As expected, as soon as the new Gazelle Next was released, all kinds of its modifications and special cars based on it began to appear. Moreover, the modular design of the Gazelle allows you to quickly develop and implement all kinds of new designs not only for the Gorky Automobile Plant itself, but also for the widest range of third-party manufacturers.
And all because GAZ spare parts for modular types of construction are interchangeable.
It so happened that one of the most familiar and recognizable special vehicles based on a gazelle van is a medical vehicle. At one time, only a modification of a fixed-route taxi of a recognizable yellow color could compete with it in prevalence. Therefore, it is not surprising that one of the first special vehicles based on the successor to the old Gazelle was an ambulance. It was presented at an exhibition entitled “Integrated Security” at the end of May 2013.
This is a class C medical vehicle, that is, an ambulance. It is almost impossible to recognize its predecessor in it - only the family features of the cabin itself remained. If earlier Gazelle medical vehicles were produced on the basis of all-metal vans, then the new car is built on the basis of a “bare” chassis. A specialized medical module is installed on the car frame. The car looks unusual for Russia. Medical special vehicles of this shape are more familiar to us from American films: immediately behind the cab, the car expands significantly, and the module itself has the shape of a parallelepiped.
This form of a resuscitation vehicle is a standard all over the world: it allows you to place in the module many more essential medical devices and rescue equipment than a standard all-metal body.
In such a module, high-quality medical care can be provided, resuscitators are not forced to work in cramped conditions, as is the case today.
At the same exhibition, in addition to the resuscitation modification of the Gazelle Next, Nizhny Novgorod residents showed another special vehicle: a patrol-guard modification of the Sobol for the needs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This modification provides space for a crew of four, a system for storing special equipment and firearms, as well as a built-in video surveillance and video recording system. Another model shown is a multipurpose off-road modification of the Sobol.