GAZ Group, Automobile Plant

• Legendary enterprise - has been operating since January 01, 1932.
• Truck market share - about 70%
• Represented in more than 25 countries
• 220 sales centers and 1,900 stores
• More than 25,000 employees

History

2023: Seizure of Volkswagen assets in Russia in GAZ lawsuit

The Arbitration Court of the Nizhny Novgorod Region decided to arrest all Volkswagen property in Russia as part of the claim of the automaker GAZ to recover 15.6 billion rubles. This was reported on March 20, 2023 by RBC with reference to a document in the file of arbitration cases. Read more here.

2022: Stop assembling Volkswagen and Skoda cars due to sanctions

At the end of May 2022, it became known that it was impossible to produce Volkswagen and Skoda cars by the Russian automaker GAZ due to US sanctions imposed against the group. It will also not be able to receive foreign components, the most sensitive of which are engines.

The GAZ group, owned by the businessman, Oleg Deripaska fell under US sanctions back in 2018. Since then, delays have been in place for the sanctions to come into force. At the end of January Ministry of Finance USA , he reduced the term of licenses for GAZ, postponing sanctions from one year to 90 days. Then the license was extended until April 26, 2022, after which it was issued for another month. The last document expired on May 25 at 7:01 Moscow time.

GAZ stopped collecting Volkswagen and Skoda cars

In Nizhny Novgorod, Volkswagen Taos, Skoda Kodiaq and Karoq, as well as Octavia, were produced in Kaluga - Volkswagen Tiguan, Polo and Skoda Rapid.

By May 26, 2022, Volkswagen did not announce plans to leave the market, however, according to Kommersant's interlocutors, the company will not be able to keep factories idle and maintain a staff for a long time.

The GAZ group noted that they will act on the basis of subsequent decisions of Volkswagen. The company noted that the social security of employees is a priority. In addition, the company noted the presence of its own analogues to continue the release of at least part of the lineup.

Partner of Avtostat Igor Morzharetto notes that GAZ will lose revenues from contract assembly. For Volkswagen, the site in Kaluga is much more important, since investments in it were much higher, he says, although the prospects for continuing to work there are still uncertain.

Earlier, Oleg Deripaska said that if sanctions were imposed on GAZ, the company would most likely be forced to abandon its tens of thousands of people.^[1]

2020: Participation in the preparation of a plan for the development of legislation for unmanned vehicles

and Sberbank Yandex"" together with GAZ Group and PJSC KAMAZ"" prepared a plan for improving the regulatory framework in the development of automated transport means. The plan includes the implementation of about 30 technological and regulatory measures for a phased transition from testing to full operation of highly and fully automated vehicles. This was announced on April 30, 2020 by Sberbank. More. here

1959

The test of the Volga GAZ-21 in the desert of Karakum (Turkmenistan), 1959.

1957

"The Seagull" at the Soviet exhibition in New York, 1957.

1954

At the Gorky Automobile Plant, a model of the first Volga is being prepared, 1954.

1951

Torpedo-GAZ with a duralumin body based on Pobeda accelerated to 190 km-h. 1951

1946: Start of serial production of Pobeda cars

Serial production of Pobeda cars began on June 28, 1946 and continued until May 31, 1958.

"Victory" at that time was a comfortable car. A interior heater was installed on it. For the first time, electric turn indicators appeared on Pobeda, and it was the Pobeda drivers who were the first to stop waving their arms, warning of the maneuver. There was an electric windshield wiper and even such a nice little thing as a cabin lighting ceiling.

1938: The first Soviet racing car - GAZ-GL-1

The first Soviet racing car. GAZ-GL-1. USSR. 1938