- LuAZ
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name = Luts'kyi Avtomobiln'nyi Zavod - LuAZ
type =privately-held company
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location_city =Lutsk
location_country =Ukraine
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industry = automobile manufacturing
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homepage = http://www.luaz.com/
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footnotes =LuAZ (Ukrainian: "ЛуАЗ", short for "Луцький автомобільний завод", "Luts'kyi avtomobiln'nyi zavod" -"Lutsk car plant") is a Ukrainian
automobile manufacturer located in the city ofLutsk .History
The original product of this relatively small plant is the "LuAZ"-branded
off-road vehicle , sturdy and simple, but outdated. At the moment the company is on the verge ofbankruptcy , holding together by assembling cars produced byVAZ .Mergers and acquisitions
The company was once part of
AvtoZAZ holding, but now is a part of theBogdan group , which also controlsbus manufacturing facilities inCherkasy .In
2005 , LuAZ commenced assembly ofHyundai andKia cars from kits, with production set to further expand in 2006.Recent developments
A major expansion program is planned, which will see construction of a new car manufacturing facility in Cherkasy including a new paint shop, with planned annual assembly of around 60,000
Lada 's and 60,000 Hyundai's and Kia's from 2007. Passenger car production will be transferred from Luts'k to Cherkasy, while bus production will move to Luts'k.Vehicles
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LuAZ-967 a four wheeled amphibian
*Luaz-969W
*LuAZ-969A
*LuAZ 969M
*LuAz 1302 a modernized version of the 969M
*LuAZ 1901 "Geolog" a six wheel amphibianExternal links
*uk icon [http://www.luaz.com/ Official site]
*de icon [http://www.paul-rpr.nm.ru/HPLuAZ/ LuAZ-fan site]
*ru icon [http://www.luaz.com.ua/index.html LuAZ-fan site]
* [http://www.autosoviet.altervista.org/ENGLISH-automotorusse9-A(Luaz).htm LUAZ] at Autosoviet websiteee also
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Automobile model numbering system in USSR and Russia References
* "Ukraine Lada Assembler LuAZ Adds Hyundai, Kia" by Peter Homola,Wards Auto, November 8, 2005.
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