Do you need a category C licence?

No, category B. The GAZelle Business has a gross weight of 3,500 kg, and all-wheel drive does not change that. For a haulier this matters: a driver with an ordinary licence is easier and cheaper to find than one with category C. The chassis specifications are on the GAZelle Business page.

Reefer GAZelle Business 4×4 GAZ-33027, Elinge unit

How this body is built

The project is based on a GAZ-33027 — GAZelle Business 4×4, all-wheel-drive version chassis. The engine is UMZ A275 petrol (Evotech 2.7), Euro-5, 106.8 hp. Gross weight 3,500 kg — a category B licence is enough.

Body type — refrigerated body, sandwich panel.

The interior lining is galvanised sheet. Doors: hinged rear, a folding ladder.

The refrigeration unit is Elinge C1T — cooling and heating. Operating range: down to −20 °C. Fitted equipment: body lighting, mudflaps, reflective corner markers on the body corners.

Why it is built this way

Walls and ceiling are lined with galvanised sheet — the factory standard for a van body: it shrugs off moisture, takes a pallet-corner knock and is replaced in sections rather than whole panels.

What is in the photos

Front three-quarter view, refrigeration unit Elinge C1T above
The whole body from the side, raised ground clearance
Rear three-quarter view, hinged doors closed
The body inside: the evaporator and the galvanised wall lining
The folding ladder by the rear doors in unfolded
The Elinge C1T condenser close up, unit nameplate
The rear door latch and the seal around the opening
Front driven axle and suspension all-wheel-drive
The cab with the 4WD badge on the front wing

Who it suits

A body with a refrigeration unit carries anything perishable: meat and fish, dairy, ready meals, flowers, medicines. The unit holds the set temperature while parked too, so the truck also suits distribution runs with long stops.

We will build the same — to your size and your chassis

This body is not a catalogue item but a project we actually built. We will make the same one to your dimensions: length, width and height are calculated for your cargo and the chassis payload, rather than fitting the cargo to a ready-made size.

We also fit it to your own chassis: bring the vehicle, we take the frame dimensions, build the body, mount it and hand it over with the conversion paperwork.

If you are still choosing a chassis, we have the same body on other bases as well: Chevrolet Labo, DongFeng C31, FAW 1027, HINO 300. They differ in payload, frame length and licence category.

FAQ

FAQ about the GAZelle Business 4×4 reefer

For the same reason a milk tanker or a bread van needs it out of town: the route does not end where the tarmac does. Farms, shift settlements, village shops, winter approaches packed with snow — an ordinary delivery GAZelle gets stuck there, and towing a loaded refrigerated body is awkward and expensive. All-wheel drive costs less than one ruined run with spoiled cargo.

No, category B. The gross weight of the GAZelle Business is 3,500 kg and all-wheel drive does not change it. For a carrier that matters: a driver with an ordinary licence is easier and cheaper to find than one with category C. The chassis specifications are on the page GAZelle Business.

Down to −20 °C. The Elinge C1T unit is rated for a body of up to 8 m³ in the sub-zero duty and up to 12 m³ at 0 °C — ample for a 1.5-tonner. The letter “T” marks the “Heat” version: in winter the same unit warms the body so cargo that must not freeze does not.

With galvanised sheet — you can see it in the photo with the rear doors open. It washes down, does not absorb odours and survives knocks from crates and roll cages, and on a dirt road the body is shaken far harder than in town.

At stops with no dock you still have to get into the body. On a GAZelle the floor does not sit as high as on a medium-duty truck, but with a crate in your hands the difference is felt. The ladder folds against the rear bar and does not get in the way when reversing.

Yes, the body and the unit do not depend on the drivetrain. On a rear-wheel-drive GAZelle Business we fit the same reefer — a 3,200 mm body on the 2,900 mm wheelbase, a 4,200 mm body on the 3,500 mm one. All-wheel drive is added when traction matters, not volume.

The price is made up of the body and the unit. The unit is quoted from the Elinge price list, the body from its configuration: length, panel thickness, doors, interior fit-out. Leave a request or write on WhatsApp and we will send a quote. COND does not publish prices for bodies.

COND is a factory with its own WMI manufacturer code, so we issue the full set of conversion paperwork and the entry in the vehicle passport.

Similar vehicles

Our other projects in the “refrigerated van” category. All body types are in the “Vehicles” section.

Make / model	GAZ-33027 — GAZelle Business 4×4, all-wheel-drive version
Engine	UMZ A275 petrol (Evotech 2.7), Euro-5
Power	106.8 hp
Gross weight	3,500 kg
Payload	1,500 kg
Vehicle category	B

Body type	refrigerated body, sandwich panel
Refrigeration unit	Elinge C1T — cooling and heating
Temperature duty	down to −20 °C
Body volume for this unit	up to 8 m³ at −20 °C, up to 12 m³ at 0 °C
Interior lining	galvanised sheet
Doors	hinged rear, a folding ladder
Fit-out	body lighting, mudflaps, reflective corner markers on the body corners

Reefer on a GAZelle Business 4×4

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