KAvZ (russian: Курганский автобусный завод (КАвЗ), Kurgansky Avtobusny Zavod, Kurgan Bus Plant) is a

bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...

manufacturer in

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, KGN,

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. The factory started producing buses in 1958, based on

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s from

GAZ GAZ or Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (russian: ГАЗ or Го́рьковский автомоби́льный заво́д, , Gorky Automobile Plant) is a Russian automotive manufacturer located in Nizhny Novgorod, formerly known as Gorky (Го� ...

. During the 1990s, it assembled Ikarus buses for the Russian market. Now a subsidiary of

, it specialises in producing small buses, in particular

school buses A school bus is any type of bus owned, leased, contracted to, or operated by a school or school district. It is regularly used to transport students to and from school or school-related activities, but not including a charter bus or transit bus ...

. KAvZ is a subsidiary of

Russian Buses GAZ Group Bus Division is the business unit of the GAZ Group overseeing bus manufacturing. It combines several Russian bus manufacturing companies. Starting in 2015, the GAZ Group has introduced a single brand for all its bus manufacturing subsid ...

which is a subsidiary of

GAZ Group GAZ Group (russian: Группа ГАЗ) is a Russian automotive conglomerate headquartered in Nizhny Novgorod. It comprises 18 manufacturing facilities in eight regions of Russia, as well as sales and service organizations. GAZ Group is the lead ...

. 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

company.

Models

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 A combination bus, also called a truck bus or shift bus, is a purpose-built truck with a "passenger container" fulfilling the role of a bus. Such vehicles used to be common in developing countries. Alternative combination buses can be a passen ...

* KAvZ-4959 (1985) -

* 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)

Models

Current

Former

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