Editing KAvZ

{{Short description|Russian bus manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = KAvZ
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| native_name = ООО «Курганский автобусный завод»
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| former_name = Курганский автобусный завод им. 60-летия Союза ССР
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| industry = [[Mechanical engineering]]
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| founded =  {{start date|1958}}
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| hq_location_city = [[Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast|Kurgan]], [[Kurgan Oblast|KGN]]
| hq_location_country = [[Russia]]
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| key_people = Alexander Viktorovich Alsarayev, acting managing director
| products = Middle range [[bus]]es
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| num_employees = circa 600
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| parent = [[GAZ Group Bus Division]]
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'''KAvZ''' ({{langx|ru|Курганский автобусный завод (КАвЗ)|Kurgansky Avtobusny Zavod|Kurgan Bus Plant}}) is a [[bus]] manufacturer in [[Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast|Kurgan]], [[Kurgan Oblast|KGN]], [[Russia]]. The factory started producing buses in 1958, based on [[truck]]s from [[GAZ]]. During the 1990s, it assembled [[Ikarus Bus|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.<ref name="newbadge">{{cite web|title=Likino Bus Plant|url=http://gazgroup.ru/en/company/structure/likinskiy_avtobusnyy_zavod/|website=gazgroup.ru|access-date=30 April 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408011537/http://gazgroup.ru/en/company/structure/likinskiy_avtobusnyy_zavod/|archive-date=8 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Models==
[[File:Logo bus manufacturer KAvZ.gif|thumb|Former company brand]]

===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)

<gallery>
 KAvZ-4238_2.JPG|KAvZ-4238
 Автобус_КАВЗ-4235.JPG|KAvZ-4235
 Microbuz ce deserveşte transportul public local.JPG|KAvZ-3244
 Old_buses_Mosgortrans.jpg|KAvZ-663 and a GZA-651 in the background (later produced as KAvZ-651)
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|KAvZ}}
*[http://bus.ru/ Official site] (Russian)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101017073517/http://en.bus.ru/ Official website] (English)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080625034843/http://eng.gazgroup.ru/about/structure/bus/kurgan/ Profile] on the GAZ website
*[http://www.abc.se/~m9805/eastcars/showbrand.php?brand=kavz&lang=en Cars from East]

{{Russian Automotive Makers}}
{{European bus builders}}
{{Automotive industry in Russia}}

[[Category:Bus manufacturers of Russia]]
[[Category:GAZ Group]]
[[Category:Bus manufacturers of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Companies based in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast]]
[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1958]]
[[Category:Russian brands]]
[[Category:Soviet brands]]
[[Category:1958 establishments in Russia]]


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