Pavlovo Bus Factory

For other meaning of PAZ see PAZ (disambiguation).

Pavlovo Bus Factory

File:Truba zavoda paz.jpg Chimney of Pavlovo bus factory
Native name	ОАО «Па́вловский авто́бус»
Type	Public company
Traded as	MCX: PAZA
Industry	Automotive, ISIC: 2910
Founded	1932 (1932)
Headquarters	Pavlovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Key people	Andrei Vladimirovich Vasiliev
Products	Buses
Parent	GAZ Group
Website	paz-bus.ru autobus.ru

File:Marschrutki nizhnij.jpg

PAZ buses are the workhorses of public transportation in Nizhny Novgorod

Pavlovsky Avtobusny Zavod is a manufacturer of buses in Russia, located in the city of Pavlovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. PAZ is a subsidiary of Russian Buses which is a division of GAZ.

The building of the factory started in 1952, and in the same year the first buses PAZ-651 (based on GAZ-51) were produced. The government had a plan to produce 10,000 buses per year. In 1960, the production of new model PAZ-652 started. It was replaced by PAZ-672 in early 1968, and this bus had a large family of various modifications. 1989 saw a start of production of the new modernised model PAZ-3205.

The small PAZ buses have long been used by Russian "fixed-route taxi" (marshrutka) operators.

Pavlovo Bus Factory specializes in designing and manufacturing of buses and a small and middle class (length 9.7 m). Buses are the most common plant in Russia, their annual output is over 10 thousand units, almost 80% of small buses in Russia.

Models

Current

• PAZ-3205 (1989- )
• PAZ-3206 (1995- )
• PAZ-3237 (2002- )
• PAZ-4234 (2003- )
• PAZ-4204 (2007- )
• PAZ Vector (2014- )

Former

• PAZ-651 (1952-1961)
• PAZ-652 (1958-1968)
• PAZ-672 (1967-1989)
• PAZ-3201 (1972-1989)
• PAZ-5272 (1999-2003)
• PAZ-4230 Aurora (2001-2002)
• PAZ-4238 Aurora (2001-2006)
• PAZ Real (2007-2009)

Around the world

• One PAZ 672 came to Chile between 1970-1971 with the installation of the soviet KPD factory of concrete blocks for prefabricated buildings, in Quilpué [1]. This was one of the many symbols of the relation between the Soviet Union and the Unidad Popular government in Chile.

Gallery

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  PAZ-672

• PAZ-3205 (4713534105).jpg

  PAZ-3205

• ПАЗ-3204 в Хабаровске.JPG

  PAZ-3204

• ПАЗ-3237-2.JPG

  PAZ-3237 in Moscow

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  PAZ-4230 "Aurora" in Gatchina

• ПАЗ-4234 в Мичуринске.JPG

  PAZ-4234

• PAZ school buses Chisinau 02.jpg

  A row of new PAZ school buses in the central square of Chisinau, Moldova

External links

• JSC "Pavlovo Bus"