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KAvZ
Native name
ООО «Курганский автобусный завод»
FormerlyКурганский автобусный завод им. 60-летия Союза ССР
Company typePrivate limited company
IndustryMechanical engineering
Founded1958 (1958)
Headquarters
Kurgan, KGN
,
Russia
Key people
Alexander Viktorovich Alsarayev, acting managing director
ProductsMiddle range buses
ServicesBus manufacturing
Number of employees
circa 600 (2013)
ParentGAZ Group Bus Division
Websitebus.ru

KAvZ (Russian: Курганский автобусный завод (КАвЗ), romanized: Kurgansky Avtobusny Zavod, lit. 'Kurgan Bus Plant') is a bus manufacturer in Kurgan, KGN, Russia. The factory started producing buses in 1958, based on trucks from GAZ. During the 1990s, it assembled Ikarus buses for the Russian market. Now a subsidiary of GAZ, it specialises in producing small buses, in particular school buses.

KAvZ is a subsidiary of Russian Buses which is a subsidiary of GAZ Group. Starting in 2015, the GAZ Group has introduced a single brand for all its bus manufacturing subsidiaries, and newly manufactured vehicles now feature the deer badge of the GAZ company.[1]

Models

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Former company brand

Current

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  • KAvZ-4238 Aurora (2006–present)
  • KAvZ-4235 Aurora (2008–present)
  • KAvZ-4270 (2016–present)

Former

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  • KAvZ-651 (1958–1973)
  • KAvZ-663 (1961–1966)
  • KAvZ-685/3270/3271 (1971–1991)
  • KAvZ-3100 (1976)
  • KAvZ-49471 (1981–1985) -truckbus
  • KAvZ-4959 (1985) -truckbus
  • KAvZ-3275 (1991–1998)
  • KAvZ-3976 (1993–2007)
  • KAvZ-4229 (1998)
  • KAvZ-4224 (1998–2003) -truckbus
  • KAvZ-3244 (1998–2007)
  • KAvZ-39766 (2002–2008)
  • KAvZ-4239 (2008–2014)
  • KAvZ-4238
    KAvZ-4238
  • KAvZ-4235
    KAvZ-4235
  • KAvZ-3244
    KAvZ-3244
  • KAvZ-663 and a GZA-651 in the background (later produced as KAvZ-651)
    KAvZ-663 and a GZA-651 in the background (later produced as KAvZ-651)

References

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  1. ^ "Likino Bus Plant". gazgroup.ru. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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    KAvZ
    Native name
    		ООО «Курганский автобусный завод»
    FormerlyКурганский автобусный завод им. 60-летия Союза ССР
    Company typePrivate limited company
    IndustryMechanical engineering
    Founded1958 (1958)
    Headquarters
    Kurgan, KGN
    ,
    Russia
    Key people
    		Alexander Viktorovich Alsarayev, acting managing director
    ProductsMiddle range buses
    ServicesBus manufacturing
    Number of employees
    		circa 600 (2013)
    ParentGAZ Group Bus Division
    Websitebus.ru

    KAvZ (Russian: Курганский автобусный завод (КАвЗ), romanized: Kurgansky Avtobusny Zavod, lit. 'Kurgan Bus Plant') is a bus manufacturer in Kurgan, KGN, Russia. The factory started producing buses in 1958, based on trucks from GAZ. During the 1990s, it assembled Ikarus buses for the Russian market. Now a subsidiary of GAZ, it specialises in producing small buses, in particular school buses.

    KAvZ is a subsidiary of Russian Buses which is a subsidiary of GAZ Group. Starting in 2015, the GAZ Group has introduced a single brand for all its bus manufacturing subsidiaries, and newly manufactured vehicles now feature the deer badge of the GAZ company.[1]

    Models

    Former company brand

    Current

    • KAvZ-4238 Aurora (2006–present)
    • KAvZ-4235 Aurora (2008–present)
    • KAvZ-4270 (2016–present)

    Former

    • KAvZ-651 (1958–1973)
    • KAvZ-663 (1961–1966)
    • KAvZ-685/3270/3271 (1971–1991)
    • KAvZ-3100 (1976)
    • KAvZ-49471 (1981–1985) -truckbus
    • KAvZ-4959 (1985) -truckbus
    • KAvZ-3275 (1991–1998)
    • KAvZ-3976 (1993–2007)
    • KAvZ-4229 (1998)
    • KAvZ-4224 (1998–2003) -truckbus
    • KAvZ-3244 (1998–2007)
    • KAvZ-39766 (2002–2008)
    • KAvZ-4239 (2008–2014)
    • KAvZ-4238
      KAvZ-4238
    • KAvZ-4235
      KAvZ-4235
    • KAvZ-3244
      KAvZ-3244
    • KAvZ-663 and a GZA-651 in the background (later produced as KAvZ-651)
      KAvZ-663 and a GZA-651 in the background (later produced as KAvZ-651)

    References

    1. ^ "Likino Bus Plant". gazgroup.ru. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
    Wikimedia Commons has media related to KAvZ.
    • Official site (Russian)
    • Official website (English)
    • Profile on the GAZ website
    • Cars from East Archived 2003-10-06 at the Wayback Machine


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