Zavolzhye Engine Factory

The Zavolzhye Engine Factory (, ZMZ) is a Russian automotive engine producer.

The plant was founded in April 1958 to provide GAZ with engines, in particular for its new  GAZ-21 Volga.

The factory's first product was a brand-new  OHV engine. Unusual for the era, it had aluminum block and head, with chain-driven camshaft and compression ratio of 6.6:1; it produced  at 4,000 rpm and  at 2,200 rpm. The first engine was assembled 4 November 1959; by December 1968, ZMZ had produced one million units.

ZMZ became independent in 1961, and was bought by UAZ in 2001. It produces spare parts for many vehicles of Soviet origin, as well as for some Ford models.

References

Sources 
 Thompson, Andy. Cars of the Soviet Union. Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing, 2008.

External links
 Official website

 
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