GAZ

GAZ ( Russian : Горьковский автомобильный завод; [G o rkovski Avtomob lny Zav i o d] "Gorky Automobile Factory") or GAZ (ГАЗ) is a Russian car plant in Nizhny Novgorodand part of the GAZ Group . The factory started in 1929 as NNAZ, a joint venture between Ford and the Soviet Union . The name changed when the city name of Nizhniy Novgorod was named after Maxim Gorky . From 1935 to 1956 there was the addition imeni Molotova behind stuck (literally named " Molotov ").

Content

 * 1 History
 * 2 Models
 * 3 See also
 * 4 Nuts
 * 5 External links

History [ edit ]
Because the five-year plan of 1928-1932 great emphasis on the hitherto little-developed automotive, ditch Supreme Soviet in 1929 an agreement with the US carmaker Ford, one of which was imported and production licenses were acquired for the first models.

The first model of the plant was the mid-priced Ford Model A, which was first sold as GAZ A and Ford Model AA under the name of GAZ AA . The "A" Production began in 1932and ran until 1936, with 100 000 copies were built. The A was succeeded by the more modern GAZ M1, which was largely based on the Ford V8 and was produced from 1936 to 1942 . The letter M stood for Molotovets ("Molotov proud of") what the source was for the nickname of the car; Emka (Эмка).

The experience with the A and M1 knew GAZ engineers to develop their own car model independently of Ford. In 1942 began the production of the GAZ M2, a car that was meant for the upper class, who remained in limited war production until 1946 . The body of the M2 was in limited production from 1941 on a four-wheel drive chassis placed and sold in small quantities as the GAZ-61, which allowed the first four-wheel drive car in the world. During the war years, GAZ engineers worked on the development of a new car, which had to be put into production, when hostilities ended. This model, the GAZ-M20 Pobeda ("Victory"), was a low-cost, streamlined, fastback-like sedan that was produced came into production in 1946, by GAZ until 1958 and licensed production by Polish FSO to the 70 addition was GAZ -72, a four-wheel drive version of the GAZ-M20 Pobeda, produced on a small scale.

Alongside were during the war years, the Chevrolet G7107 (with hoist) and G7117 produced from components that were imported from the United States as part of the Lend-Lease Act . GAZ also made ​​the GAZ-12 ZIM , GAZ-21 and GAZ-24 Volga and limousines GAZ-13 and GAZ-14 Chaika .

GAZ also builds truck 's 4WD and like the gazelle and the famous GAZ-69 and armored cars as the BTR-80 .

Whole character changed from the factory with the takeover by the metal manufacturer Oleg Deripaska. These in-law of President Yeltsin and friend of President Putin fired half the staff, took drastic cuts in working conditions and introduced a Japanese style of management. The working conditions are abysmal, but production has increased significantly. [source?]

When DaimlerChrysler its Sterling Heights factory modernized in 2006, was the old Dodge Stratus and Chrysler Sebring -assemblagelijn and equipment sold to GAZ, which will continue to produce the Stratus under license. [1]

In 2006, the British manufacturer LDV about that mainly produces vans.

Models [ edit ]

 * GAZ-A passenger (1932-1936)
 * GAZ-AA truck (1932-1942)
 * GAZ-AAA truck (1934- ??)
 * GAZ-03-30 bus (1933- ??)
 * GAZ-410 dump cars (1934- ??)
 * GAZ-MM truck (1934-1950)
 * GAZ-M1 car (1936-1942)
 * GAZ-415 pickup truck (1936- ??)
 * GAZ passenger M2 (1942-1946)
 * T-60 light tank (1935-1940)
 * T-70 light tank (1938-1942)
 * GAZ-61 4x4 jeep (1941-1944)
 * GAZ-51 truck (1946-1976)
 * GAZ-M20 Pobeda car (1946-1958)
 * GAZ-64 4x4 jeep (1941-1942)
 * GAZ-67 4x4 jeep (1942-1953)
 * GAZ-63 4x4 truck (1948-1968)
 * BTR-40 armored car (1948- ??)
 * GAZ-69 4x4 jeep (1953-1972)
 * GAZ-12 ZIM limousine (1950-1959)
 * GAZ-21 Volga sedan (1956-1970)
 * GAZ-22 Volga Wagon (1962-1970)
 * GAZ-72 Pobeda 4x4 car (1955-1957)
 * GAZ-13 Chaika limousine (1959-1981)
 * GAZ-52 truck (1958-?)
 * GAZ-62 truck (1958-1960)
 * GAZ-53 truck
 * BTR-60 armored car (1960-197?)
 * GAZ-66 4x4 military truck (1964-1998)
 * GAZ-14 Chaika limousine (1977-1988)
 * GAZ-24 Volga sedan (1968-1985)
 * BTR-70 armored car (1976- ??)
 * Volga GAZ-24-05 station wagon (1972-1992)
 * GAZ-24-10 Volga sedan (1985-1992)
 * GAZ-3102 Volga luxury sedan (1984)
 * BTR-80 armored car (1984- ??)
 * GAZ-31029 Volga sedan (1992-1997)
 * BTR-90 armored car (1994)
 * Volga GAZ-310 221 Wagon (1997)
 * GAZ-3110 Volga sedan (1997-2004)
 * GAZ-3111 Volga sedan (1998-2000)
 * GAZ-31105 Volga sedan (2004)
 * GAZ 3302 Gazelle pickup truck (1992)
 * GAZ 3221 Gazelle passenger car (1992)
 * GAZ-2705 Gazelle freight (1992)
 * GAZ-2752 Sobol freight (1999)
 * GAZ-2217 Barguzin car (1999)
 * GAZ-22171 Sobol car (2000)
 * GAZ-3937 Vodnik amphibious jeep (1997)
 * GAZ-2975 Tiger jeep (2002)
 * GAZ-2330 Tiger jeep (2002)