I believe they are only really used in off-road 4X4 vans like the UAZ-452 and Autobello Stambecco; they are very rarely seen in 2WD vehicles that aren’t heavy-duty trucks and doing so in Automation is considered cheese.
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Anyone know a way to increase enviromental resistance aside from chassis and panel material?
1981 Kalisz Tancerz 1100 P Van
Small, economical van built on a tried and tested platform by Salon, by skilled polish workers. Radio is standard equipment on all Kalisz export model cars beginning from model year 1980. Get yours today for less than 5500$.
- 1100cc inline-three engine, producing 42hp
- Advanced front-wheel drive layout
- Strong rear leaf springs that can manage even the heaviest of loads
- 6.8L/100km fuel consumption
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Body quality is another option
Suspension type affects it.
is anyone even going to read this? I guess I'll just put a spaceship here (_)(_)=====D~~
The 1981 Halvson Harrier Ute Straight Six
Your new workhorse
Freshly updated for 1981, the Harrier Ute is a true Australian workhorse.
With our modern “Blueblock” straight six engine under the bonnet, it has all the performance you’ll need to haul loads to the job site and tip, all in a car with looks that won’t embarrass you when you take it down to the lake with your canoes.
And those loads it can carry are huge, with a 1.7 metre long tray and a whopping 1680kg load capacity, the Harrier Ute is truly ready for all workloads.
Visit your nearest Halvson dealer for more info and fleet pricing.
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I’m designing an all new and interesting stlye for my entry watch out 
On launch, the AMM Sarek II Cargo Van did not set the world on fire. Too expensive, and commercial buyers didn’t really want to spend all that money for the offroad features that it offered. So, AMM did what any sane company would do: Simplify, and add cheapness. Gone is the 4x4, the solid front axle, the locking suspension. The price was cut substantially. A less powerful 4-pot engine was swapped for the i6, and all manner of refinements see the new E-Spec of the Sarek Van use less than half the fuel of the old one, while also being substantially more reliable.
The Sarek II E-Spec: It’ll get you there.
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1981 Ilaris Iscal
2.2 CDi
What do you want? Fuel economy. Probably. 8.4L/100km, less than anyone would expect!
Introducing the 1981 Ilaris Iscal CDi. Diesels don’t exist. D means…
-checks notes- Driving. Yes. Driving. Commercial Driving injection.
Uhh…what do vans need? Space! Space in the back. Usually there are seats in the back. Not here! See? Seatless. Put toilets in there, or whatever. Maybe they fit, maybe they don’t, see that for yourself. In any case, it’ll carry 777 kilos of whatever you carry.
Is it rear-wheel-drive? No! Of course not! That’d take actual effort to convert this shitty hatchback in to a longitudinal thing. Just live with it, it can’t get that bad in the winter, can it?
8660$ all included. God help us.
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1981 Larunsen Vanguard
Perfect workhorse for a plumber or any artisan
- Comes from Denmark, it knows harsh North European climate
- 2.3L Boxer 4 (110.6hp / 200.5 Nm)
- 11.8 L/100km (Regular 92 RON leaded)
- 12.9 s 0-100 km/h
- 5650 L cargo space / up to 861 kg of cargo
- 8970 $
- headlights wipers because Sweden
- 2 big lights on top of vehicle to see moose earlier
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hi i am a bit drunk but don’t let that distract you from the 1980 Hayaku Compact Delivery
It has things like an engine. A transmission. Four wheels, one steering wheel.
It comes with seats and doors. Revolutionary!
There is also a roof rack for carrying stuff on the roof.
And uhhhhh… le cool swedish tagline
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FWD is better than RWD in snowy conditions, though.
I don’t think that rule of thumb applies to vans where the load is usually in the rear
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The 1981 ASAKURA Sakai OFR-4 MultiDrive
Now adjusted for the European market…
It was almost the new decade and Asakura’s lineup of quirky boxer powered coupes and sedans for the European market was starting to dry up. In an effort to regain some of this foothold, Shinichiro Asakura came to the headquarters in England to find out what the West wanted in a car. They asked simply for a cheap, fuel efficient and reliable one.
With haste, Asakura Heavy Industries in early 1980 developed the Sakai OFR-4, a completely new all-steel monocoque ute, unlike most of the competition at the time. It would try to hit all the marks - be good at offroading, hauling, and not back-breaking to drive, all whilst being only 8180 AMU.
Stats for Nerds
The 996Kg ute would be equipped with an SOHC 2L Flat 4 producing 104HP taken from a previous attempted ute design from '74. It would send power to a non-full time 4x4 system (MultiDrive) with an open differential, toggled with a twin-position lever beside the 4 Speed manual shifter. It was tested as being able to attain 23.4MPG, whilst still maintaining acceptable performance figures, an 10.9 second 0-100KpH and a 176KpH top speed. With a reliability rating of just under 70 and an environmental resistance factor of about 32, it turned out to not need much care either, especially for an Asakura car (Asakura being a notoriously unreliable brand). Alongside a 337KG towing capacity and a 2218KG maximum load capacity (most likely with the dampers self destructing), Shinichiro Asakura hopes that this will be a useful car over there.
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And finally…
“Built to work for you, anywhere, anytime, and for as long as you need.”
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Great job overall, especially the interior and enginebay! But why are the armrests backwards?
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Oh oops good point, i mostly designed them as handlebars to grab on to, thing’s too cheap to have armrests
1981 Globus DuraTrans 1321D
It´s workers best friend for 30 years, and the newest updates make it even more reliable!
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Best slogan yet, perhaps tied with @Ludvig, but shouldn’t it be “denna här bil”?
In 1981, this may or may not have been true. However, nowadays it’s not uncommon to see 2WD trucks with manual rear lockers - the Toyota Tacoma PreRunner comes with one standard. Engages via an electric motor on a switch, but only on demand and is a true mechanical locker, not glorified traction control via the brakes.
Nope. Hippo’s spelling is correct.