Died Creator of the Chevrolet Niva – designer Valery Domansky

28 April 2018

Chief designer of "River" and "Fields" V. I. Domanski died on 23 April

The chief designer of the NTC AVTOVAZ Valery Domansky, died April 23 at the third stroke at 77 years old.
In the 1970s, V. I., Domansky worked with P. I. by Prasowym over the creation of the first "Niva" (VAZ-2121), and, on memoirs of colleagues of its merits in this project no less, and even more than the chief designer of "Fields". Then a senior designer, he participated in the modernization of the "Niva" (VAZ-21213 and 21214), so that the merit of turning it into a modern LADA 4x4 belongs Domanski.



AVTOVAZ Domanski also created jeep-amphibian "the River" (VAZ-2122) for MO of the USSR, but in a series of this successful machine has not gone.


  
As a leading designer Domanski has created a "Field-2" (VAZ-2123), which became the current Chevrolet Niva, including through the negotiation process successfully conducted by Domansky between GM and AVTOVAZ.



Worked, he on the project "Niva-3", which wanted to preserve all her dignity SUV like the longitudinal motor (now from Priora), while eliminating the disadvantages, for example, by applying the integral m / t transfer case, rack & pinion steering, and to develop a new design. However, the leadership of Renault-Nissan-AVTOVAZ decided to apply to "Field-3" foreign platform B0 from the model of the Duster, which according to Domanski was a betrayal of the very idea of "field" as a full-fledged SUV and in many ways accelerated his demise.