Editing UAZ (section)

===Later years===
[[File:UAZ1.jpg|thumb|UAZ headquarters building]]
[[File:UAZ-469 stella at UAZ plant in Ulyanovsk.jpg|thumb|right|UAZ-469 stella at UAZ plant in Ulyanovsk]]
In the 1990s, following the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], UAZ became a [[joint-stock company]] and soon received the Golden Globe and Golden Mercury Awards for a significant volume of sales and its contribution to the [[Economy of Russia|Russian economy]].<ref name=OfficialHistory>{{cite web|url=http://www.uaz.ru/company/history|title=История|website=www.uaz.ru|access-date=2016-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102144736/http://www.uaz.ru/company/history|archive-date=2017-01-02|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 5 August 1997, the new UAZ-3160 went into production and received a gold medal at an international fair in [[Yekaterinburg]]. The car was used as the basis for the later Simbir and UAZ-3163.<ref name=OfficialHistory/>

In March 2003, UAZ opened an assembly line in [[Vietnam]]. On 20 November, the company produced the last UAZ-31512 and the first UAZ Hunter.<ref name=OfficialHistory/>

On 17 August 2005, the first UAZ Patriots rolled off the assembly line. They had new suspension, transmission and steering control and became the first brand new models of UAZ since the fall of the Soviet Union. The same year the assembly line had undergone a large-scale modernization. The company signed contracts with foreign suppliers and used a significant number of foreign components in its newest vehicles.<ref name=OfficialHistory/>

In 2006, UAZ opened a new control and test section of the main assembly line and presented 4 new cars at the [[Moscow International Automobile Salon]].<ref name=OfficialHistory/>

In the following years UAZ introduced a number of additional options and improvements in its vehicles, such as the better heating and ventilation of the passenger compartment, [[Internal combustion engine cooling|engine cooling system]], together with [[Lukoil]] introduced a new line of [[motor oils]] for its cars, offered [[Iveco]] [[diesel engine]]s and launched the UAZ Cargo, a light commercial truck based on the UAZ Patriot.<ref name=OfficialHistory/>

In 2012, the Patriot and the Pickup received a new engine, ZMZ Euro-4 with European [[on-board diagnostics]], which became the first Russian diesel engine to meet the [[European emission standards|Euro-4 Standard]] published in 1998. 2013 was the banner year for UAZ, with export sales increasing by 37% since 2012. The next year the sales of the Patriot rose by 10%, and the company was visited by Premier [[Dmitry Medvedev]].<ref name=OfficialHistory/>

During a test drive in 2014, a UAZ Patriot crossed winter roads and frozen [[tundra]] of the [[Sakha Republic]] and reached one of the northernmost Russian ports at [[Tiksi]], being the first car to cross the [[73rd parallel north]] moving under its own power.<ref name=OfficialHistory/>

In January 2015, the sales increased by 3%. A UAZ Patriot support vehicle took part in the [[2015 Dakar Rally]], crossing the route of 9,295&nbsp;km through [[Bolivia]], Chile and [[Peru]]. The company finished the production of special series of UAZ Hunters, which were to be replaced by newer models; these Hunters were a [[limited edition]] and had airbrushed artistic paintings on them commemorating the 70th anniversary of the victory in World War II. In August the UAZ Patriot received new upgrades, including new paint colors, 18-inch wheels, interiors, frameless wiper blades, etc. The same year UAZ trucks were present at the Moscow Off-Road Show 2015, Interpolitech-2015 and ComTrans-2015 exhibitions.<ref name=OfficialHistory/>
[[File:UAZ ambulance in Minsk 2.jpg|thumb|An ambulance based on a [[UAZ Patriot|UAZ Profi]].]]
UAZ delisted from the [[Moscow Exchange]] in July 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=BRIEF-UAZ announces delisting of shares from Moscow Exchange|url=http://mobile.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSFWN0ZV07720150716|access-date=23 April 2017|work=Reuters|date=16 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424023450/http://mobile.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSFWN0ZV07720150716|archive-date=24 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2023, [[Izvestia]] reported that UAZ would shortly launch [[Knock-down kit|knock down production]] of vehicles in [[Cuba]], as a result of negotiations between [[Russia]]n and [[Cuba]]n enterprises.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2023 |title="УАЗы" будут собирать на Кубе |url=https://iz.ru/1516949/2023-05-23/uazy-budut-sobirat-na-kube |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Известия |language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UAZ will arrange the assembly of cars in Cuba |url=https://eng.autostat.ru/news/23161/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=eng.autostat.ru |language=en}}</ref> Service centers for the repair and maintenance of these vehicles would also be set up in the country. The Cuban side of the delegation was reportedly the most interested in UAZ Profi delivery vehicles, as well as ambulances based on the [[UAZ-452|UAZ Classic]]. The first batch of machine kits will go to Cuba in July–August 2023. UAZ further stated that vehicle production would increase by 2,000 units, as well as increase employee wages by 12%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 May 2023 |title=УАЗ планирует увеличить объем выпуска автомобилей |url=https://iz.ru/1520906/2023-05-30/uaz-planiruet-uvelichit-obem-vypuska-avtomobilei |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Известия |language=ru}}</ref>

In June 2023, UAZ announced plans to launch a limited anniversary edition of the [[UAZ-452|UAZ Classic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anniversary special version of Bukhanka will appear in the autumn of 2023 |url=https://eng.autostat.ru/news/23256/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=eng.autostat.ru |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 May 2023 |title=УАЗ отметит 65-летие "Буханки" выходом юбилейной версии |url=https://iz.ru/1518440/2023-05-25/uaz-otmetit-65-letie-bukhanki-vykhodom-iubileinoi-versii |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Известия |language=ru}}</ref>