GAZ-24 Volga
History
The standard car of mid-ranking officials, taxi fleets, the KGB and the police. The GAZ-24 was the most numerous Volga ever built and the true workhorse of the Soviet state machine.
The GAZ-24 replaced the GAZ-21 in 1970 and embodied the era of “developed socialism”: restrained styling with little chrome, a roomy cabin and a large boot. Its main customers were state organisations — ministries, regional party committees, the police, the KGB, taxi fleets and ambulance services. Private buyers rarely got one; cars mostly went to veterans, Heroes of Labour and cultural figures through special lists. The GAZ-24-24, fitted with the Chaika's V8, was built for the KGB and used to escort government motorcades.
Production
- Production years
- 1970–1992
- Total built
- 1,481,561 units
- Price
- 9,150 roubles
- Designer
- Lev Tsikolenko, Nikolai Kireev
Specifications
- Engine
- 2445 cc, 4 cyl.
- Power
- 95 hp
- Top speed
- 147 km/h
- 0–100 km/h
- 23 s
- Gearbox
- 4-speed
- Drive
- Rear
- Weight
- 1420 kg
- Fuel consumption
- 12 l/100 km
Data sheet
- Production period
- from 1968
- Dimensions (L × W × H)
- 4735 × 1820 × 1490 mm
- Seats
- 6
- Kerb weight
- 1400 kg
- Gross weight
- 1800 kg
- Wheelbase
- 2800 mm
- Ground clearance
- 180 mm
- Top speed
- 145 km/h
- Fuel consumption
- 8 l/100 km
- Engine
- GAZ-24, carburettor, four-stroke, four-cylinder, overhead-valve
- Displacement
- 2.44 l
- Compression ratio
- 8.2
- Maximum power
- 95 hp
- Clutch
- single-plate, dry, hydraulically operated
- Gearbox
- four-speed
- Final drive
- single, hypoid
- Steering gear
- globoid worm and twin-ridge roller
- Tyre size
- 7,35-14
Source: the autoussr.ru reference archive
The GAZ-24-24 with the Chaika's V8 produced 195 hp
Rarely sold to private buyers
The main Soviet taxi of the 1970s and 1980s
Exported to Belgium and the United Kingdom as the Volga
The GAZ-24-02 estate served as an ambulance and a taxi
