LIAZ-677 began to design in the year 1960. This model was supposed to replace the buses Liaz-158V Likinskim automobile, which were issued prior to this. The first prototype of the new bus was prepared November 6, 1962 Goda.
In 1963, the prototype was demonstrated at the State Commission on automation and mechanization in the USSR. The Commission gave a positive assessment. Another prototype was released, and the following year new buses were tested in the region of Sochi, and in 1965, the buses headed to a test run on the route Moscow – Kharkiv – Novorossiysk – Sochi-Tbilisi-Yerevan-Moscow, Ordzhonikidze. And laboratory tests were carried out the buses.
In the year 1967 began production of pilot batches of new bus and the next spring — mass production.
The year 1978 was a modernized version of the bus 677М LIAZ. The new modification was different: trim Interior and large number of seats (27). The bus got deforsirovannyj engine (176 against the previous 200 PS) worked on "national" petrol a-76 and the newly designed brake system; removed and finished poorly by designers èlektropnevmatičeskaâ passenger door opening system. Outwardly distinguished by rectangular marker lamps at the rear of the bodywork. A more radical option of upgrading the appearance of plastic plates on the front and back parts of the body never went to series.
After that, buses continued to be issued without any significant changes. Last 677М LIAZ retired assembly line factory Likinskogo August 7, 1994 year. Just was released approximately two hundred thousand buses Liaz-677, all modifications, 7133 bus were exported to 16 countries of the world.
However, after the production of 677 to native plant before 2000 years it continued to produce small batches on different transport enterprises, in particular in the forest Âhromskom bus factory, the factory «Remtehmaš» in orekhovo-zuyevo. In return it as-677D was produced several Toaz modified modification LIAZ 677М engine, equipped with Yaroslavl.
After the year 2000 in many cities of LIAZ-677М started early phased out as obsolete, inefficient and not suitable for the installation of automated control systems. Their exploitation stopped in Moscow in November 2004, St. Petersburg – April 1, 2006 year (July 1, 2005 year removed from regular service), in Kiev in 2004 year, in Minsk in 2007 year, orekhovo-zuevo, December 13, 2005, in Yekaterinburg, in the year 2008. However, LIAZ 677М 2011 continues to be operated in the cities of the former Soviet Union.
Author: DarkKnight, outcast13
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