MAZ-6430

The MAZ-6430 is a tractor unit for semi-trailers from the Minsk Automobile Plant, meant for long-distance and international freight, with a 6x4 wheel layout. It is the first model of the fourth generation of MAZ trucks and the successor of the MAZ-6422. Design of the generation began in the second half of the 1980s to replace the MAZ-6422 and MAZ-5432 family of the 1970s, with an entirely new cab for driver comfort and fairings on the rear wall and roof to improve aerodynamics and save fuel. The first prototype was built in 1991. Series production came just as the Soviet Union dissolved and the plant lost its home market, so the first production truck came out only in the autumn of 1997, and no more than about a hundred of the generation were built in the first three years. Steady output began in the early 2000s, with variants using Yaroslavl engines and imported engines to Euro 3, 4 and 5 standards. The family was updated in 2008 with a new front panel, and from 2011 the tractors carried the name Prostor.