GAZ-24-02

The GAZ-24-02 Volga was the station wagon version of the GAZ-24, a mid-sized Soviet passenger car of the second group built at the Gorky Automobile Plant. It was developed on the platform of the GAZ-24 sedan, whose design allowed for a wagon and an ambulance variant from the outset, and it was made in series from 1972 to 1987. Unlike the sedan it received wholly distinct body panels from the centre pillar back, including rear doors with rectangular window frames that enlarged the openings and made loading simpler. It is a five-door body seating five to seven people, with a front-mounted four-cylinder petrol engine driving the rear wheels. The wagon was a more utilitarian companion to the sedan and was built in far smaller numbers, and the Russian article records a proposal to merge its text into that of the GAZ-24 itself.