Volga (marque)
Volga (Russian: Волга) is a Russian, formerly Soviet car brand produced until 2010. The Volga was manufactured by the Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ) in Nizhny Novgorod.
History
[edit]Discontinuation
[edit]Originally, the last Volga branded car was supposed to leave the Nizhny Novgorod factory at the end of 2007 so that the company could specialize fully in commercial vehicle production, as it is very well positioned in the highly competitive Russian market, especially with the GAZelle van. Since April 2006, however, the factory management has announced that the Volga "will continue to be built as long as the market needs it." In late 2010, GAZ stopped producing cars due to failed relations with Chrysler.
Later, the company no longer offered passenger cars under its own brands. However, it continues to produce vans, trucks, buses and construction machinery. Since 2012, the Škoda Yeti and since April 2013 the Volkswagen Jetta have been manufactured in Nizhny Novgorod as CKD kits on behalf of Volkswagen.[1] The sale of VW's factories in Russia in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine was delayed by a lawsuit filed by VW's former manufacturing partner GAZ. GAZ had sued VW for damages in the hundreds of millions for terminating the agreement. The lawsuit was dismissed by a Russian court.[2] VW had previously stopped production and asked employees to resign.[3]
Revival
[edit]In 2024, it was announced that the production of automobiles under the Volga brand would resume in 2025.[4][5]
Models
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- GAZ M-21 Volga (1956–1970)
- GAZ-24 Volga (1970–1992)
- GAZ-31 Volga (1982–2010)
- GAZ-3105 Volga (1992–1996)
- GAZ-3111 Volga (2000–2002/2004)
- Volga Siber (2008–2010)
- Volga C40 (2025; to commence)
- Volga K30 (2025; to commence)
- Volga K40 (2025; to commence)
References
[edit]- ^ Archived (Date missing) at volkswagenag.com (Error: unknown archive URL)
- ^ dw.com vom 19. Mai 2023: Volkswagen zieht sich vollständig aus Russland zurück, abgerufen am 25. Mai 2024
- ^ automobil-industrie.vogel.de vom 10. Juni 2022: Volkswagen beendet Partnerschaft mit GAZ – Produktion in Nischni Nowgorod endet, abgerufen am 25. Mai 2024
- ^ https://carnewschina.com/2024/05/24/changan-cars-become-volga-in-russia-china-helps-resurrect-russian-brand/
- ^ https://eng.autostat.ru/news/24908/
Weblinks
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- Archived (Date missing) at gaz.ru (Error: unknown archive URL) (English)
- Niederländische GAZ-M21/M22 (English, Dutch)
- Scaldia Volga M24D (English)