GAS (bus) - advantages, directions, lineup

2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42

No other vehicle can feel more confident on Russian roads than buses from a Russian manufacturer. Let's look at the advantages of the modern range of GAZ bus models and dwell on their distinctive features.

"Russian buses" - GAZ group

Russian Buses was founded in August 2000. Then it was called "RusPromAvto". Rebranding happened in the spring of 2004.

This corporation combines enterprises for the production of buses of various modifications and directions:

• LiAZ (Likinsky Automobile Plant LLC) - large and extra large city-scale buses;
• PAZ (Pavlovsk Automobile Plant PJSC) - buses of medium and small dimensions;
• KAVZ (LLC "Kurgan Automobile Plant") - medium-sized buses and special equipment;
• GolAZ (JSC Golitsinsky Automobile Plant existed until June 2014) - tourist and intercity buses of large dimensions.

In 2005, as a result of restructuring, the enterprises included in Russian Buses, the GAZ groupincluded in their respective division. Let's go straight to it.

GAZ buses

Today, buses of the GAZ group are produced at the three mentioned enterprises. The division itself is the largest manufacturer in the Russian Federation of this type of equipment of various modifications (80% of the market). They operate on various types of fuel - gasoline, gas, electricity, diesel fuel and without fail meet the EURO-4 and EURO-5 eco-standards. About forty dealer centers of the corporation and about a hundred centers for warranty repair and maintenance of cars produced by GAZ have been opened across the country.

GAZ ("Russian Buses") is the first Russian transport operating on natural gas fuel (methane). Such buses are distinguished by the fact that they cause less harm to the environment, quickly pay for themselves due to the low price of gas, and show greater wear resistance during operation.

The entire range of bus models is divided into four groups.

Commercial transportation

The buses of the "Vector" and "Vector-Next" families stand out in the Gas group:

• "Vector" is a small car for work in urban and suburban areas with heavy passenger traffic. They are economical in fuel consumption, easy to operate. They have about 20 seats and about 70 common, depending on the model. Equipped with a special lift and places for people with disabilities, a convenient rear double door.
• "Vector-Next" has improved consumer and technicalcharacteristics: climate control, less noticeable noise level in the cabin and indicators of ergonomics of the driver's seat. Manufacturers estimate the resource of the body at 10 years of impeccable work. This bus can also be used to transport children.

This category also includes minibuses PAZ and KAVZ-Aurora.

Urban and suburban routes

"Cursor" (GAZ) is a new generation bus, created according to international standards of environmental friendliness and quality, designed for urban routes with an average flow of passengers.

Fully adapted for people with disabilities - for example, there is a 7 degree floor slope towards the doors, a mechanical ramp.

The driver of this low-floor bus can "lift" the vehicle in difficult areas using the electronic suspension control. It should be added that the Cursor for the first time in the Russian bus industry has a multiplex digital control system that provides complete diagnostics of vehicle units and components during the journey.

LiAZ-5292 - reliable models with increased passenger capacity (about 110 seats) are also suitable for the transportation of people with limited mobility. This GAS (bus) is equipped with the latest lightweight fiberglass masks, which, according to the manufacturer, are not susceptible to corrosion. Low-floor vehicles also lack steps (according to estimates,this reduces passenger boarding time by up to 15%).

In 2014, he took the nomination "Best Bus" in the competition "The Best Commercial Vehicles of Russia".

Tourist Models

This is "Cruise", "Voyage", "Vector-intercity", "LiAZ-international", KAVZ-4238. It is worth stopping in more detail at the "Cruise" - a bus that fully complies with the entire set of international UNECE requirements for cars of this category. The Scania chassis, electronic suspension that raises and lowers the body, and reinforced thermal insulation for northern versions put this GAZ (bus) in a high place in the world market.

Special buses

PAZ-32053 and KAVZ-4238 absolutely comply with GOST “Buses for transporting children. Technical Requirements . All seats have seat belts, luggage racks for briefcases and an additional step at the entrance to the bus for the convenience of schoolchildren.

Scope of PAZ-32053-20 - cargo transportation. This GAZ bus can carry up to 10-11 people and 1800 kg of cargo at the same time. Used to transport construction and seasonal agricultural teams, shift workers.

PAZ-32053-80 "Funeral services" - equipped with all the necessary equipment and layout for the funeral procession.