Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ) is one of the leading domestic manufacturers of cars, trucks, minibuses and defense equipment. The main office of the company is located in Nizhny Novgorod, which from 1932 to 1990 was called Gorky.
In 2005, several companies that were previously part of Rusavtoprom merged under the GAZ brand. Now the concern has thirteen automotive enterprises dispersed in eight regions Russian Federation.
Thanks to extended production facilities available pricing policy and a modern approach to the development and updating of the model range, GAZ is successfully competing in the Russian automotive market. Most wanted products Gorky plant was in the field of urban and suburban cargo transportation.
It is on such machines that the concern now specializes. For the 2017-2018 model year, the company has prepared several new products, among which are the updated commercial trucks GAZelle and GAZelle Next, as well as a Sobol minibus. You can learn more about them from this review.
The long-awaited update of the classic GAZelle
The production of small GAZelle trucks began back in 1994. Inexpensive domestic car immediately adopted by many urban carriers. The last qualitative update of the model took place seven years ago.
Despite the seven-year lull, the current generation of cars is still popular, but already rather outdated. In 2017-2018, the car will receive a long-awaited restyling. The manufacturer modernized the body, improved the exterior and interior of the cab, and also updated the line of power units.
Buy updated version GAZelle can be both with rear wheel drive, as well as in all-wheel drive configuration. The manufacturer has provided gasoline and diesel power units.
Rear drive:
- 2.9 liter gasoline engine 100 horsepower. Fuel consumption is 13.0 liters per hundred kilometers.
- 2.9 liter diesel engine with 120 horsepower. Fuel consumption is 8.5 liters per hundred kilometers.
Four-wheel drive:
- 2.9 liter diesel engine with 120 horsepower. Fuel consumption is 9.8 liters per hundred kilometers.
It will be a little more expensive than the current generation. For a basic rear-wheel drive 100-horsepower configuration, you will have to pay 785 thousand rubles. The most expensive 120 horsepower all-wheel drive diesel will cost 1 million 7 thousand rubles.
This is a simple and inexpensive truck to maintain. subcompact car with excellent visibility, a well-heated cabin and affordable pricing.
New generation GAZelle Next
The modification of the GAZelle with the prefix Next began to be produced relatively recently since 2013. Now she is a full-fledged and sought-after member of the model range of the Gorky automaker.
Key innovations include improved cabin ergonomics and responsive steering compared to the current generation. rack type with hydraulic reinforcement. Behind additional fee you can install an air conditioning system and anti-lock braking system ABS.
Technical characteristics of the car
The novelty has an independent front suspension. To date, only one power unit is known. This is a 2.8 liter diesel engine 120 horsepower. Closer to the official release, several more diverse engines will probably be added to it.
Cost and main advantages of the model
The cost of new items in the Russian automotive market will range from 1 million 120 thousand for basic equipment up to 1 million 145 thousand rubles for a more advanced version.
Of the main advantages GAZelle Next you can select a comfortable and practical cabin, long term guarantees, high reliability and good handling.
Restyled minibus Sobol
Now Sobol is one of the most sought-after models of Gorky car factory. Therefore, the company's management has high hopes for it. The next cargo-passenger minibus will celebrate its twentieth anniversary.
For the future anniversary, the manufacturer has prepared updated model Sable, which will also receive a secret 4x4 modification for off-road use. It will be distinguished by cut bumpers, the presence of a winch, as well as enhanced protection for the crankcase, radiator, transfer case and fuel tank.
Technical characteristics of the car
For the 2017-2018 novelty, several rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive power units running on gasoline or diesel fuel will be offered.
Rear drive:
- 2.9-liter gasoline engine with 107 horsepower. Fuel consumption is 10.5 liters per hundred kilometers.
Four-wheel drive:
- 2.9-liter gasoline engine with 107 horsepower. Fuel consumption is 12.0 liters per hundred kilometers.
- 2.8 liter diesel engine with 120 horsepower. Fuel consumption is 8.5 liters per hundred kilometers.
What will be the power units for the off-road version of the minibus is still unknown. With a high degree of probability, the 4x4 model will receive all-wheel drive transmission with blocking rear differential. For better cross the lock will be present in the front differential.
Cost and main advantages of the model
This model has always been democratic price. For the basic configuration, you will have to pay only 662 thousand rubles, and the most expensive configuration will cost 824 thousand rubles. The car can be used both for the transportation of passengers (with several rows of seats inside the van) and for the transportation of small-sized cargo.
Among the advantages can be noted comfortable driver's seat and front passenger, light redevelopment of the cabin under seats or under cargo compartment, as well as favorable conditions for long-distance travel.
GAZ A-Aero Experimental ‘1934 Produced in a single copy
GAZ A-Aero was based on the chassis of the serial GAZ A 1932. The body was made anew and was a wooden frame sheathed with steel sheets. In 1934, it was different from everything that the domestic industry produced: streamlined fenders with half-recessed headlights, a V-shaped windshield tilted 45 degrees, completely covered with fairings rear wheels and a large rear overhang.
The engine is a standard GAZ A engine with a volume of 3285 cm3. equipped with an aluminum cylinder head, and increased the compression ratio to 5.45, increasing its power to 48 hp. The results of sea trials were revolutionary - fuel consumption was reduced by more than 25%, and the maximum speed increased from 80 km / h to 106 km / h compared to the GAZ A.
GAZ A-Aero itself was handed over to the Automobile Council of the Central Council for study. Here are the traces unique car are lost.
GAZ M1 Taxi Experienced ‘1936
Taxi version based on GAZ M1, produced at the plant in 1936. Outwardly, it was distinguished by the Taxi identification lamp, a folding luggage rack was installed at the back, which is why spare wheel was moved to the left front fender. The car was not mass-produced, and the role of a taxi in major cities performed the usual "Emki" equipped with a taximeter.
GAZ 31 Experienced ‘1938
An experimental version of the three-axle chassis GAZ 30, designed for installation on wheeled armored vehicles PB 7, BA 3 and BA 6. The frame of the car was reinforced with steel beams welded to it cargo platform. The cross-country geometry is improved by freely rotating spare wheels, installed in the same way as on armored vehicles so that they serve as road wheels. An additional 50-liter gas tank was installed. Unlike serial trucks, the GAZ M1 engine with a gasoline pump was installed on the GAZ 31.
GAZ VM Experimental ‘1938 2 units produced
An experimental half-track vehicle was created at NATI based on the GAZ M1. The design of the rear caterpillar bogie repeated that tested on the cargo NATI VZ. The car could move not only on rubber tracks but also on wheels.
GAZ GL-1 ‘1938 Produced in a single copy
In 1938, the GAZ GL-1 was modernized: the car received a 6-cylinder GAZ 11 engine with an aluminum head, a new radiator lining, a closed body with an asymmetric fairing cap, and aerodynamic wheel covers. Weight increased to 1100 kg, despite the fact that the GL-1 became a single. The engine power was increased to 100 hp. through the use of two carburetors. In 1940, Arkady Fedorovich Nikolaev, head of the GAZ road test department, reached a speed of 161.87 km / h in a car and set a USSR record. GAZ GL-1 was dismantled in 1938. Its chassis and engine were partly used to build a new racing car- GL-3.
GAZ 67-420 Experienced ‘1943 Produced in a single copy e
On October 18, 1943, the GAZ bus shop showed an experimental version of the GAZ 67-420 with a fully enclosed body (wooden top, sides, doors), more practical and convenient in our weather conditions. The mass of the car increased by 25 kg, the rest of the indicators did not change.
This car was not mass-produced, but it became the reason for the creation of many options. closed body at the repair base
BA 64Z Experienced ‘1943 Produced in a single copy
Experimental ski-caterpillar armored car powered by Nezhdanovsky. The letter "Z" means "Winter".
VICTORY - Nami 1948 Produced in a single copy
Experimental sample-carrier of aggregates future model ZIM GAZ 12.
GAZ 12A ZiM Phaeton Experienced ‘1949 2 units produced
Two experimental ZiM models with a phaeton body were built in early 1949, tested in the summer of the same year and presented in Moscow to the country's top leadership. The fabric roof stretched over a tubular frame, the celluloid windows were removable. The necessary strengthening of the open monocoque body led to an increase in its mass and, accordingly, to a deterioration in dynamics. The car did not go into the series.
GAZ "Torpedo" '1951
Racing car SG-2 better known to the public as "Torpedo-GAZ" (1951). was created after "Victory-sport" by designer A. A. Smolin. He abandoned the body of the "Victory", even if it was remade, creating a carrier aluminum body drop-shaped completely new design using aviation technologies. The car turned out to be lighter than Pobeda-Sport, while having better streamlining. Its frame is a set of duralumin profiles, the casing is made of aluminum sheet. Two All-Union speed records were set on the SG-2 GAZ-Torpedo.
GAZ 48 (MAV 3) ‘1952
An experimental model of an all-wheel drive amphibian with a larger displacement and characteristics that differed from the GAZ 011. In 1952, two cars were built: one with a GAZ 12 engine with a serial GAZ 011 body - for testing on land and off-road, the second copy - with a catamaran-type load-bearing body - for hydrodynamic tests. None of the prototypes justified any installation more powerful engine, no building more complex body. Instead of the declared 16 km / h, the amphibian on the water developed 10.5 km / h - half a kilometer per hour more than the GAZ 011.
An experimental version of a half-track truck on the GAZ 51 chassis with a replaceable propulsion unit. Several samples were built after the test cycles of the experimental GAZ 41, which showed a low resource and inappropriateness in normal, off-road conditions. Several options for tracked bogies were proposed, which, if necessary, could be installed on standard GAZ 51 and GAZ 63 instead of rear axle wheels. They differed in the configuration and size of the tracks - metal and rubber-metal.
GAZ 51 Snow and swamp vehicle Experienced ‘1953–54
GAZ TR was founded in 1954. The car had a drop-shaped aerodynamic body, or rather a frameless single fuselage, sheathed with heat-treated aluminum sheets. It had a small vertical keel of directional stability, as well as lateral aerodynamic planes - “fins”, as A.A. called them. Smolin, the lead designer of this apparatus. These "fins" served to fasten the aerodynamic planes-ailerons, which, while moving on high speeds it was possible to change the aerodynamic characteristics of the apparatus. Air intakes were located on the sides of the GAZ TR hull turbojet engine RD-500, which had a thrust of 1590 kg. In the early 1950s, the engine was used to power the nascent jet aircraft. The chassis of the GAZ TR had a 4-wheel chassis with independent suspension of all wheels from the GAZ 12 ZiM with front steered wheels. At the same time, the car did not have driving wheels due to the lack of a direct mechanical connection between the engine and the car's transmission. As a test pilot of GAZ TR, the well-known race car driver M.A. Metelev, by that time a two-time champion of the USSR in motorsport. The estimated speed of the vehicle was supposed to be about 500 km / h, but due to the lack of a specially prepared track and high-speed tires, the maximum speed under the test run program should not exceed 300 km / h. Tests of the apparatus were discontinued for various reasons. Later, attempts were made to resume them, but the topic was finally closed.
GAZ M-73 Experienced ‘1955 2 units produced
Compact all-wheel drive vehicle, conceptually similar to the GAZ M-72, was designed by the group of G.M. Wasserman. The machines were tested in 1955. The car was intended for rural leaders, for example, chairmen of collective farms. The capacities of GAZ did not allow to expand production, so one of the samples was transferred to MZMA, where it was used to create the Moskvich 410.
GAZ 62B Experienced ‘1956
In the spring of 1956, an experimental model GAZ-62B (8x8) was built in the experimental workshop of GAZ in order to search for transmission schemes, independent suspension, non-central wheel reducers and sealed brakes for the future 8x8 all-terrain vehicle. Lead designer - V.N. Kuzovkin, designers-aggregators R.G. Zavorotny, I.V. Irkhin, E.V. Olkhov, B.N. Pankratov and others.
GAZ-62B had a carrying capacity of 1200 kg, its full mass with a load was 4167 kg. Wheelbase - 3450 mm, track of all wheels - 1668 mm, ground clearance - 425 mm. The turning of the car was carried out due to four wheels front bogie with a base of 1200 mm. With the GAZ-12 engine (94.5 hp), the car developed a maximum speed of 80.2 km / h. From the car GAZ-62 model 1952 were used transfer case, tires 10.00-16″, windshield, front fender, hood and grille elements, as well as innovative limited-slip cam differentials in final drives and sealed brakes. The tires had adjustable pressure.
GAZ 16A Experienced ‘1962
The GAZ 16A car with aerodynamic unloading was created at GAZ in 1962 under the leadership of the lead designer A.A. Smolina. The essence of the idea was to teach an ordinary car to overcome small impassable abysses with the help of an air cushion. To this end, the body of the car was given a shape capable of holding the pressure zone from below without the use of a fence. This was done in order to combine in one device the advantages of a conventional car (efficiency and resource when driving on normal roads) and a car on air cushion in part high cross(with her huge expense fuel, noise and visibility). A car rushing along the road at a speed of up to 170 km / h (the engine developed a power of 190 hp), when it met an obstacle that was insurmountable for the wheels, spun the pumping propellers, rose 150 mm above the supporting surface and crawled over the obstacle at a snail's speed of 40 km / h. TsAGI specialists (V.I. Khanzhonkov) also took part in the development of the car, who helped give the car an almost perfectly streamlined shape. The result turned out, as expected, intermediate in the opposite direction. A completely oversized car that can hardly fit on a normal road - and a hovercraft that completely wastes the power of the lifting propellers.
GAZ 2304 "Burlak" Experienced '1993–94
Cargo-passenger car developed on the basis of GAZ 31029. On the basis of this model, a GAZ 2304 pickup and cargo-passenger van, as well as an isothermal van, were planned. All machines had a load capacity of 700 kg. The cabin "Burlak" could accommodate up to 8 passengers. GAZ planned to produce "Burlak" in three modifications: cargo, cargo-passenger van, as well as special vehicles for police and ambulance. In the future, "Burlak" could be equipped with a dump platform. As the power plant of these cars, both gasoline and diesel engines. Trailers were also developed for the new Volga family - a cargo GAZ 8156 and a GAZ 8160 convertible into a dacha. Tests of the GAZ 2304 Burlak were completed in 1994, in the same year it was presented to the public at the autumn Nizhny Novgorod fair. The model was planned to be launched into serial production in 1995, but at that time there were no free capacities for production.
"Motohata-96" on the chassis GAZ 33021 ‘1996
The Motohata project owed its birth to the Moscow company of the same name. As a base for the camper, the developers decided to use the GAZ 33021 GAZelle chassis, as a result of which the car had to be cheaper than its own. foreign analogues and, importantly, cheaper to maintain and repair. For the serial production of the camper, the Kurgan Bus Plant, represented by its subsidiary Vika LLP, was chosen. The residential module is made using the technologies used in Kurgan - the frame is welded from rectangular steel profiles and sheathed with aluminum external panels.
GAZ 3103 "Volga" Prototype '1997 Produced in a single copy
GAZ 3106 "Ataman II" 2000 Produced in a single copy
GAZ 2705 "Gazelle Convertible" '2005
On car exhibition"Motor Show" in 2005 was presented a 9-seat excursion-ceremonial minibus, which was intended to serve delegations, both in large rooms and on outdoors. The car GAZ 2705 "Gazelle Cabriolet" was awarded a diploma of the Grand Prix competition of the magazine " commercial vehicles» in the nomination «Special Prize of the exhibition «Motor Show» 2005 for the originality of the design.
Last week, GAZ Group showed several new versions of its cars at once.
At the exhibition "Integrated Security", which was held in Moscow, was presented medical vehicle based on an all-metal van "" with an average wheelbase. Now a van, and this summer a variant with a medium base will be installed on the conveyor - like the shown ambulance. Such a car, thanks to a body length reduced by 0.6 meters, has better maneuverability.
Also shown at the exhibition company car Ministry of Internal Affairs based on a standard long-wheelbase van. This car has received additional heater, autonomous system lighting, a video surveillance system and a guaranteed start system based on a supercapacitor module, which allows you to start the engine even with a discharged battery and at temperatures down to -40 degrees.
Another novelty Gorky Automobile Plant- an experienced all-wheel drive van "" with improved off-road performance. In addition to the connected all-wheel drive and blocking the rear axle, which have standard machine, the exhibition car received a front axle differential lock, a winch, power metal bumpers, additional protection power unit and transmission elements.
Debuted at the World of Buses exhibition in Kolomna near Moscow tourist bus"Cruise" with gas engine Euro-6 standard on Scania chassis. "Cruise" was developed at the already defunct Golitsyn bus factory, and the gas version of the model will be produced at the Likinsky plant under the GAZ brand. The stock of methane in eight cylinders provides a cruising range of up to 600 km.
One of the most notable events of the Kolomna exhibition was the debut of the Gazelle Next all-metal minibus - it will complement the company's lineup, which already has one. The novelty was shown in several versions at once: shuttle bus for 17 passengers, a more comfortable tourist bus with 11 passenger seats and a school version designed to carry 15 children and one adult.
Among the features of the all-metal minibus "Gazelle Next" - spacious salon with a ceiling height of 1.9 meters, a passenger sliding door with an electric drive, an automatically retractable footboard.
The Volga 5000 GL is a vehicle that has not yet been put into serial production. To be more precise, the first information about him appeared in 2012. It was then that the concept of a prototype car appeared on the official website of the GAZ company, which was supposed to open new era production for the domestic auto industry.
Design of the new Volga Gas 5000 gl
After that, 2 more similar presentations came out, but dealing with dead center so it didn't move. The release of the first Volga 5000 GL series was made in 2017.
If you try to find information about the new model of the GAZ concern in 2018, there are many commercial announcements. And there will be a couple of references to the Volga 5000 GL car without much specifics.
The project of the new Volga 5000 GL
For many years, and the Gorky Automobile Plant dates back to 1932, its cars were the height of chic in the USSR. The party elite loved the comfortable and representative Volga. And among the population Soviet Union, black model series was a longed-for dream, an indisputable symbol of prestige and the object of black envy of disadvantaged motorists.
The Soviet people knew that the new Volga would definitely be the best. Much has changed after the fall of the Iron Curtain, when imported cars appeared on the roads. At the moment, the situation with GAZ cars is not easy. Cars for commerce (light trucks - station wagons) come to the fore, and the development of passenger cars is glimmering at the Nizhny Novgorod enterprise. Will there be anything new in 2017? Time will show.
Volga 5000 gl rear view
Unfortunately, the network has a meager set of information regarding the technical characteristics of the concept of the future car from GAZ. Judging by the vehicle that was presented at the 2014 exhibition, it will be equipped with an engine with a total volume of 3.2 liters, general power which will be just under 300 horsepower. mechanical, 6-speed. Naturally, it was planned to release a variation of the car with an automatic transmission, but such a prototype was never shown to the public.
The technical specifications also indicated that it was planned to use an independent suspension for 2 drives in the Volga 5000 GL. Although visually the car is more reminiscent of family car from KIA numbers Ceed, in terms of operation, this is almost a full-fledged SUV.
Volga 5000 GL interior design variant
We can say that the manufacturer initially focused on the Russian consumer market. The test carried out by some journalists Volga GAZ 5000 GL just indicates this. Back in 2014, the engineers who presented the concept of a new car focused on the fact that the declared specifications are not final.
That is, if the vehicle still leaves the assembly line, then its final appearance will radically differ from that presented at the exhibition. And it is precisely what the Volga GAZ 5000 GL may be that sets the tone for the intrigue. In 2012, it was stated that the car would be released in 2014. The manufacturer did not hide the fact that Chinese companies are partially developing the concept.
Design option gas 5000 GL
To some extent, this could be the reason for the delay in the rest of the news. Maybe GAZ planned to release two variations of the car at the same time, each of which would be focused on its own consumer market (Chinese and Russian). Now it makes no sense to judge this and you should wait for official news or applications for a presentation.
Like a new hope dawned - GAZ Volga 5000GL. There are many questions about this concept. Initially, it is alarming that in addition to pictures (some consider them a product of computer graphics) and a little detailed description of performance characteristics, GAZ has not provided any information for a long time.
It looks like Volga 5000 GL
According to leaked information, it will be a sedan on an all-wheel drive chassis with a completely new engine of 296 horses and 6 speed gearbox. The volume of cylinders is expected to be 3.2 liters. The year 2012 was called the beginning of its release (that is, the pictures have been hanging out on the Internet for quite a long time). The next launch date for the conveyor was expected in 2014. So far, this has not happened.
It is worth considering that visually these images resemble electric Chevrolet Volt. So, if GAZ launches this model in 2015, it will probably be very different from the one shown in the images.
Opportunities of the concept Volga 5000 GL
If you believe those who nevertheless managed to try out a ride on a prototype of a new car, then the new Volga GAZ 5000 was in no way inferior to its Western counterparts. The only exception is the cost of the car. 
The manufacturer did not speak about the exact amount, but indicated that it would be equal to the exclusive class of the European consumer market. And this, for comparison, is about 120 thousand dollars. That's how much you have to pay for a traditional consumer class Mercedes. How much quoted price overestimated, it is difficult to judge now, since the car itself can only be seen at the presentation of the prototype. And there is computer graphics, not the car itself. And that Volga 5000 GL, which was demonstrated to the general public, was unfinished.
It almost completely lacked independent suspension elements, there were no on-board computer, which would regulate the operation of the engine at different settings, and the electronics themselves were completely absent.
In fact, it was an engine, a body and an unfinished suspension, from which there is little to judge.
Trunk design Volga 5000 Gl
Only a few journalists and high-ranking officials were able to test drive the 5000 GL. Unfortunately, none of them expressed a loyal attitude to the car, complaining that this is the prototype of Mol, there is still a lot of work and it is too early to draw any conclusions. It should be noted that at the end of 2015, a video appeared on the network that indicated that the car would enter the consumer market in 2017. However, after the appearance of this publication, there was no other news.
Now there is an opinion that the GAZ 5000 GL will be a hybrid. That is, it will work simultaneously from an electric and gasoline engine. This equipment will dramatically reduce the amount of fuel consumed up to 3-4 liters per 100 kilometers (when using a power unit of 300 horsepower). But all this is guesswork. What GAZ engineers are currently working on remains unknown.
Exterior design Volga GAZ 5000 GL
car design Kia Ceed
It was not in vain that the Kia Ceed car was mentioned above, which is very popular in the European automotive market. The first presented concept was quite similar to it visually, but not technically. Body 5-door, with a huge trunk. However, the clearance of the national car was significantly less, and the engine itself was moved forward.
Due to this, it was possible to install tires of huge diameter, which did not rest against the interior itself, as is traditionally done in almost all domestic cars.
That prototype, which was presented in 2015, did not step far from the previously announced design. Yes, there were some third-party body elements like a radiator grille, rear mount under the wing, but the primary concept remained unchanged.
Volga concept gaz 5000 GL
The test carried out in the GAZ 5000 GL computer emulation program showed that the car has excellent body streamlining, but has some drawbacks in terms of the cooling system.
Apparently, the manufacturer planned to add air intakes, which would additionally blow through the radiator. Although you can do without it if a hybrid power drive is used. Because most of the time Gas engine simply won't work. It starts automatically only to maintain normal voltage in rechargeable batteries, no more.
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But the price of the GAZ 5000 GL, to be honest, does not match the presented design. The body is not solid, and this is its main drawback. That is, wings separately, rear fenders- too, the roof rests on 6 pillars, the front part of the body is also separate. 
Europe has long abandoned such schematics, considering it too old and irrelevant. Why it was used at the GAZ plant remains a mystery. After all, the manufacturer is clearly focused on advanced technologies, and here there is the use of outdated mechanics.
Why is a split body bad? Because it reduces streamlining and negatively affects the design. By the way, the previously presented Volga Cardi had a similar drawback. That's just in this car the creative studio Cardi was responsible for the design, and in the 5000 GL - exclusively designers from GAZ.
Despite the fact that in 2014 "working" images of the Volga 5000 GL were leaked to the network, experts say that the photographs presented are computer graphics, and not a real image. vehicle. The same opinion and journalists who had a chance to test drive the 5000 GL. By the way, the pictures were taken in St. Petersburg, judging by the maps from Google and the specified coordinates.
Should we wait for the release of the Volga
Without a doubt, if the Volga 5000 GL comes off the assembly line, it will be the most advanced car ever produced in the Russian Federation. In any case, it looks more attractive than the latest concepts from Lada (meaning the introduction of X-Ray into mass production). The national auto industry has recently experienced not the most better times, as public funding has been reduced several times.
Moreover, now most automakers are actively purchasing foreign companies(for example, Renault and Nissan already actually own the VAZ). If the situation does not change, then the GAZ Volga 5000 GL may never be released at all. But we should not forget that Chinese engineers took part in the planning of the car. Those, in turn, can decide on the following:
Design of the new Volga Cardi
- independent release of the developed concept;
- to purchase rights for further development from GAZ;
- to create a visually and technically similar vehicle.
Should I wait for a car? The only thing that scares a potential Russian consumer is the final price. If it really is at the level of 120 thousand dollars, then the car is unlikely to be popular in the national auto industry market. But abroad it can expect a stunning success. Although here we can mention the existence of the company Marusya Motors, which has released several modern sports cars.
World critics rated them extremely positively. But why is the company closed now? Because the cost of each of the developed cars was estimated at 2-4 million dollars. And its actual cost was only 300-500 thousand dollars. The company simply ran its own business at a loss.
Sports cars from the company Marusya Motors
The same situation can develop with the Volga. The only difference is that Marusya is a private project, and therefore the financing was third-party, but GAZ functions depending on state program financing. And if experts considered that the Volga was a commercially unsuccessful car, then it would simply be removed from development and implementation.
In general, the situation is extremely interesting and incomprehensible. On the one hand, Russian engineers got the opportunity to realize their potential, on the other hand, for some reason, the car never went into mass production. One should not hope that it will be released in 2017, because this date has already been postponed three times. But the worst is the lack of explicit information about the project.
It is worth mentioning that the authors of the primary concept, that is, which everyone learned about in 2012, are the Bukin brothers. 
It was they who developed the design and technical filling vehicle. But already in 2014 they moved away from the implementation of this project. The journalists tried to find out if the 5000 GL is currently being worked on, but the brothers assured that they are now busy working on a completely different car. For them, the project of the new Volga was completed. A ordinary motorists it remains only to follow the development of the concept and hope that sooner or later it will still appear on Russian roads.
History of open joint-stock company"GAZ" (formerly "Gorky Automobile Plant") originates in 1929. March 4, 1929 A decision was made by the Supreme Council of National Economy of the USSR and an order was signed on the construction of an automobile plant. April 6, 1929 a decision was approved on the choice of the area for the construction of the future car plant - near the city of Nizhny Novgorod.
What cars were produced by the GAZ plant?
GAZ-A
GAZ-A is a middle-class passenger car with an open 5-seat 4-door chaise-type body. Licensed copy of a Ford-A car, the equipment and documentation for the production of which were purchased Soviet government in the USA in 1929 from the Ford Motor Company.
The first Soviet passenger car of mass conveyor assembly. Produced from 1932 to 1936 at the Gorky Automobile Plant and from 1933 to 1935 at the Moscow KIM plant. The first two cars were assembled on December 8, 1932. A total of 41,917 cars were produced
M-1 ("Emka") - a Soviet passenger car, mass-produced at the Gorky Automobile Plant from 1936 to 1943.
During the Great Patriotic War, individual copies were assembled at the plant from the available parts.
The car became one of the symbols of its era, played a significant role in the war years, as it was one of the most common car models in the country and was used very widely.
A total of 62,888 copies were made.
"Victory" - a cult Soviet passenger car, mass-produced at the Gorky Automobile Plant in 1946-1958. The factory index of the model is M-20.
The first Soviet passenger car with a load-bearing body and one of the first in the world to be mass-produced with a fully pontoon-type body - without protruding wings and their rudiments, steps and headlights.
On June 28, 1946, the serial production of Pobeda cars began. A total of 235,999 cars were produced, including 14,222 convertibles and 37,492 taxis.
ZIM (until 1957), GAZ-12 - Soviet six-seater six-window long wheelbase big sedan, mass-produced at the Gorky Automobile Plant (Molotov Plant) from 1949 to 1959 (some modifications - until 1960.)
ZIM is the first representative model of the Gorky Automobile Plant. The predecessor of the "Seagull" GAZ-13. It was mainly used as a service car ("personal car"), intended for the Soviet, party and government nomenclature - at the level of minister, secretary of the regional committee and chairman of the regional executive committee and above, in some cases it was also sold for personal use.
In total, from 1949 to 1959, 21,527 copies of the ZIM / GAZ-12 of all modifications were produced.
GAZ-21 "Volga" - a Soviet middle-class passenger car, mass-produced at the Gorky Automobile Plant from 1956 (1957) to 1970. The factory model index is originally GAZ-M-21, later (since 1965) - GAZ-21. A total of 639478 copies of all modifications were produced.
GAZ-13 "Chaika" is a Soviet representative (representative) passenger car of a large class, produced in a small series at the Gorky Automobile Plant from 1959 to 1981.
A total of 3,189 cars of this model were manufactured.
GAZ-14
GAZ-14 "Chaika" - a Soviet representative passenger car of a large class, hand-assembled at the Gorky Automobile Plant from 1977 to 1988.
In total, about 1120 cars of this model were manufactured.
GAZ-22
GAZ-22 "Volga" is a Soviet passenger car of the middle class with a station wagon-type passenger-and-freight body. Serially produced from 1962 to 1970 at the GAZ plant in the city of Gorky. It was equipped with a five-door monocoque body with a 5-7-seat convertible interior. base car- GAZ-21R sedan of the third series. GAZ-22 (early releases - GAZ-M-22) was designated as a cargo-passenger separate model(thus, the "GAZ-21 station wagon" did not exist). GAZ-22 had various modifications, also based on it, the GAZ-22B ambulance and (by other factories and workshops) the GAZ-22A van were produced.
GAZ-22 is one of the first crossovers in the world.
GAZ-24 "Volga" - soviet car middle class, mass-produced at the Gorky Automobile Plant from 1970 to 1985
GAZ-24-10 "Volga" - a passenger car of the middle class, manufactured by the Gorky Automobile Plant. In essence, the GAZ-24-10 is a palliative version of the GAZ-24 modernization based on the model of a deeper modernization of the GAZ-3102, the deployment of large-scale production of which was artificially blocked at the level of the sectoral ministry. It was produced from the end of 1985 until the spring of 1992, when it was replaced by the GAZ-31029 model, which was a variant of the GAZ-3102 adapted for mass production.
Since the release of the car coincided with many transformations in the country (the era of perestroika), it went down in history as the first Volga available to a wider range of people, including for private purchase (unlike GAZ-24 and even more so GAZ-3102) . But at the same time, it retained a relatively high build quality (when compared with the successors of the GAZ-31029 and even the GAZ-3110).
GAZ-3102 "Volga" - a Soviet passenger car of a large class, mass-produced from April 1982 to 2008 by the Gorky Automobile Plant. Developed on the basis of the GAZ-24 Volga car, the GAZ-3102 was supposed to be its successor.
However, for a number of political and economic reasons, this project was produced in small series (about three thousand cars a year), instead of mass production, exclusively as an official car of the Soviet mid-level nomenclature. These were positions that had not yet been assigned the exclusive GAZ-14 Chaika limousine, but the status required separation from the general flow. These were deputy ministers, directors of large trusts and enterprises, heads of famous theaters, generals, prominent academic laureates, editors of publications, directors, etc.
GAZ-31105 "Volga" - Russian passenger car, mass-produced on the assembly line from 2004 to 2009 at the Gorky Automobile Plant.
In fact, the "105th" is an improved version of the GAZ-3110. Among the improvements: pivotless front wheel suspension, stabilizer roll stability rear wheel suspension, as well as an improved gearbox. Modernized and appearance car: instead of angular headlights, drop-shaped headlights were installed, the radiator grille, front fenders, hood and front bumper were replaced.
In 2005-2007 under the order, a version of the "business class" GAZ-311055 was produced with a wheelbase extended by 300 mm and doors extended by 150 mm.
Volga Siber (Volga Siber) is a Russian mid-size sedan produced from 2008 to 2010.
Introduced Russian company GAZ Group at the Interauto-2007 exhibition in Moscow on August 29, 2007 as GAZ Siber. Further tradename model was changed to Volga Siber.
