KAvZ
# KAvZ

KAvZ (Russian: Курганский автобусный завод (КАвЗ), romanized: Kurgansky Avtobusny Zavod, lit. 'Kurgan Bus Plant') 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. 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 GAZ company.

## Models

### Current

* KAvZ-4238 Aurora (2006–present)
* KAvZ-4235 Aurora (2008–present)
* KAvZ-4270 (2016–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)
