Volga

Volga is a Russian, formerly Soviet, automotive marque built by the Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ) in Nizhny Novgorod. The marque grew out of the GAZ Volga series of executive cars, and the first car to carry it was the GAZ-21 Volga, which entered production in 1956. Because the cars served the Soviet nomenklatura, the name became a cultural icon and the subject of urban legends such as the Black Volga. The marque covered the GAZ-24, the GAZ-31 family, the GAZ-3105, the GAZ-3111 and finally the Volga Siber, whose end of production in 2010 closed the line when GAZ stopped building passenger cars after its partnership with Chrysler failed. In 2024 it was reported that GAZ would revive the brand for a new series of passenger cars, and the models Volga K40, K50 and C50 are listed from 2026.