The Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant will soon begin equipping vehicles of the new and old UAZ model line-ups with engines of an improved design. Patriot, Pickup, Profi and Bukhanka models will receive improved 2.7-liter ZMZ 409th family engines, Izvestia reports. The upgraded power unit features a new valve cover with an increased number of attachment points to the cylinder head, including in the spaces between the holes of the spark-plug wells...

Tests of the prototype model of D30 bulldozer, equipped with 450-HP TM3 8487.10-03 engine, were carried out by DST-Ural LLC (Chelyabinsk), a consumer of products of the Tutaev Motor Plant. The 55-ton D30 bulldozer is designed to perform extensive quarrying operations: layer-by-layer mining of rocky soils, rock movement, site and trails planning, as well as other auxiliary operations. During 6 months of operation at the facilities of a large...