LuAZ models

LuAZ (Lutsk Automobile Plant) is a Ukrainian vehicle plant in Lutsk. It opened in 1955 as a repair works, at first making parts for trucks, and in 1965 it began assembling the ZAZ-969, a small four-wheel-drive vehicle.

The plant is best known for its small off-roaders called Volyn. The LuAZ-969 was produced from 1967, and the modernised 969M with a 40 hp Zaporozhets engine was built from 1979 to 1996. From 1961 to 1989 the plant also made the LuAZ-967, a light amphibious vehicle for the army. In 1992–2002 it built the LuAZ-1302, an updated 969M with a 53 hp Tavria engine. In 1999 the Ukrprominvest group bought a majority stake, and in 2005 LuAZ joined the Bogdan Corporation. Bogdan Motors went bankrupt in 2020, and the Lutsk plant was put up for sale. Read more: LuAZ and the Lutsk Automobile Plant and the birth of front-wheel drive. See also Bogdan and ZAZ.