012, 12:58:57 AM

Some modified version or original design?

pnegyesi · February 25, 2012, 12:13:20 AM

It is a modified Lada Niva, but had its own designation. Like the VIS 2348 - it is a Lada Samara pickup, but it's got its own brand and model name

Oguerrerob · March 21, 2012, 01:29:39 PM

UAZ 3171?

pnegyesi · March 21, 2012, 02:27:39 PM

UAZ never produced modified Lada Niva off-roaders

Oguerrerob · April 09, 2012, 09:49:16 PM

VAZ 21218?

pnegyesi · April 09, 2012, 11:01:17 PM

It is a modified Lada so it is not a VAZ

pnegyesi · May 16, 2012, 01:14:28 AM

To the Black Hole

ImpishGrin · May 29, 2012, 09:10:19 AM

It may be the Теза Кентавр (Tyeza Kyentavr or Tesa Centaur as it is sometimes described), a project of Теза-Автокам (Tyeza-Avtokam) company from Russian city Шуя (Shuya). They tried to start mass production of this car, which was an amalgam of many VAZ and GAZ parts. It was first shown in 1993 and was supposed to go into production in 1995, but the project failed with only some cars produced.

The reason I think it may be the Кентавр is it looks somewhat similar to the British Ranger and Avtokam made some Rangers in Russia in the early 90s, so they may have looked at it for inspiration for their own design. That said, you insist this here is Ukrainian, so I may be totally wrong

pnegyesi · May 29, 2012, 09:34:35 AM

Did I say Ukrainian? No, not in this puzzle. I said this is Russian and it is the Tesa Centaur!! Two points for you - congratulations

ImpishGrin · May 29, 2012, 10:06:21 AM

Right, I got confused with so many tabs and puzzles open at once. Of course you never said this was Ukrainian, sorry

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Solved: PN #274 -- Teza Kentaur /Centaur