The Lada Оkа is a city car designed in the Soviet Union in the later part of the seventies by AvtoVAZ. It entered production in 1988 powered by a 644 cc (39.3 cu in) SOHC two-cylinder engine. While developed at AutoVAZ by a team led by Yuri Kuteev, no production models were built there. Instead, manufacturing was outsourced to SeAZ factory in Serpukhov and ZMA in Naberezhnye Chelny. Massive plans were in place for a new plant in Yelabuga, but these failed to materialize. The car was also produced in Azerbaijan by the Gyandzha Auto Plant. The name comes from the Oka River in Russia upon which Serpukhov is situated.
Ikarus was a bus manufacturer based in Budapest and Székesfehérvár, Hungary. It was established in 1895 as Imre Uhry's Blacksmith Workshop and Coach Factory(hun.: Uhry Imre Kovács- és Kocsigyártó Üzeme) and during the Communist era in Hungary it dominated bus markets of the entire Eastern Bloc and its allies.
LiAZ is a bus manufacturing company located in Likino-Dulyovo, Russia. It is now a wholly owned subsidiary of GAZ. Specializes in designing and manufacturing buses large and extra large class.
Sosnovoborsk is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Yenisei River, 20 kilometers (12 mi) northeast of Krasnoyarsk. Sosnovoborsk is the quickest growing town in Krasnoyarsk region and is a part of Krasnoyarsk metro area.
The Urals Automotive Plant, an Open Stock Company, is a major Russian manufacturer of off-road trucks under the Ural brand. Located in the city of Miass, Chelyabinsk Oblast in the Ural Mountains. The plant was established in 1941; when the ZiS truck plant was evacuated from Moscow during World War II.
Automotive production is a significant industry in Russia, directly employing around 600,000 people or 1% of the country's total workforce. Russia produced 1,767,674 vehicles in 2018, ranking 13th among car-producing nations in 2018, and accounting for 1.8% of the worldwide production. The main local brands are light vehicle producers AvtoVAZ and GAZ, while KamAZ is the leading heavy vehicle producer. Eleven foreign carmakers have production operations or are constructing their plants in Russia.
Ganja Auto Plant is an auto assembly plant situated in the Ganja city in Azerbaijan. The factory was founded in 1986 as KiAZ for a production of run of 30,000 "GAZelle" vans according to the project brief. The commissioning was intended to end in 1989 but following a decision of Council of Ministers of the former USSR the construction of the factory was interrupted and the technological project was given to the Bryansk Automobile Plant. The 256 hectares of overall territory, including the 50 hectares of the factory footprint itself, stayed without utilization for 15 years.
Lida Buses Neman is a state-owned bus manufacturer located in Lida, Belarus.
A combination bus, also called a truck bus or shift bus, is a purpose-built truck with a "passenger container" fulfilling the role of a bus. Such vehicles used to be common in developing countries. Alternative combination buses can be a passenger/cargo module/container mounted on a truck chassis, or a bus with a large open or closed in cargo area known as a bruck.
The Automotive industry in Ukraine was established during the Soviet times and until fall of the Soviet Union was an integral part of automotive industry of the Soviet Union. The first Ukraine-based motor vehicle brands were established in the late 1950s.
Neftekamsk Automotive Plant is a Russian manufacturer of buses and machinery on KamAZ chassis located in Neftekamsk in Bashkortostan.
Belarus had third by volume part of automotive industry of the Soviet Union with near 40,000 annual production. Since that times Belarus specializes on production of own designed superheavy, heavy and middle trucks mainly plus post-Soviet developed buses, trolleybuses and trams. Auto manufacturers in Belarus include MAZ, BelAZ and Neman.
KamAZ "Shuttle" - an electric bus with autopilot. Joint development by the AERI and the KamAZ Automobile Plant. It was first presented at the Moscow International Automobile Salon in 2016.
The LiAZ-6274 is the urban large class low-floor electric bus produced by the Likinsk Bus Plant. The first fully low-floor electric bus produced in Russia. Designed on the basis of the low-floor bus LiAZ-5292 that mass-produced since 2004. Designed for large cities with intensive passenger traffic. Mass production of this model began in September 2018.
There are 1000 electric buses operating in Moscow. This is the largest electric bus fleet in Europe ahead of London's fleet. As of December 2021, electric buses serve 65 routes and since the beginning of their work, they have carried over 150 million passengers including 77 million passengers in 2021.
The KamAZ-4326 is a four-wheel drive truck produced by Kamaz in Naberezhnye Chelny. The vehicle has been in production since 1995 and is also designed for military applications. With the KamAZ-4350, there is a modernized successor. The KamAZ-43114 is very similar to the KamAZ-4326, but has three axes instead of two.
The KamAZ-43114 is an all-wheel drive truck produced by Kamaz in Naberezhnye Chelny. The vehicle was developed from 1991 and has been in series production since 1995. The main difference between the model and its predecessor, the KamAZ-4310, is a more powerful engine.
The KamAZ-4310 is an all-wheel drive truck produced by Kamaz in Naberezhnye Chelny. The vehicle was built in series in different versions from 1981 to 1995, a very similar successor is still on the market today with the KamAZ-43114, also in different versions.
