GAZ and ZiL: The Death Throes of Soviet Luxury

Greetings friends, both old and new, as I once again take you on a journey from the mid 80s to the late 90s to turn over some forgotten old stones and look at the weird, quirky cars that could've been. But weren't.
Please be really normal about the USSR in the comments. I'm watching you, I'll know if you argue!
CORRECTION: The second GAZ 3106 Ataman-II prototype didn't show up until the early/mid 2000s.
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Bibliography (Also extra reading if you want to get into the nitty gritty):
www.rbth.com/history/333902-g...
en.delachieve.com/gaz-3104-vo...
taylrrenee.com/avtomobili/231...
www.autoweek.com/car-life/cla...
ceautoclassic.eu/the-forgotte...
www.carjager.com/blog/article...
www.denisovets.ru/gaz/gazpages...
Soundtrack:
0:00 State Anthem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
0:55 Papers, Please: Theme Song - Lucas Pope
3:06 Katyusha (Instrumental) - VladimirGLenin
4:18 Crystal City - Time Machine (Хрустальный Город - Машина Времени)
9:03 Blue Dream - Vova Blue & The Brothers In Reason (Голубая мечта - Вова Синий и Братья По Разуму)
11:47 Last Hero - Kino (Последний герой - Кино)
13:29 State Anthem of the Russian Federation
14:00 From Russia With Love - Huma-Huma
14:23 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Theme - James Hannigan
15:02 Close the door behind me, I'm leaving - Kino (Закрой за мной дверь, я ухожу - Кино)
18:09 Rock 'n' Roll is Dead - Akvarium (Рок н ролл мёртв - Аквариум)
20:33 There will be a day - Russians (Будет день - Россияне)
Sorry for the long titles but a lot of these songs are very hard to find unless you google them in Cyrillic so I'd be remiss not to provide them as such.

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[@NeurodivergentSuperiority]

Don't let this distract you from the fact that Lada and Zaorophets had plans and projects for Group B rally racing

[@IntergalacticBinman]

Yet another topic already in the backlog! The various Eastern Bloc attempts at Group B and Group S are deserving of their own video.

[@NeurodivergentSuperiority]

@@IntergalacticBinman You are thinking of everything! Shit, i gotta make my own videos on even more obscure topics fast

[@heavytube7890]

@@IntergalacticBinman This topic scares me by quite a large mile. I also cannot say how excited i am - this sounds to be excellent!

[@BFB_tg]

@@IntergalacticBinman That would be awesome! Will be waiting for that!

[@kizzmequik70four]

Wait, so would they just immediately catch fire, instead of waiting to crash before catching fire like all the other Group B rally cars did?

[@UNLY]

A very unexpected topic for a video on soviet/russian cars. People outside the former USSR are usually just talk about Ladas or if they want to dig deeper - Moskvitches. And yet - here we are. A detailed look on something very few know about. Love it. Thanks to the forementioned Pig for shouting you out. Also, i find the lack of Volga 3111 in the video disturbing. That was truly the last grasp by Gaz at a modern Volga, and was produced in bigger numbers than 3105, and was kind of a cheaper smaller more avalible to the people. Yet, still costed the same as western counterparts

[@IntergalacticBinman]

I didn't cover the 3111 because it was much more a do-over of previous gen volgas, with much of the floorpan sharing similar fundamentals from what I've been able to learn (although I'd be interested to be corrected!). I was more so trying to focus on the new developments being made, to emphasize the point that not *everything* in the USSR was a tarted-up 60s turd. On top of that, if I covered the 3111 I'd feel obligated to cover every single modernisation attempt of the old Volga platform which would've blown the video out of proportion; I did that once with the Rover video, and that took me (admittedly on-and-off) 3 months!

[@GetToHellOut]

​@@IntergalacticBinman no, actually it's other way around. Volga 3111 was an all original car at the design stage, but in order to get into production, some parts were "temporary" changed to the Volga 3110 one's (like, for example, rear suspension). But after the 3111 failure, some parts of 3111 were remade for 3110, thus making 31105 with new front suspension, based on the 3111.

[@adriangaliver]

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[@UNLY]

@@adriangaliver я вездесущ

[@CheeseScout]

@@UNLY I guess if I buy one and import to the US for occasional driving, it would be extremely unique

[@DanteBC]

I'm living in Nizhniy Novgorod and lived all my teen years in the city where ZMZ plant was located and engines for Volga cars were made. Thank you for such a deep and detailed video about complicated and probably confusing history of Russian automotive history.

[@CheeseScout]

I guess you should buy few AGAT models for yourself as souvenirs ;D

[@kexmachine]

Tovarish, thank you for promoting the great soviet automobile industry. Unlike stupid westerners, we, have the best accessories in our cars. Unlimited entertainment from constantly fixing them and amazing winter fishing hole. Tovarish Lazer Pig sends his regards.

[@user-mj7dt8of8e]

frequent breakdowns of Soviet cars is just a myth. In addition, Soviet cars were built with increased strength, since operating conditions in Russia are more severe.

[@kexmachine]

@@user-mj7dt8of8e all of my uncles that had rust bucket called Жигуль, would disagree with you. Also, there is a reason why it was a dream in a union to buy ANY international car.

[@Zughiv]

fully agree, but the cool reason that they might seem reliable and your uncles still had a rustbucket of a žiguly is the fact that they were designed to be built so poorly that any roadside fixes with a rock and some shoelace will probably be about as good as the factory stuff

[@marcusott2973]

​@@user-mj7dt8of8e Lada wasn't even a Soviet designed car, it's a Fiat 124 dumbed down for Russia and designed in Turin. Assembled in the Toligstatt plant, completely built by Fiat.

[@zetros3]

@@Zughiv that doesn't give these cars an excuse for the fact that they're still piles of shit. western manufacturing wasn't amazing by any modern standards, but even back then i'd wager it was lightyears better than any russian production.

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[@leoantonov5513]

Thanks for the great video! A small correction: ZIL is torn down years ago, now there’s a residential complex. The only thing left from old ZIL is its entrance building. Being a teenager when ZIL was demolished, I’ve made numerous visits there and it fascinated me just how massive this factory was. Btw, I know an owner of one of 55 GAZ 3105s… let me put it this way: it shows that it’s not a production model. And in case anyone wondered, yeah, that front seats are indeed pulled from a Volvo.

[@leoantonov5513]

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[@CheeseScout]

It must be very cool to own such a unique car... I am sure you saw the documentary about the last ZILs being made. And fittingly, those convertibles were left unsold for a while, then Yanukovych bought at least one of them.

[@leoantonov5513]

@@CheeseScout yeah, I’ve seen that documentary. There are also numerous written sources in Russian about last years of ZIL, it’s a sad story. As an automotive enthusiast you also might be interested in history of MZMA/AZLK plant (their cars are known as Moskvitchs) - they had a lot of innovative ideas for that time and place, and I think most of post-Soviet automotive-related people at some point were working at AZLK

[@CheeseScout]

@@leoantonov5513 The end of ZIL is indeed unfortunate. As a frequent shopper for DeAgostini, I have quite a few of the AZLK concept cars like 2144, 3-5-6 and the minivan. Many what if-s....

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[@h.dejong2531]

Zil had one last gasp with the ZIL-4112R. A prototype was built in 2006-2012. This was basically a 41047 with a facelift, and an attempt to get a Kremlin contract for new state limousines. There's an hour-long documentary 'The last limousine' that tells the story of the 4112R. Putin went 'nah' and used Mercedes limos until the Aurus brand was set up to build the Senat.

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[@user-cq3wt6dv4j]

The cars in the film are made for the May 9 parade. For himself, Putin made the Cortege project ("проект кортеж"), which ZIL never completed.

[@matrixzs5052]

As someone who's grandad was a Volga chauffeur, I very much enjoyed someone finally covering the wierd and quirky soviet luxury cars. But i'd still love to see some of your takes on some other communist cars, especially the weird, niche ones, like some of the east German, Polish or Yugoslavian stuff. Also as a Latvian I can't not bring up the RAF vans and buses, anyways great video and channel.

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There are @Intergalactic Binman some experimental RAF vans you can cover, like RAF-M1 "Roxanne" (РАФ-М1 Роксана) and RAF-M2 "Stils" (РАФ-М2 Стилс) As well as Izh's and Moskvich's experiments ("Старт", "Истра" etc.)

[@notaslav]

I love it when people make videos on the Soviet car industry. My grandfather was a driver for a local KGB agent, and his Volga was given as a personal car. My other grandfather frame swapped the body of a used, rusty VAZ-2101 he had bought onto a scrap VAZ-2105 chassis, as it was easier to do that than to buy a new car. Soviet car culture is so interesting. Great video, love ❤

[@CheeseScout]

Was he given the V8 Volga, or it was a regular version

[@notaslav]

@@CheeseScout I believe it was the standard version, V8s were only given to higher-ranking officials and some police forces if I remember correctly

[@CheeseScout]

@@notaslav Not too bad driving for KGB with a KGB variant then get a regular one for his own use!

[@TheMadSlavik]

​@@CheeseScoutI think he was driving a regular Volga for a KGB official. The V8 ones were for field operatives to keep up with cars of foreign diplomats (i.e. spies) while blending in with the traffic. Which is lucky for him since from what I know V8 ones required special training because in order to fit a Chaika V8 into a smaller engine bay they had remove power brakes. And Volgas never had power steering.

[@CheeseScout]

@@TheMadSlavik I wonder with the better powertrain, how the handling was compared to more sophisticated high end luxury cars ( when those had coil spring suspension on the back, or independent rear suspension or even air suspension ) but with a car that powerful without power brake or power steering, driving must be a challenge. Maybe like the higher performance early '50s Detroit cars I used to drive

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[@alexeishayya-shirokov3603]

A very well researched video, especially for someone who doesn't know Russian. A couple of remarks though: 1- You left out the GAZ 3111 Volga from the early 2000s, which failed for the same reason it's predecessors did: a good car that wasn't significantly cheaper than it's established competition in the executive car segment. 2- GAZ wasn't "robbed by Putin and the oligarchs" (a very oversimplified relationship btw). Its civilian plants and brand name were bought up by Oleg Deripaska's "Basic Element" industrial group, and is now the country's largest manufacturer of vans and pickup trucks, and the second largest manufacturer of buses and coaches. Last but not least, they went from an enterprise that relied on state funding to survive in the 1990s one that actually turns a profit (yes, even without it's military vehicles, which accounted for the bulk of its revenue in Soviet times).

[@neromastic4512]

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[@bruhmoment198]

Hello from Nizhny!You actually showed the true history of both GAZ and ZIL,however,you missed the modern part(2010s and 2020).Gaz is still operating and is making more cars(vans)now than ever In 1994,when GAZelle first launched,it was the main and the only vehicle to keep the factory alive.The main thing why did people buy them are cheapness and being able to work in all kind of conditions. It didn't have a good quality,but it was the only van in Russia in the 90s.Right now the quality stood up a lot(mainly due to Cummins engines).As for the ZiL,their trucks are still used,but as a farming tools.Since the only cars that they made were officials,they are still in a very good condition and considered as a retro-vehicle,like 60s Mustang in the US. As of a factory,it's dead and there's nothing left in it.Overall good video

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[@RichieRouge206]

What interesting video and well researched and informative! As a car nut - I love anything quirky and strange. I was aware of Gaz and Zil so it’s great to hear more.

[@MalfunctioningAndroid]

It's true about standing in line to buy a car. But not so drastic. Second hand market did exist and bloomed. Zaporozhets was shit tier, moskvitch was meh, and zhiguli was bmw of the time, and quite attainable to a young couple of engineers. But just like anything else in USSR it was done around official channels. Which is quite interesting by itself. Volga was hard to obtain but doable. My grandad was a decorated war vet and he drove a volga. So you didn't have to be a marshal or whatever.

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[@MalfunctioningAndroid]

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[@PredatorPlaysPs]

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I like to think I didn't go further than Commieboo, but of course that might be the rose-tinted glasses talking...

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Same think sort of happened to Tatra. They made one model post soviet into the late 90s which actually was a pretty good luxury car, and then only produced trucks from then on.

[@mateuszzimon8216]

They inspired Ferdinand Porsche to make a Beetle, then Austrian painter took Czechoslovakia, and in 2008 grandson greenlight software for Diesel Gate.

[@ekkovonlol6804]

I'm here cuz of Lazerpig but omg your content is fun to listen to, it's funny, entertaining, great learning value and your voice is great to listen to 👍🏻 Keep making the great content

[@jamesruddock9596]

Glad to see you're getting more subs now, raid or not, you fully deserve it, look forward to the next video!

[@mathewhumvee]

Laser pig sent me here and he wasn’t wrong

[@BigChopSs]

Great video , I would love to see you do specific car models too . Kinda like ReVelations on Hagerty with camisa, but in your style of course .Keep it up 👍

[@gehtsienixan4442]

great videos, you deserve much more views. keep goin man!

[@tactilecacti]

This niche content is honestly the best. I came here from the PiggyMan, but I stayed because this is some good stuff. Keep it up!

[@joao.brigato]

Your content is really good! That’s why you growth rapidly. Continue with this fantastic job. And if I can suggest something, do a video about Brazilian car industry during the militar regime

[@IntergalacticBinman]

There's a lot of weird and unique cars from that period, so could be fun!

[@AlexCab_49]

The regular Soviet person couldn't afford cars but they had far superior transit to what we have in the US and it was one of the few things the Soviets were great at

[@IntergalacticBinman]

When the bar for public transit is the US, it's not exactly hard to do better!

[@AlexCab_49]

@@IntergalacticBinman the most comparable US cities to Soviet ones like Kiev, Moscow and Leningrad in terms of transit reliability and usage would probably be New York, Boston, Philadelphia and San Francisco. So I'd be interesting to see a comparison between New York and Moscow or Chicago and Leningrad in say 1985.

[@dsscats2198]

Just came across your channel thanks to the algorithm. Your rapid growth burst is well deserved! You know how to tell a story well.

[@steelfox1448]

KZbin recommended me one of your videos, love your content

[@Healtsome]

Oi I actually own ZAZ Tavria. Glad to see it mentioned!

[@samuelsmith6281]

LazerPig is right, this is some quality content... 😗👌

[@gordonfischer8484]

This dudes channel is definitely going to blow up!

[@dannork1240]

Where has this channel been all my life? Your videos are awesome

[@Pushing_Pixels]

If only those last designs had made it to market, at low production and just for a little while, they would be expensive collector's items now. I actually think they both looked great.

[@BFB_tg]

These cars are so beyond people's minds and possibilities in post soviet countries like Ukraine that average men thought Volga was a luxury whip, and some do to these days! Thank you for digging this corpse of history for the public! Now help me throw it back to the grave please lmao

[@SamwiseOutdoors]

I'm really enjoying your work. I love the liberal use of dry humor and snarky quips. Also, your voice has a Chris Barrie-esque quality to it that I find familiar and soothing. Keep it up.

[@VortexGP]

These videos are amazing! You should have hundreds of thousands of subscribers!

[@michaelimbesi2314]

0:43 In Soviet Russia, *video watches you*.

[@IntergalacticBinman]

I am. Right now. I am omniscient.

[@bonda_racing3579]

Hey am new to your channel. Thanks to Lazerpig he’s got great taste! I Just wanted to say thanks to introducing me to the crazy history behind Mazda and the Cosmos. Your really talented and I can’t wait to see what other gems you birth into the world. Cheers! From NYC

[@korien8976]

Glad I discovered your channel. Love your humor.

[@karolmikolajczyk6347]

huge dubs bro! amazing video as per keep the good work up