"Volga" will not return even a van

18 December 2018

Rumors about the return of the "Volga" on the conveyor Gas to said total denial

Alexander Klimov, photos Gorfine I., and R. Yablonsky

Again emerged in the media hype about the return conveyor Gas "the Volga" was true is exactly the opposite. Edition CarsWeek.ru said the news on the company and here received an official response: "as part of Speke GAZ Group is investing more than ₽20 billion in the organization of production of new models of commercial vehicles and components. Including LCV in the next generation of self-developing Gas that's already in progress in our engineering center. Production of cars in the segment CDV (Car-Derived Van, which includes the so-called "heels"), in Speke are not supposed to".
So that "Volga" and "Chaika" (intellectual property rights in those marks remain over the Gas) and does not smell.
Under signed by GAZ Group SPIK and adopted its investagate until 2028 will produce conventional LCVs, in the range which will produce, in particular, the new turbodiesel, it is highly likely that it will be localized (most likely YAMZ) 2.0-liter 136-horsepower diesel engine series EA189 class Euro 6 Volkswagen Group.

In Hanover at the IAA'2019 GAZ Group showed tsmf in the export version of Gazelle NEXT Panel E6 van with a turbodiesel VW EA189

Gazelle NEXT Van Panel van E6 With that turbo (and shed the tread of the rear axle) the GAZ Group showed at the last IAA’2018 in Hanover.

The prototype of the "Sable NEXT" showed at MIAS-2012, but in the series he is still not gone. Maybe one of his passenger versions just call "the river"

Expansion of the LCV line will go through the development of the model "Sobol NEXT", the prototype passenger version (A16R12) with a wheelbase of 3.01 m and a length of 5.03 m which was shown at the Moscow International motor show 2012 at the stand of the GAZ Group.

PS I will Remind that a series of light LCV "Sable" just turned 20 years old and its life cycle as the older "GAZelle BUSINESS" is coming to an end, so a replacement in the NEXT generation release of AZ GAS sooner or later.