GAZ Group Bus Division is the business unit of the

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overseeing bus manufacturing. It combines several Russian bus manufacturing companies. 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

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company.

History

The division has its origins in a reorganization of the automotive companies owned by the

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holding (later Basic Element), which were consolidated under the ''RusPromAvto'' consortium. RusPromAvto () was created on 7 August 2000 and combined several

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n bus manufacturers. LiAZ was added to the group in 2001. It became known as ''Russian Buses'' () in May 2004, and was based in the village of Maliye Vyazemy in

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. In 2005, during the restructuring of the production assets of RusPromAvto, the company was incorporated into the

Group.

Structure

Companies of the division: * Kurgan Bus Factory (KAvZ) *

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(PAZ) * Likinsky Bus Factory (LiAZ)

Former companies

* Golitsynsky Bus Factory, the brand was discontinued in 2014 and the factory now makes agricultural machines. * Kanashsky Auto Aggregate Factory (, bus chassis producers.

References

External links

Buses - GAZ Group
Bus manufacturers of Russia Bus Division Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2000 {{Russia-company-stub