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LiAZ () is a

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manufacturing company located in Likino-Dulyovo,

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. It is now a wholly owned subsidiary of

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. Specializes in designing and manufacturing buses large and extra large class (length 10.5 m and +). Starting in 2015, the GAZ Group has introduced a single brand for all its bus manufacturing subsidiaries, and newly manufactured vehicles now feature the deer badge of the

company.

History

The factory was created in 1937 as a

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plant LOZOD (Likino Engineered Wood Test Factory). It produced pressed wood products, as well as wood

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s. In 1944 the factory was renamed to LiMZ (Likino Machinery Factory) and it started producing small machinery like power saws and portable generators. In 1959 the factory started to assemble ''

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-158'' passenger buses. It was renamed LiAZ the same year. In 1967 the factory designed and began manufacturing the first bus model of its own named ''LiAZ-677''. The factory produced 194,183 buses of this model in the next 29 years. In 1986 began the production of the new model LiAZ-5256, which today is the most common large bus model in Russia (through December 2013 more than 24,650 buses had been manufactured). After the collapse of the

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, LiAZ started to experience difficulties. In 1996 bus manufacturing ceased and the factory declared bankruptcy in 1997. The factory has since been restructured and is now known as ''Likinskij Avtobusnyj Zavod

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''. In 2000 it was acquired by the

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Corporation, and has been part of the

GAZ Group GAZ Group () is a Russian automotive conglomerate headquartered in Nizhny Novgorod. It comprises 18 manufacturing facilities in eight regions of Russia, as well as sales and service organizations. GAZ Group is the leading manufacturer of commerc ...

since 2005. LiAZ also manufactured

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es between 2005 and 2012.

Models

Buses

Historical

* ZIL-158/LiAZ-158 (1959–1970), front-engined bus * LiAZ-677 (1967–1996), front-engined bus with

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* LiAZ-5256 (1986–2021) * LiAZ-5293 (2006–2021) * LiAZ-5917 (1989–1992) * LiAZ-5918 (1989–1992) * LiAZ-6212 (2002–2014) * LiAZ-6220 (1992), articulated trolleybus based on LiAZ-5256 * LiAZ-6224 (2004–2005) * LiAZ-6234 (2008), articulated trolleybus based on LiAZ-6213 * LiAZ-6240 (1994), articulated based on LiAZ-5256 * LiAZ-6274 (2012–2019) electric bus ZiL-158 1961.jpg, ZIL-158 LiAZ-158 1965.jpg, LiAZ-158 (ZIL-158V), 1965 Liazik.JPG, LiAZ-677M LiAZ back.JPG, LiAZ-677M, rear view

Current model range

* LiAZ-4292 (since 2015), low-floor city bus of middle class * LiAZ-5250 (since 2017) * LiAZ-5251 (since 2014) * LiAZ-5290 (since 2017) * LiAZ-5291 (since 2014) *

LiAZ-5292 The LiAZ-5292 is a low-floor bus produced by the bus-manufacturing plant LiAZ in Likino-Dulyovo, Russia, part of the GAZ Group. History The predecessor of model 5292 was LiAZ-5256 that was produced since 1986. Newer model was supposed to be ...

(since 2004), rear-engined

low-floor bus A low-floor bus is a bus or trolleybus that has no steps between the ground and the floor of the bus at one or more entrances, and low floor for part or all of the passenger cabin. A bus with a partial low floor may also be referred to as a l ...

. Buses of this model were used for the

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* LiAZ-5293 (since 2006), rear-engined low-entry bus *

LiAZ-6213 The LiAZ-6213 is an articulated low-floor city bus of especially large capacity produced by the Likinsky bus factory. The first model of this type in Russia, it was designed on the basis of LiAZ-5292 model for large cities with intense passenger ...

(since 2007), low-floor articulated bus based on LiAZ-5292 * LiAZ-6228 (since 2014) *

LiAZ-6274 The LiAZ-6274 is the urban large class low-floor electric bus produced by the LiAZ. The first fully low-floor electric bus produced in Russia. Designed on the basis of the low-floor bus LiAZ-5292 that mass-produced since 2004. Designed for large ...

(since 2018), low-floor

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Trolleybuses

* LiAZ-5280 (2005–2012), trolleybus based on LiAZ-5256 * LiAZ-52802, low-floor trolleybus based on LiAZ-5292 * LiAZ-52803, low-entry trolleybus based on LiAZ-5293

References

External links

Likino Bus Plant (LiAZ) History

GAZ Group Official Homepage
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