GAZ-2308 Ataman

The GAZ-2308 Ataman was a Russian four-wheel-drive pickup built by GAZ from 1995 to 2001, one of several new models of the post-Soviet period and the plant first factory pickup since the GAZ M415 of the 1940s. It began as the rear-drive GAZ-2307 of 1995, a body-on-frame pickup that shared its front suspension, wheels, rear axle, engine and gearbox with the GAZ-31029 Volga while the cab came from the GAZ-3307 truck. Only that prototype was built, although vans and tippers were planned. In 1996 GAZ turned the idea into an all-wheel-drive pickup with few other changes and named it Ataman. Most were two-door pickups, with station wagon and special-purpose derivatives, offered with petrol or diesel engines and a five-speed manual gearbox. Output stayed small and nothing directly replaced it after 2001.