GAZ also made GAZ-12 ZIM, GAZ-21 and GAZ-24 Volga and the luxury cars GAZ-13 and GAZ-14 Chaika.

GAZ-72, a four-wheel drive version, was produced in low volume.Дuring the war GAZ also assembled Chevrolet G7107 and G7117 (G7107 with winch) from parts shipped from the USA according to Lend Lease agreement. (Licensed production under the name Warszawa continued in Polish FSO until the 1970s). Called the GAZ-M20 Pobeda (Victory), this affordably-priced sedan with streamlined, fastback styling, entered production in 1946 and was produced by GAZ until 1958. The M2's bodyshell entered limited production in 1941, mounted on a four-wheel drive chassis and sold in small quantities as the GAZ-61 (quite possibly the world's first all-wheel drive passenger car).Дuring the war years, GAZ engineers worked to develop an all-new car model to enter production once hostilities ended. Called the GAZ 11, this more upscale model entered production in 1942 and remained in limited wartime production until 1946. The M letter stands for Molotovets ('of Molotov's fame'), it was the origin of the car's nickname, M'ka (РРјРєР°).Д®xperience with the A and the M1 allowed the GAZ engineers to develop their own car model independently of Ford. The GAZ-A was succeeded by the more modern GAZ M1 (based largely on the Ford Model B), produced from 1936 to 1942. From 1935 to 1956, the official name was augmented with imeni Molotova (literally, named after Molotov). The factory's name changed when the city was renamed after Maxim Gorky. A notable survivor of these expatriats was Viktor Herman. Attempts of these Americans to their embassy to help them were rebuffed or ignored. They had to deliver their American passports, and within a few years became victims of Stalin's Great Terror, either shot or exiled to Soviet gulags. Hundreds of American workers stayed on after the plant's completion in 1932, often with their families.

Many American engineers and skilled auto workers moved to the Soviet Union to work at GAZ. GAZ-A production commenced in 1932 and lasted until 1936, during which time over 100,000 examples were built. GAZ's first vehicle was the medium-priced Ford Model A, sold as the GAZ- A, and a light truck, the Ford Model AA ( GAZ-AA). Production started on January 1, 1932, and the factory and marque was titled Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod, or GAZ, but also displayed the 'Ford' sign. Under its terms, the Soviets agreed to purchase $13 million worth of automobiles and parts, while Ford agreed to give technical assistance until 1938 to construct an integrated automobile-manufacturing plant at Nizhny Novgorod. In May 1929 the Soviet Union signed an agreement with the Ford Motor Company.

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