UAZ has confirmed a release of "Patriot" with an automatic transmission
The Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant has confirmed a release of "Patriot" with an automatic transmission and has dispelled rumors about an emergence of such car in the spring of the next year. To dealers the SUV will arrive later, but the time is still unreported.
According to a preliminary information, a six-step "automatic machine" 6L50 of the French Punch Powertrain company with the maximum entrance moment of 450 Nm will be installed on an updated "Patriot". A cooling system for a new box, where will appear the one-valve thermostatically controlled chamber, will be remade. It will allow liquid to circulate on a small circle, via the heater and transmission.
Only versions of "Patriot" will be equipped with the "automatic machine" with a ZMZPro 150HP Engine. Such агрегат is available on the updated внедорожнике which has also received a new front axle with steering Knuckle of open type and more rigid steering trapeze, new absorbers, 2-sheet rear springs instead 3-sheet rear springs and other rear stabilizer.