84FSP
84FSP SuperDork
8/24/18 7:54 a.m.

Kalasnikov electric car

Wonder how real it is and how many rubles I'll need...

boxedfox
boxedfox Reader
8/24/18 8:25 a.m.

Why does it look like a LADA concept car from the 70's?

T.J.
T.J. MegaDork
8/24/18 8:37 a.m.
MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt PowerDork
8/24/18 8:46 a.m.
boxedfox said:

Why does it look like a LADA concept car from the 70's?

Russians get nostalgic for their first car, too.

Joe Gearin
Joe Gearin Associate Publisher
8/24/18 9:01 a.m.

Excellent comrade.....now fix those decadent headlights and wheels.  Why ruin glorious designing by best artists in mother Russia with touches from the capitalist swine.....

93EXCivic
93EXCivic MegaDork
8/24/18 9:38 a.m.

Robbie
Robbie GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
8/24/18 9:45 a.m.

Love that you have this cute little baby blue car with assault rifles and what looks like a tank turret in the background. Hopefully the dealership showrooms are like that.

"So, you understand comrade what happens to you if you try not to buy car..."

Will
Will UltraDork
8/24/18 5:41 p.m.

NYET! WAGON IS FINE.

WHY YOU WANT WHEELS FOR KALASHNIKOV? IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH AS PROCURED FROM IZHEVSK MECHANICAL WORKS? YOU THINK NEEDS IMPROVEMENT? THEN MAYBE YOU FIND JOB WITH ARMY OF RUSSIA! YOU HAVE DRINKS WITH MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV, TRADE STORY OF MANY VEHICLES DESIGNED AND DETAILS OF SCHOOL FOR ENGINEERING! 

OR MAYBE YOU NOT DO THIS. PROBABLY IS BECAUSE YOU NEVER DESIGN VEHICLE IN WHOLE LIFE. YOU LOOK AT FINE RUSSIAN WAGON, THINK IT NEED CRAZY BODY KIT ON ALL SIDES OF WAGON. YOU HAVE DISEASE OF AMERICAN CAPITALIST, CHANGE THING THAT IS FINE FOR NO REASON EXCEPT TO LOOK DIFFERENT FROM COMRADE. YOU PUT CHEAP EXHAUST OF CHINESE SLAVE FACTORY ON ONE SIDE, YOU PUT BAD STRIPE OF AMERICAN MIDDLE WEST ON OTHER SIDE, YOU PUT NEON LIGHTS ON BOTTOM SO YOU ARE LIKE AMERICAN MOVIE GUY VIN DIESEL. MAYBE YOU PUT GEARSHIFT ON TOP TO BERKELEY YOURSELF IN SHINY HAPPY PERSON FOR MAKING SHAMEFUL TRAVESTY OF WAGON OF MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV, NO? 

WAGON IS FINE. YOU BERKELEY IT, IT ONLY GET HEAVY AND YOU STILL NO HIT LARGEST SIDE OF APEX. GO TO TRACK DAY, PRACTICE WITH MANY TIRE OF HANDLING. THEN YOU NOT NEED DUMB E36 M3 PUT ON SIDE OF WAGON.

MotorsportsGordon
MotorsportsGordon Reader
8/24/18 5:48 p.m.
84FSP said:

Kalasnikov electric car

Wonder how real it is and how many rubles I'll need...

Put it in h

84FSP
84FSP SuperDork
8/24/18 6:00 p.m.
Joe Gearin said:

Excellent comrade.....now fix those decadent headlights and wheels.  Why ruin glorious designing by best artists in mother Russia with touches from the capitalist swine.....

Lol

_
_ Reader
8/24/18 6:27 p.m.

In reply to Will :

LMFAO! 

Patrick
Patrick GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/24/18 7:16 p.m.

I want one, I like it way more than the electric fiats i was window shopping the other night 

Dootz
Dootz New Reader
8/24/18 7:29 p.m.

In reply to T.J. :

I've been noticing on other social media sites that any Kalashnikov news article keeps getting reposted (by multiple different users)

I'd be wary of this

Knurled.
Knurled. GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/24/18 7:33 p.m.
boxedfox said:

Why does it look like a LADA concept car from the 70's?

Because when AvtoVAZ made the 2105, there was no more need for improvement.

 

(TIL that Renault owns a majority share of AvtoVAZ now.  So a French company owns a Russian company that builds ruggedized Italian cars.  Neat.)

TheRX7Project
TheRX7Project Reader
8/25/18 7:41 a.m.

In reply to Robbie :

There is nothing in that showroom which I would not like to own.

Dusterbd13
Dusterbd13 MegaDork
8/25/18 8:00 a.m.
TheRX7Project said:

In reply to Robbie :

There is nothing in that showroom which I would not like to own.

I disagree.  I don't like polished floors.

Knurled.
Knurled. GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/26/18 6:26 a.m.

In reply to Will :

Ivan Chesnikov never gets old.  (He's right, you know)

RevRico
RevRico GRM+ Memberand UberDork
8/26/18 6:07 p.m.

The Kalashnikov electric bike. 

Another vehicle on display is Kalashnikov's new SM-1 electric motorcycle. With an austere frame and suspension fit for off-road travel, it has a respectable range of up to 150km (93 miles) and top speed of up to 90 km/h (55mph).

 

TheRX7Project
TheRX7Project Reader
8/27/18 8:23 a.m.

In reply to RevRico :

Another picture in which I like everything blush

dculberson
dculberson UltimaDork
8/27/18 12:52 p.m.

The only people that would like that design are people like us. Meaning, people that don't buy new cars. People that buy new cars like the way Teslas look - sleek and modern.

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