Pyeonghwa Motors automobile plant.

Production volumes in the DPRK are significantly lower than in neighboring South Korea. The DPRK is not a member of the International Organization of Automobile Manufacturers (IOAM) (French. Organization internationale des constructeurs automobiles) or any other UN committees, so there is little information on the DPRK automobile industry. MOAP does not publish data on the DPRK automobile industry. According to outside observers, North Korea has the ability to produce 40 to 50 thousand vehicles per year, but over the past few years only a few thousand have been produced, the reason for which is the current financial crisis.

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The DPRK automobile industry originated during the existence of the USSR, when it was granted the right to produce vehicles under Soviet licenses [ When?] . Soviet Union provided all possible assistance in the construction automobile factories DPRK, equipping them with Soviet technology. The first cars produced in the DPRK were Soviet copies, such as GAZ-51 trucks, cars off-road GAZ-69 s all-wheel drive, passenger cars GAZ-M-20 "Pobeda".

Automotive manufacturers

Sungri Automobile Plant

Pyeongsan Automobile Plant

In 1968, the Pyeongsan Automobile Plant in Pyeongsan at the Seungri Motors plant began production of the Kensen and Kensen NA models - a modified Seungri-4.10 4x4 car (a combination of GAZ-69 and Jeep) and a modified Seungri-4.25 4x4 pickup truck.

The production of Thapaeksan also began in the 1970s [ What?] and small Thujen truck.

Factory "30 March"

Since 1982, the March 30 plant has been producing 100-ton Konsor-100 dump trucks

By 2012, the DPRK was already producing several brands of cars, minibuses and jeeps.

The Pyeonghwa Motors car factory in Nampo produces cars and minibuses: "Samtsongli" ("3 thousand li", minibus), "Pokugi" ("cuckoo", SUVs), "Hiparam" ("whistle", passenger car). This is a joint venture with South Korea, cars are produced under licenses from foreign manufacturers (Fiat, Chinese concerns).

The emblem of "Pyeongghwa" means "peace".

Minibus "Samcheonri": this is what transports tourists around the country. All the cars are brand new, quite comfortable, except for the monstrous suspension, which is why the car shakes violently on any bump. It's not the roads that are bad, it's the way the minibus is made.

SUVs from North Korea "Ppoggugi":

It should be noted that there is a noticeable number of locally produced SUVs and minibuses in the country. Penghwa products are even exported (to Vietnam, for example, and even to Latin America). In general, these are cheaper analogues of Chinese cars.

WITH trucks more difficult. If imported companies work in the capital Chinese trucks, then outside of Pyongyang - 95% of those same notorious “wood-burning trucks” are used. They can be any brand - from a Soviet one-and-a-half from the 40s, to newer ZILs from the 70s, and many older ones Chinese cars. All of them were converted from gasoline to wood. There is a stove in the back, its firebox is at the very bottom, half a meter from the road surface. Firewood or small coal is placed there. Such a truck travels at a decent speed - 40 km/h or more. They are not allowed into the capital, but outside the city they can be seen everywhere:
here at the top left of the cabin you can see a smoking barrel - this is the top of the stove:

Another barrel stove in the car:

And here chinese bus for tourists:

In Pyongyang and some others major cities There are also trams (old Czech ones, mostly), trolleybuses, and city buses. There is a subway in Pyongyang. There are also commuter trains in different parts of the country and long-distance trains.

Very new trolleybus(new by Korean standards):

Popular transport is a bicycle. Large with coupons - 180 won. An old used Chinese or Japanese one (and it will be cool) - about 30-40 dollars equivalent. In general, all equipment in the DPRK is used to the last, until the metal begins to crumble into dust. We saw on a mountain road an excellent adaptation for a bike for descending a mountain road. Bicycles have not had brakes for about 20 years. A large stick is tied to the pedal, and when you need to brake, a person presses the stick with his heel and it begins to rub against the ground at one end (the stick also has something like rubber stuffed at the end for better friction) - so and slows down on the serpentine road. Women are still prohibited from riding bicycles, but older women in the province still use them:

Imported vehicle fleet:

Well, the Air Koryo airliner at Pyongyang airport. For international transport, Air Core uses the Tu-204, Il-62 and occasionally Il-18.

Yak-40s also fly within the country.

Auto industry of the DPRK

The massive distribution of cars in the DPRK is considered evil. And yet, the North Korean auto industry produces cars that AvtoVAZ would envy. The entire line is on the juche-songun blog.
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Author profile: Watch To friends (LJ) Minibus "Samchonri". 4 doors, 11 seats, 2.4 liter Gas engine

, length - 5.1 meters. Produced since 2006. As promised earlier, I will tell you about the DPRK automobile industry. The massive distribution of cars in cities is an evil that is currently being fought in Finland, North Korea, Sweden and other developed countries. Of course, the most accurate sound course was carried out in Korea, where the President Kim Il Sung (long before they woke up to such evil in Europe!) back in some year he wisely pointed out: “We limit the use of private passenger cars as much as possible. When there are a lot of cars in a city, they traffic fumes

heavily pollute the atmosphere. That's why our people use trolleybuses, buses and metro more." However, avoiding harm environment

In many large countries, billions of US dollars are spent on solving such simple problems. This big money, extracted from the pockets of the masses, is thrown, as if into an abyss, by capitalist governments into the insatiable wombs of automobile corporations “saved from bankruptcy.”

Great Leader comrade Kim Jong Il did not follow such a stupid path, having achieved the goal based on own strength and attracting a minimum of resources. The review presents the main part model range people's Korea recent years. In addition, advanced technology is successfully operating in the DPRK domestic tractor manufacturing, production of trucks and motorcycles.

Before the Difficult March, the DPRK issued various models cars that could be used in civilian life. They require a separate review in text, so I will only indicate this jeep of the “Independence” brand. This type of car has been produced since 1985, having 4 driving wheels.

Passenger civilian car "Hviparam" produced by an automobile plant in the city of Nampho. Length 4.1 meters, 4-cylinder engine provides economical consumption gasoline. The Na Pho plant started operating in April 2002. The total area of ​​the enterprise was initially 104 thousand square meters, and the construction area was more than 24 thousand square meters. The plant formed four main workshops and a number of auxiliary workshops.

Passenger 4-door civilian car "Khviparam-2", model 2007. Produced at the same plant in Nampo. Joint project with Chinese corporation. Length 4.8 meters, 1.8 liter petrol engine. The model is popular.

Executive car "Chunma". Automotive plant in Na Pho, special production since 2006. 5 doors, 5 seats, sedan.

Jeep "Cuckoo Pronto", production started five years ago. 4x4, 5 doors, 5 seats, 4.8 meters, petrol engine. Automotive plant of Nampo city.

Jeep "Cuckoo-2", in the Na Pho plant line since 2004. 4x2, length 5.1 meters, 2.2 liter petrol engine. Good product for out-of-town trips and support in rural areas.

"Cuckoo-1", together with Fiat. Nampo plant, 5 doors, 5 seats, 4.2 meters, 1.6 liter petrol engine. When this car entered production in 2003, it was very popular.

"Cuckoo Premium". Relatively new model 2008, Korean-Chinese project, released in Napo. 4x2, 5 doors, 5 seats, length is 4.6 meters, 2.4 liter petrol engine.

The "Cuckoo" pickup truck has been donated to workers since 2008 for out-of-town visits around the province. A Chinese-Korean project, also produced for export. 4x2, 4-door, 5-seater, length 5.1 meters, 2.8 petrol engine.

Another "Cuckoo Max" pickup truck was launched in line at the same time. 4x2, 4 doors, 5 seats, length 5.1 meters, 2.2 liter petrol engine.

Almost all models are manufactured not only for the needs of the DPRK, but also exported abroad. Order a real one korean car so can you. All conditions and details should be found here by phone +85023814356, fax +85023814746. DPRK, Pyongyang, Pyeongchon region.

It will probably not surprise anyone to learn that Automotive industry North Korea works mainly to meet the needs of the army, state industry and construction. However, oddly enough, this is a full-fledged industry producing passenger cars and freight transport, buses and even trams.

Like Volkswagen in Germany, Ford in America, Honda in Japan, North Korea also has its own flagship of the auto industry - Pyeonghwa Motors ( read Pyeonghwa, translated from Korean means Peace), which is called PMC for short.

True, it can only be called a flagship, because for a long time Pyeonghwa had exclusive rights to produce, purchase and sell cars in North Korea. That is, it had special monopolist rights.

What do they drive in the DPRK?

However, Pyeonghwa Motors products rarely fall into private hands, because in North Korea in general there is almost no personal property, the prices of cars for many ordinary residents of the country are very high, and in order to purchase a car, you need to have a special “blat”.

There are few cars in North Korea. Most citizens use bicycles to get around

No one publishes official reports on the number of cars produced in North Korea. And the state leadership only reports that the country is capable of producing about 40,000 - 50,000 cars per year, however, due to the long-term economic crisis and sanctions, this production is limited to several hundred cars per year.

In January 2018, it became known from North Korean newspapers that the country would soon launch a new brand of vehicles called Naenara. The media proudly reported about this new product that it would be equipped with real innovations - power steering, air conditioning, and electric windows.

A typical residential area of ​​the DPRK. There are so few cars on the roads

Just from these messages it becomes clear that until now in North Korea no one has ever heard of these technological “new products” and “luxury features”. Meanwhile, according to North Korean newspapermen, Naenara cars may even have such “space” systems as parking sensors and start-stop technology. Which will probably still be adjacent to the analog controls of the center console.

Yes and receiving driver's license in North Korea - this is an incredibly complex process and not accessible to everyone. Anyone wishing to obtain the right to drive a car will first need to work for at least 2 years as a mechanic or driver’s assistant. Then, for several months, you will have to attend driving school every day full time.

Such a lengthy training is explained by the fact that it includes a machine repair course. Since the vehicle fleet in the DPRK is very old, each driver must be able to independently maintain and repair the car.

Main North Korean automaker – Pyeonghwa Motors

With a closer acquaintance with the main automobile manufacturer North Korea's state-owned enterprise Pyeonghwa Motors, it becomes clear that it is a joint South and North Korean venture producing copies different cars, as well as transport licensed by Fiat, Brilliance China Auto and SsangYong.

As a result, most of the Pyeonghwa products produced Motors models cars are copies of outdated Chinese, Soviet and South Korean cars. And, by the way, some of them are exported, in particular, to Vietnam and Latin America.

North Korean car Pyeonghwa Pronto, exported to Vietnam

North Korean GAZ and UAZ

However, there are few of these cars on the streets of North Korea. And what is often seen is this vehicles former USSR And Russian production Ulyanovsk and Gorky Automobile Plants. In particular, you can find a lot of Lada and UAZ cars in the DPRK, and one of the widespread models passenger car is "Volga". This car is still used as a taxi (for tourists) and for transportation of various officials.

Another North Korean automaker is Sungri Motors.

A much smaller North Korean automaker is Sungri Motors. He is mainly involved in the production various SUVs, trucks and dump trucks, but there are also passenger models. However, all these cars are also copies.

Police car manufactured by Sungri Motors

For example, the Achimkoy passenger car is an almost absolute analogue of the Pobeda GAZ-M20, the Jaju five-seater passenger car is a clone Volkswagen Passat, the Sungri 4.25 pickup is a North Korean version of the GAZ 69, the Paektusan is a copy of the Mercedes-Benz W201, the Sungri/Jaju-64 truck was based on the KrAZ 256, and the Belazov dump truck became the prototype for the Sungrisan/Konsor-25.

North Korean car Achimkoy

The only original North Korean car from Sungri Motors can perhaps be called the Sungri-58 Truck. And declared her pride powerful truck Sungri-5000, which, according to the automaker, is equipped with a 1000 hp engine and is capable of reaching speeds of up to 200 km/h. True, no one seems to know what it looks like, because there are no photographs of this “monster” in the public domain.

Some interesting facts about the auto industry in North Korea

• Today, the North Korean government has a 44-year debt to Sweden for the delivery of 1000 in 1974 Volvo cars. There are practically no such cars in North Korea anymore - a lot of time has passed, but Sweden still hasn’t received a penny for them. In 1974, this debt was $74 million, which in today's money is almost $330 million.

Those same Volvos

• In 2007, a witch hunt was declared in North Korea. Japanese cars" It was officially announced by the former leader of the country, Kim Jong Il, who ordered the removal of all “Japanese” in the state. The reason was an incident in which a driver in a Japanese car once blocked the road for a motorcade of a passing North Korean leader.
• In North Korea, foreigners are prohibited from taking photos and videos of streets and cars passing through them. And citizens of the DPRK are not legally allowed to write car reviews. If a person is found violating these laws, he may even face the death penalty by hanging.

One of these forbidden photos is the roads of the DPRK

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North Korea produces not only ballistic missiles - the country of the victorious Juche ideas has its own automobile industry. Quantity car brands and the production volumes of cars in the DPRK are very modest. Personal cars are available only to a limited circle of people - they are almost impossible to buy, and for six months of training in a driving school you need a recommendation from your boss.

The North Korean automobile industry originates from the Soviet automobile industry. From the 1950s until the end of the 1990s, all cars produced in the DPRK were licensed copies Soviet cars. Due to the closed nature of the country itself, data on automotive industry only limited availability.

Opened in 1950 and to this day remaining the largest automobile enterprise in the country, the Sungri motor plant has at different times produced several types of passenger cars and a whole abundance of trucks. The enterprise is located on an area of ​​600 thousand square meters. In 1980, the plant produced about 20 thousand cars per year, but in 1996 this figure was only 150 cars. All models produced by the plant in one way or another copy cars from other countries, mainly the USSR.

Sungri 58 - copy of "GAZ-51"

Thus, the company to this day produces the Soviet M-20 “Victory”, which in North Korea received the extravagant name “Morning Flower” (Achimkoy) and “GAZ-69”, which after factory “modernization” began to somewhat resemble the American Jeep.

Achimkoy - "Morning Flower". North Korean copy of "Victory"

This version of the machine was appropriately named Kaengsaeng, which roughly translates to “rely on yourself.”

It is noteworthy that the same name went to a completely copied Mercedes-Benz 190E in the back of the W201, a batch of which was purchased by the North Korean authorities in the late 1980s for subsequent reproduction by the country's engineers. The North Korean 190E was called Kaengsaeng 88, the main visual difference from the original was the new radiator grille. According to some reports, North Korean experts chose not to copy the engine and equipped the model with an engine from the GAZ-69. Others interesting details are the absence of a “stove” in the car and the inability to lower the windows, even manually. Despite this circumstance, road dust constantly gets into the car while driving. Based on the few available images of this car, the rearview mirror was only installed on the driver's door.

In addition, the plant produced the Jaju sedan, presumably replicating old Volkswagen Jetta or Passat [^], and a whole string of two- and three-axle trucks copied from the Soviet KrAZ-256 and GAZ-51 and GAZ-63.

It is noteworthy that the GAZ engines were copied so poorly that the car consumed much more gasoline than the original.

In the late 1960s, some models were moved to another company - Pyongsang Auto Works. This plant later began producing copies of KamAZ trucks.

According to bloggers, various variations are widely used in the country. Soviet trucks, operating on gas generators, or, in other words, on wood.

In this case, a barrel for burning logs is located in the back of the car, and the car can move at speeds of up to 30 km/h. However, it is unknown whether the trucks are equipped with such power plants at the factory or is it a subsequent modification by “traditional craftsmen”.

The production capacity of Pyeonghwa Motors allows the production of about 10 thousand cars per year, but for most of the plant’s history the number assembled cars amounted to 300-400 copies per year.

Changes began only in 2009 - the plant produced 1.4 thousand cars. In 2010, the figure decreased slightly - to 1.3 thousand, but in 2011 it increased again (1.8 thousand cars). As the Irkutsk auto portal 38a.ru writes, the company expects to export its products: the cost of the company’s cars is about $7-8 thousand. So far, the plant exports part of its products only to Vietnam.

The Russian auto giant AvtoVAZ systematically exports cars to North Korea, and the volume of this export looks quite significant against the background of the production figures of Pyeonghwa Motors, which is most likely the largest in the country. Thus, AvtoVAZ supplied 350 cars to North Korea in 2011. Previously, in 2008, North Korean authorities ordered 850 Lada cars. In 2009, this figure was lower - 530 vehicles, and in 2010 there were no orders from North Korea.

Among imported models in North Korea, the most popular are the Chinese BYD F3 and the Russian Lada Priora, writes the editors of bestsellingcarsblog.com. At the same time, it would seem a logical choice Japanese cars prohibited in the DPRK - due to personal dissatisfaction with Kim Jong Il, they decided to confiscate Japanese cars from the population. As he writes " Russian newspaper", the reason for this was a broken Japanese car that blocked the path of the late leader.

"To these Japanese cars there were no more in our country!"Kim Jong Il ordered then.

The small scale of the passenger automobile industry in North Korea is understandable: Personal car It is almost impossible to buy in the country unless there are certain connections with the authorities. According to the Seoul Messenger, the formal opportunity to buy a personal car appeared in North Korea in the mid-1980s, but the price of cars was significantly higher than in the world. If this circumstance is explainable, then another requirement of the authorities is not entirely clear - to buy, maintain and refuel a personal car only for foreign currency.

The vast majority of vehicles in the DPRK are trucks. To drive any car here, as elsewhere, you need a license, and it is very difficult to obtain them, writes the Seoul Herald. To do this, you either need to spend six months in a driving school, for admission to which you need a recommendation from your superiors and where classes last all day, and the training includes a full-fledged car repair course - since the country’s vehicle fleet is hopelessly outdated and constantly requires the attention of auto mechanics. Students live in dormitories throughout their studies. It is assumed that any driver's license holder can maintain their car in any situation and conditions. In addition, the opportunity to take a driving test can be obtained after two years of work as a car mechanic or driver's assistant.

In the DPRK, there are four types of licenses for different categories of transport: trucks, buses, SUVs and cars. According to the classification of the DPRK authorities, driving passenger car requires the most skills; to increase the category of your license you need to work as a driver and pass the necessary exams.

Despite the lack of cars among the population, the leaders of the DPRK have always been provided with cars.

According to media reports, the founder of the North Korean regime, Kim Il Sung, had a fleet of 1 thousand foreign cars, mostly premium and luxury. In the late 1990s, Kim Jong Il found himself at the center of an automobile scandal: the leader of the DPRK ordered 200 Mercedes-Benz sedans S-Class with money received as UN humanitarian aid. However, at present, North Korea’s isolation from the rest of the world makes it much more difficult for the country’s leadership to purchase expensive cars abroad.