Zastava 620B was a crew cab (double cab) light utility truck, developed on the basis by

Fiat 615 Fiat 615 was a model of Fiat light truck manufactured from 1951 to 1953 as a successor to the Fiat 1100ELR, with which it was still built in parallel. It had a total weight of , and was available in versions stake or van bodywork, chassis and carro ...

, also produced by

Zastava Automobiles Zastava Automobiles ( sr, Застава Аутомобили/''Zastava Automobili'') was a Serbian international car manufacturer, a subsidiary of Group Zastava Vehicles which went bankrupt in May 2017. After many decades of producing different ...

under licence since 1961.

Characteristics

Vehicle was equipped with Fiat's 1.9 liter gasoline engine, featuring seating places for 6 persons laid in two rows, with 3 or 4 doors and a flatbed. It kept the model's distinctive design feature - front

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Equipment

Truck was developed to carry six persons and of payload. The vehicle was equipped with yellow rotating light and mobile reflector for lighting up roads at night work. Vehicle was delivered in yellow color, which was mandatory for this type of vehicles. The front bumpers and rear body side were painted in red-white slanting stripes. Production of this light utility truck flourished until 1969, when company started retooling and introducing new technologies. However, production of this model continued until 1976.

Legacy

Zastava 615 and Zastava 620 earned somewhat a cult status in the countries of the

former Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...

. This truck had significant appearance in the cult Yugoslav TV series Kamiondžije (''Truckers'').

References

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