GolAZ
{{Short description|Russian bus manufacturer}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = JSC "Golitsynsky Bus Plant" (GolAZ)
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| native_name = ОАО «Голицынский автобусный завод»
| native_name_lang = ru
| type = Public Company
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| founded = {{start date|1990}}
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| hq_location_city = Maliye Vyaziomy near Golitsyno, Moscow Region
| hq_location_country = Russia
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| industry = Engineering
| products = Buses
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| parent = GAZ Group
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| website = [http://golaz.gaz.ru// golaz.gaz.ru]
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GolAZ is a former Russian bus manufacturer belonging to the GAZ Group. Its "Golitsynsky Bus Plant" is located in Moscow's Odintsovsky District.{{cite web|url=http://www.bus.ru/index.php/en/golaz |title=GolAZ |publisher=Bus.ru |access-date=2014-05-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427172352/http://www.bus.ru/index.php/en/golaz |archive-date=2014-04-27 }} The company specializes in designing and manufacturing of intercity buses and coaches of the large and extra-large class.
Until 2013 it produced city buses; buses of this brand were booked for the Olympic games 2014 in Sochi. The brand was discontinued in 2014 shifting bus manufacturing business to LiAZ. Since then the factory produces agricultural machines.{{cite news|title=Одним автобусным брендом меньше: ГолАЗ стал историей|url=http://avtoinetolko.ru/2014/06/odnim-avtobusnym-brendom-menshe-golaz-stal-istoriej/|access-date=2 June 2017|work=Авто и не только}}
Reception / Awards
GolAZ buses received a number of rewards. GolAZ-4244 model received the title "Best Domestic Bus 2002 in Russia".{{Cite web |title=Contest "The Best Commercial Vehicle of the Year in Russia" |url=https://www.best-comvehicle.ru/eng |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=www.best-comvehicle.ru}} In August 2003 GolAZ received a special prize for the creation of a bus named "Cruise". Its flagship model was GolAZ AKA-6226 Rossiyanin.
Models
= Current =
- GolAZ-LiAZ-5256 (2003–) - A large class motor coach.
- GolAZ-5291 "Cruise" (2003–) - A large class tourist bus.
- GolAZ-6228 (2008– ) - Extra large class city bus polunizkopolny triaxial.
- GolAZ-6228-10 - Motor coach extra large class.
- GolAZ-5251 "Voyage" (2013–) - A large class of long-distance bus. Production began in the first half of 2011.
- GolAZ-525110 - Intercity bus class built on Scania K IB chassis. Production began in the first half of 2012.
= Historical =
- GolAZ AKA Vityaz /GolAZ AKA Lider (1990–1994) -licensed copy of Mercedes-Benz O303
- GolAZ-5225 Rossiyanin (1994–2000?) - licensed copy of Mercedes-Benz O405
- GolAZ AKA-6226 Rossiyanin (1994–2000?) -licensed copy of articulated bus Mercedes-Benz O405G
- GolAZ-4242 (1999–2002)
Gallery
File:AKA 6226 Omsk.jpg|GolAZ AKA-6226 "Russian" in Omsk
File:ГолАЗ-5291.JPG|GolAZ-5291 "Cruise"
File:ЛиАЗ-ГолАЗ.JPG|GolAZ-LiAZ-5256
File:GolAZ-6228.00.jpg|GolAZ-6228
File:GolAZ-4244 (front view).jpg |GolAZ-4244
References
{{commons category|GolAZ}}
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