GAZ Volga

The GAZ Volga is the long running series of executive cars built by the Gorky Automobile Plant in the Soviet Union and Russia, introduced in 1956 to replace the GAZ-M20 Pobeda. Because the cars served the Soviet nomenklatura, they became a cultural icon of their era. The first generation, the GAZ-M-21, was built in three series from 1956 until 1970, with 639,478 cars made, and included the GAZ-22 estate and a V8 version for the KGB. The second generation began with the GAZ-24, followed by the GAZ-3102 and the GAZ-3110 and its derivatives, and kept the same basic body for decades. GAZ tried to replace it with the GAZ-3105, the GAZ-3111 and the Volga Siber, and its chief executive discontinued the range in 2010. The name returned in 2024 as a brand for Chinese cars assembled by a GAZ owned company.