Recently, quite often we hear the word "gelik", let's try to figure out what it means and what does it hide under this symbol or abbreviation?
Gelik - what is it?
The simple name actually hides a real beast - a heavy SUV Mercedes Gelendevagen. "Off-road car" - this is literally translated from German his full name. "Gelik" is one of the colloquial names for cars. In addition to this nickname, it is popularly called the “cube”, “brick” and “square”, but lately most often we hear exactly “gelik”.
Despite the high cost, reliable SUVs of this class have proven themselves well and are in stable demand. And this is a certain indicator of status. After all, “gelik” is what lovers of fast off-road driving need, as well as for military and law enforcement officers.
History of creation
The line of SUVs, combining great power, high cross-country ability and speed, begins its history with the order of military vehicles by Iran.
Due to the revolution, Iran refused the goods, but supply orders were accepted from Argentina, and then from Norway and Indonesia. The production of SUVs was started in Austria in 1979, and the first civilian Gelendvagen was sold in 1983. In the future, the car begins to gain popularity in other countries, as a result of which the first generation of Gelendvagenes - station wagons and convertibles with a standard and elongated wheelbase - saw the light of day.
The second generation of "Geliks" began to produce since 1990. For 30 years, the generation of SUVs has gone through many updates, upgrades, received a new line of engines. Gelendvagen served in the police, worked as an ambulance, a forester and a fireman, and so far Helik is a sought-after car and a long-lived auto industry.
Specifications
The wheelbase is 2850 mm, the length of the car slightly exceeds 4.6 meters, its width is 1.76 and its height is 1.9 m. The weight of the car is over 2.6 tons.
"Gelik" is an all-wheel drive SUV and a 7-speed automatic transmission. In the basic configuration, "Gelendvagen" has a gasoline engine, the volume of which reaches 5.5 liters. Engine power - 388 liters. from. In addition, the "Helik" can be equipped with a diesel three-liter engine with a capacity of 210 horses. This SUV can accelerate to hundreds in just 6 seconds. In addition to the base, there are also pumped elite versions under the AMG brand. Their engines have large powers (544 and 612 hp., Respectively), and such a version of the “helik” is capable of accelerating from zero to one hundred kilometers in just 5.4 seconds.
Excellent quality finishes, exclusive decor, modern gadgets and a comfortable interior inside, and outside the "Gelik" - this is a tank for its patency and durability. The car passed tests in the sand, in water and in mud. And everywhere the legendary “Gelik” showed excellent results. What is it, how prestigious and reliable a car is today, the whole world knows.
Eminent owners
Well, today “helik” - what is it? A comfortable SUV with modern electronic systems, an engine, an interior, by coincidence, has turned from an army jeep into a certain indicator of status and a symbol of wealth, wealth, success and power.
Today Gelendvagen are obligatory participants in any government motorcade, their owners are wealthy people around the world, Arab sheikhs, famous politicians, financiers, civil servants, businessmen, athletes, actors and other well-known public figures.
In Russia, for example, the famous owners of "gelika" are the skater Evgeni Plushenko and the sculptor Zurab Tsereteli. But the most famous owner is called the Pope, who in 1980 became the owner of an SUV, created by special order of the Vatican.
The Gelendvagen was also lit up on the domestic screen. For example, in the comedy series "Fizruk", the main character Thomas drives a "helicopter", and in "Real Boys" the father of the main character also prefers this particular car.