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Nobody will argue that the Volvo XC90 is a pretty decent SUV. It's stylish, comfortable, and even comes with a V8 now. But all that doesn't explain why it won "Russian SUV of The Year"...for the third time. Considering the soft nature of the big Volvo, we would have thought the hardened fist of Russian nationalism would have pushed for a more domestic entry. But if they won't, we will: Thus, Jalopnik's "No Bolshevik" nominations for Russian SUV of the Year.
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Volvo XC90 Wins Russian "SUV of The Year," We Offer Alternatives
Nobody will argue that the Volvo XC90 is a pretty decent SUV. It's stylish, comfortable, and even comes with a V8 now. But all that doesn't explain why it won "Russian SUV of The Year"...for the third time. Considering the soft nature of the big Volvo, we would have thought the hardened fist of Russian nationalism would have pushed for a more domestic entry. But if they won't, we will: Thus, Jalopnik's "No Bolshevik" nominations for Russian SUV of the Year.
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11:20 AM on Wed Jun 11 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
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Latest by Maymar - now with 37% less anonymity: @BlackIce_GTS: I fail at skimming articles - that makes me a sad panda. On the other hand, any chance to say or write monocoque redeems just about any car (or pushes it into stratospherically cool in this case). more »
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Volga Display Of Prana: Russian Automaker GAZ Seeks Partners In India
Apparently this has been out there for a while, but before we discussed the news that Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod, manufacturers of the Volga line of hulking vehicular tragicomic props, was looking for partners on the Indian subcontinent, we needed to find press releases with the right sort of Moose-Und-Sqvirrel feel. More »
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Pobeda, Baby!
We think the ideal car for a Russian rockabilly dude would have to be a heavily customized ZIS 112, but the GAZ-M20 Pobeda is way easier to find these days. Lower it a bit, shine up the chrome, and install some aftermarket wheels, and you'll be living in an alternate universe in which the Soviet Union of the 1950s was all about rock-n-roll and hot-rod hoonage.
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Pobeda Pursuit!
A coworker was telling me about her childhood in Russia and her family's Zaporozhets. "Terrible car," she told me. "My grandfather, he had a real car!" Yes, it was a special occasion when the whole family could ditch the ZAZ and climb into Grandpa's spacious GAZ-M20 Pobeda for a holiday road trip. So in honor of the mighty Pobeda, here's some footage of unknown origin showing one getting a little loose on wet pavement.
novelties
Russian Used Cars Are Much Better Than Ours: GAZ 59037A
Ever wish you had something a little more substantial than the ridiculous Ford F650, but you're looking for something with a military flair? Perhaps a bit more intimidating to keep those overzealous tailgater's off your back side? Might we interest you in this compelling GAZ 59037A? It's the civilian version of Russia's GAZ BTR 80 armored troop carrier. Fitted with all the modern amenities such as fold flat seating, DVD player, panoramic skylights, a 10.85L supercharged V8, good for 260 hp and 578 lb.ft. of torque, nearly half a meter of ground clearance and let's not forget, it floats. We seem to have convinced you, might we interest you in the available central tire inflation system? If you're interested in further details, pay a visit to this site, if you're good with Russian, go here. (Ed - We're going to get so much crazy email over this)
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In Mother Russia, New Satellite Standards Map You!
While most of us were inhaling fruit cake, those wacky Russians decided to launch three Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) mapping satellites into space on Tuesday. This launch is a big milestone in the implementation of the GLONASS, which has been in the works since the mid 1970s. But how will this affect vehicular navigation? More »
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With all the reveals going on for the Frankfurt Auto Show, we almost forgot there's a show in Moscow heating up the Russian capitol, and Russian automaker GAZ has just revealed their newest hot vehicle. And yet again, it's proof that in Russia, cars design you. Don't believe us? Quick, then — walk through the gallery below and spot and name which car(s) this particular Russian sedan's culling design cues from? We've already found four in just a few moments and we're fairly sure there's more fun to be found beneath the Moscow released folds of Russian automaker GAZ's newest intellectual property rip-off homage sedan, the Siber. [via Auto.lenta.ru]
GAZ Unveils Siber Sedan At Moscow Auto Show
With all the reveals going on for the Frankfurt Auto Show, we almost forgot there's a show in Moscow heating up the Russian capitol, and Russian automaker GAZ has just revealed their newest hot vehicle. And yet again, it's proof that in Russia, cars design you. Don't believe us? Quick, then — walk through the gallery below and spot and name which car(s) this particular Russian sedan's culling design cues from? We've already found four in just a few moments and we're fairly sure there's more fun to be found beneath the Moscow released folds of Russian automaker GAZ's newest 
Russian automaker GAZ buys 5% of General Motors. Yes, friends, the end of the world is nigh. [Automotive News via Autoblog]
Gaz wants nothing to do with FoMoCo's Jaguar and Land Rover. We love the sensationalism of the Russian press. [Reuters]
jumpin' jack flash is a gaz, gaz, gaz!
The GAZ-3102 was obviously a mighty special iteration of the Volga. Just eyeball that cheese-grater grille. Or better yet, bust out a brick of romano and top off your bowl of minestrone. Also not to be missed is what's apparently the heigh of proletariat fashion in the 1980s. Both the outfit and the Volga promise to offer comfort and convenience for many years. Thankfully, the swift comrades at the ad bureau were smart enough to avoid a false-advertising suit by touting style.
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In Soviet Russia, Volga Wears YOU!
The GAZ-3102 was obviously a mighty special iteration of the Volga. Just eyeball that cheese-grater grille. Or better yet, bust out a brick of romano and top off your bowl of minestrone. Also not to be missed is what's apparently the heigh of proletariat fashion in the 1980s. Both the outfit and the Volga promise to offer comfort and convenience for many years. Thankfully, the swift comrades at the ad bureau were smart enough to avoid a false-advertising suit by touting style.
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a potato in every pot
We Will Steer Over You! Soviet-Era Arcade Video Games
While we were throwing quarters into Spy Hunter or Robotron 2084, our counterparts in the Soviet Union were slipping Kopecks into Obgon and Autorally. Seems that Soviet military factories procured a few Japanese games and reverse engineered over 70 Soviet versions. These games were then officially distributed for the purposes of entertainment, and developing visual estimating ability. A couple of guys at Moscow State University have started collecting and restoring these digital-mechanical monuments to active leisure before the games were converted into wheelbarrows or similar oblivion. The game shown here is called Magistral, which translates as Superhighway. While competition for high score was discouraged, free plays were awarded for great achievement. Soviet-era driving games also featured a distinct lack of gas or brake pedals.[Thanks to Retro Thing for the tip] More »
fezzin' mah gaz
Turko-Schmaltz Ode To The GAZ Volga
Here's a Turk who just loves his '69 Volga! So much so, in fact, that he's put together possibly the most cheezy car-love video ever made. It's got endless photos and videos of his beloved white GAZ, every transition effect his $9.99 video-editing software had to offer, and all set to a tear-jerking weepo-pop soundtrack. We're just disappointed by the lack of Volga Drifting, but hey, can't have everything. More »
21 jump street
BMW 6-Series Goes GAZ-ooks, Becomes A Volga GAZ-21!
Everyone wants to make their pedestrian straight-off-the-line car look unique — that's kinda what customization's all about, right? Well, nothing could look more unique in our eyes than what our boy Paul Tan's hipped us to — apparently the owner of this BMW 6-Series didn't feel so cool with Perestroika, and wanted to make sure everyone knew where his allegiances lay. That's the only reason we can think of for why the owner's re-skinned a 6-series to make it look like a 2-door version of the 50's king car of the Kremlin "czars" — the Volga GAZ-21. We don't know much else about the reason why the owner decided to go retro in this re-skin, but we do know it takes someone with seriously big beets to customize a car with this much borscht. More »
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Chrysler Group Sales Speculation: Russian Billionaire To Fund Magna Bid For Chrysler!
OK, so we'll totally called this one. True, we called it humorously, but whatevs, we'll take our wins when and where we can. Under the terms of an agreement announced early Thursday companies owned by Oleg Deripaska, the Russian entrepreneur, will pay $1.54 billion to acquire 20 million Class A shares of Magna International. Magna CEO Frank "Stroke Me, Stroke Me" Stronach claims the transaction has nothing to do with the Chrysler bid — but it's hard not to think that the additional hot injection of cold Russian capital from Deripaska doesn't have something to do with it. So this means if the Magna deal goes through we'll have the same guy who owns GAZ also now owning part of the Chyrsler Group — so we guess GAZ will finally be able to steal those Jeep designs legally. Ah, the joys of Capitalism! [Hat tip to AllenParkPete!] More »
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Mayday! Mayday! One Bad GAZ Pobeda
We don't know what engine this GAZ-M20 Pobeda has, but it sounds pretty mean, in a crappy-yet-tough rusty-muffler-industrial sorta way. More »
novelty
All Hail The Glorious Revolutionary Stalinmobile!
At first glance we were thinking "All right, Stalin murals on a Volga- that's mildly entertaining, in a sort of twisted let's-pretend-the-gulag-never-happened way." But then we spotted the red star wheels on the thing! Da! English Russia, you're the Czar in our book. More »
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the gulag the glorious workers' factories of the Marxist-Leninist republics get the job done too! For example, these Russian hoons spinning some donuts in their Volgas. Sure, they're relatively lethargic donuts, but donuts nonetheless.
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