KAvZ

KAvZ

Native name	ООО «Курганский автобусный завод»
Formerly called	Курганский автобусный завод им. 60-летия Союза ССР
Type	Private limited company
Industry	Mechanical engineering
Founded	1958
Headquarters	Kurgan, KGN, Russia
Key people	Alexander Viktorovich Alsarayev, acting managing director
Products	Middle range buses
Services	Bus manufacturing
Number of employees	circa 600 (2013)
Parent	GAZ Group
Website	bus.ru

KAvZ-4238

KAvZ-4235

Old KAVZ buses

KAvZ (Russian: Курга́нский авто́бусный заво́д, КАвЗ, Kurgansky Avtobusny Zavod) is a bus manufacturer in Kurgan, KGN, Russia. The factory started producing buses in 1958, based on trucks from GAZ. During the 1990s, it assembled Ikarus buses for the Russian market. Now a subsidiary of GAZ, it specialises in producing small buses, in particular school buses.

KAvZ is a subsidiary of Russian Buses which is a subsidiary of GAZ Group.

Models

Current

• KAvZ-4238 Aurora (2006-present)
• KAvz-4235 Aurora (2008-present)

Former

• KAvZ-651 (1958-1973)
• KAvZ-663 (1961-1966)
• KAvZ-685/3270/3271 (1971-1991)
• KAvZ-3100 (1976)
• KAvZ-49471 (1981-1985) -truckbus
• KAvZ-4959 (1985) -truckbus
• KAvZ-3275 (1991-1998)
• KAvZ-3976 (1993-2007)
• KAvZ-4229 (1998)
• KAvZ-4224 (1998-2003) -truckbus
• KAvZ-3244 (1998-2007)
• KAvZ-39766 (2002-2008)
• KAvZ-4239 (2008-2014)

External links

• Official site (Russian)
• Official website (English)
• Profile on the GAZ website
• Cars from East