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'') was a van and light truck produced in
Lublin
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,
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, between 1958 and 1998 by
FSC. It was based on
FSO Warszawa :''Sections of this article are translated from Polish Wikipedia''.
FSO Warszawa (from Polish: '' Warsaw'') was an automobile manufactured in FSO factory in Warsaw, Poland between 1951–1973, based on GAZ-M20 Pobeda.
The Warszawa was the f ...
, which in turn was licensed from the Soviet passenger car
GAZ-M20 Pobeda
The GAZ-M20 "Pobeda" (russian: ГАЗ-М20 Победа; ''победа'' means ''victory'') was a passenger car produced in the Soviet Union by GAZ from 1946 until 1958. It was also licensed to the Polish Passenger Automobile Factory and prod ...
. The chassis, suspension and engine from FSO Warszawa formed the basis of the Żuk and the
Nysa light vans designed in the late 1950s. About were manufactured.
The Żuk was mainly sold to state organizations, but also to individuals. After 1989, with the liberalization of the Polish economy, the Żuk was able to maintain sales to the traditional markets and expand the number sold to individual consumers. The final few years of production was in parallel to its successor, the
Lublin van, as a cheaper alternative.
The Żuk came in a range of body styles. The most common were van and light 1.1-ton pickup truck. Rarer variants were
minibus
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and a long-cab truck. Rare f