News

14 April 2015
GAZ Group Presents Automotive Components at European Industrial Fair the Hannover Messe 2015

Autocomponents Division of GAZ Group will participate in the Hannover Messe, an industrial exhibition fair. The fair, one of the most important international events in the industry world, will be held from the 13^th to the 17^th of April in Hannover (Germany).

20 March 2015
GAZelle Next vehicle was presented in Belgrade

GAZ Group which is part of Base Element, one of the biggest Russian diversified industrial groups, presented a range of GAZelle Next vehicles for the first time to customers from the Republic of Serbia and other Balkan countries. The vehicle presentation was made as part of the Belgrade International Car Show 2015 — the biggest annual auto exhibition in the Balkans. GAZ Group and Verano Motologistic, GAZ brand official distributor in the Balkans, also announced the upcoming start of sales of GAZ vehicles in the Balkans in the second quarter of 2015.

20 March 2015
GAZ Group won Adam Smith institute’s prize for the best performance in the Russian automotive industry

GAZ Group which is part of Base Element, one of the biggest Russian diversified industrial groups, became the winner at the 18-th international Russian automotive forum held by Adam Smith Conference in the nomination “The best efficiency enhancement strategy”.

4 March 2015
The Gazelle Next vehicles will be sold in the Balkan states
GAZ Group entered into a distributorship agreement with Verano Motors, an Eastern European company, to sell the Gazelle Next vehicles in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia.

15 December 2014
Sales of NEXT family vehicles started in Georgia
Nizhniy Novgorod, December 15th, 2014 – GAZ Group, part of one of the largest in Russia diversified industrial groups “Basic Element”, started sales of GAZ vehicles in Georgia, including new generation vehicles GAZelle NEXT and GAZon NEXT.

8 October 2014
GAZ Group Presented Euro-5 CNG Vehicles of New NEXT Generation
GAZ Group presented prototypes of the Gazelle NEXT 2014 vehicles with Euro-5 CNG engines for the first time. The GAZ vehicles – the Gazelle NEXT and the Gazon NEXT – are equipped with Evotech 2.7 and YaMZ-534 CNG engines developed at engine plants of GAZ Group in Ulyanovsk and Yaroslavl.

30 September 2014
GAZ Group Started Gazelle NEXT Production in Turkey
Istanbul, September 30, 2014, – GAZ Group, a part of Basic Element, one of the largest Russian diversified groups, and Turkish company Mersa Otomotiv announce the start of production and sales of the Gazelle NEXT Euro-5 in Turkey.

19 September 2014
Gazon NEXT New Generation Truck Launched at Gorky Automotive Plant
September 19, 2014, Nizhniy Novgorod, GAZ Group, a company within Basic Element, one of the largest diversified industrial groups in Russia, announced a launch of middle duty truck Gazon NEXT. The new truck rolled off the line after the ceremonial launch of production with the participation of Vladimir Putin, the president of the Russian Federation, Oleg Deripaska, the chairman of the board of directors of Basic Element, and Vadim Sorokin, the president of GAZ Group.

15 September 2014
Crew of Alexander Kostrukhov and Evgeniy Pavlov Won Russian Rally-Raid Championship Driving Sobol 4X4
The crew of GAZ – Za Rulyom – Sport consisting of sport masters Alexander Kostrukhov and Evgeniy Pavlov driving the Sobol 4X4 became a silver medalist of the final leg of the Russian Championship in the Raid-Sport class.

11 September 2014
Gorky Automobile Plant Announced The Best in Russian Commercial Vehicles Market Development
Gorky Automobile Plant of GAZ Group was granted with a special award of annual contest “The Best Commercial Vehicle of Russia” for successful development of Russian commercial vehicles market.