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When Brazil's Engesa went bankrupt, its own former employees bought the rights to its military 4x4 and rebuilt it with Agrale — that reborn design became the Marruá.
The Niva isn’t named after a place or a marketing word — it’s an acronym built from the initials of its two lead designers’ children.
The austere, military-spec W461 G-Wagen ran on its own 24-volt electrical system — a deliberate break from the civilian G-Class that made it incompatible with ordinary 12-volt parts.
The J70 remains in production at Toyota's plants for markets including the Middle East and Africa, having outlived the J80, J100 and J200 wagons it was launched alongside.
This Sequoia broke with full-size SUV convention by using a rear independent double-wishbone suspension instead of a solid axle, trading some towing toughness for ride comfort.
UAZ built a prototype 469 with 300mm of clearance in 1961, then waited a decade to start production while the VAZ and KamAZ plants got built first.
UAZ pitched the Patriot to America in 2022 as the Bremach 4x4 SUV, then cancelled the import after Russia invaded Ukraine.