Zavolzhye Engine Factory
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Open joint-stock company | |
Traded as | MCX: ZMZN |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1958 |
Headquarters | Zavolzhye, Russia |
Revenue | $18.3 million[1] (2016) |
$507 thousand[1] (2016) | |
$14.9 thousand[1] (2016) | |
Owner | UAZ (94.9%)[2] |
Parent | Sollers JSC |
Website |
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The Zavolzhye Engine Factory (Russian: Заволжский моторный завод, translit. Zavolzhskiy Motorniy Zavod, ZMZ) is a Russian automotive engine producer.
The plant was founded in April 1958 to provide GAZ with engines, in particular for its new GAZ-21 Volga.[3]
The factory's first product was a brand-new 2,445 cc (149.2 cu in) OHV engine. Unusual for the era, it had aluminum block and head, with chain-driven camshaft and compression ratio of 6.6:1; it produced 70 hp (52 kW; 71 PS) at 4,000 rpm and 123 lb⋅ft (167 N⋅m) at 2,200 rpm.[4] The first engine was assembled 4 November 1959; by December 1968, ZMZ had produced one million examples.[5]
ZMZ became independent in 1961, and was bought by UAZ in 2001. It produces spare parts for many vehicles of Soviet origin, as well as for some Ford models. [6]
References
- 1 2 3 http://www.e-disclosure.ru/portal/FileLoad.ashx?Fileid=1349773.
- ↑ "Список аффилированных лиц". e-disclosure.ru. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ↑ Thompson, Andy. Cars of the Soviet Union (Haynes Publishing, Somerset, UK, 2008), p.66.
- ↑ Thompson, p.62.
- ↑ Thompson, p.66.
- ↑ Thompson, p.66.
Sources
- Thompson, Andy. Cars of the Soviet Union. Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing, 2008.