GAZ Volga
Volga (Russian Волга ) is produced by 2010 Russian, formerly Soviet car brand. The Volga was the Gorky Automobile Plant - GAZ (Russian Горьковский автомобильный завод ( ГАЗ ), German Gorkier Automotive) produced.
History and models
GAZ 21 Volga
The GAZ M -21 ( from 1965 GAZ 21 ) triggered the 1956 GAZ M-20 Pobeda from and was produced until 1968 by GAZ in today's Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga. He was the first car with the name of Volga. From previous few assemblies were taken. There were a few modifications and a station wagon ( GAZ M- 22 and GAZ 22).
GAZ 24 Volga
In 1968 the detachment by the model GAZ 24, which still took over the axle suspensions of GAZ 21.
The GAZ 24 was a particularly long built model. He resembled the American vehicles of the time. Like its predecessor, it also gave him as a combination model 24-02, whose production numbers compared to the sedan, however, were small. In the application area of the Volga, nothing changed. The 24er series was produced until 1992 and served as the basis for the successor to 3102 (1982) 31029 (1992 ), 3110 (1997) and 31105 ( 2004).
GAZ 31 Volga
The price of a Volga in 2008 was the simplest features at around 8300 euro. Although this was favorable for a new car, paragraphs went back to Russia. The last model made 31105 was produced since 2004 and was the fifth revision of the basic model GAZ 24 of 1968.
Search for a successor
GAZ undertook (at least) two attempts to replace the long-standing model with a newer model. Because of the difficult economic conditions in the last years of the Soviet Union and in Russia in the 1990s, but this failed.
GAZ 3105 Volga
Work on the GAZ 3105 began in 1987., He should close the gap between the previous Volga and the luxury sedan Chaika.
The car was about 5 m long and was powered by a V8 engine with 3400 cc. He was officially introduced in 1992. By 1996, only 55 pieces were made. After the political changes the current official class had ceased to exist as a buyer. In contrast, the new Russian elite preferred imported cars.
It provided also a simpler version with four-cylinder engine to build (GAZ 3103 and 3104 ), then the classical Volga could replace, but this project was not realized.
GAZ 3111 Volga
A new attempt was made by Volga GAZ from 1998 with the 3111th He had a completely redesigned body. The engine should be done by the policies adopted by the previous four-cylinder engine, for higher claims a V6 engine from Toyota should be purchased.
In 1999, the model was presented. From 2000 to 2002, but only 415 pieces were then prepared again in 2004 9 car.
Volga Siber
After the failures with the models 3105 and 3111 GAZ now searched for the cooperation with Western automakers. 2008 began the production of Volga Siber, which had been developed from the Chrysler Sebring. But the car was not a success in Russia, after two years, production in 2010 was reinstated.
Setting
Originally, the last car of the brand Volga should leave the end of 2007, the plant in Nizhny Novgorod to specialize, the company fully on commercial vehicle production, because it's very well positioned in the highly competitive Russian market especially with the vans gazelle. Since April 2006, however, was reported by the plant management that the Volga " will continue to build as long as the market needs it. " In late 2010 the car production of GAZ was discontinued due to a failed relationship with Chrysler.
Currently, the company offers passenger coaches. But still It produces vans, trucks, buses and construction equipment.