Zavolzhye Engine Factory
The Zavolzhye Engine Factory (in Russian, Zavolzhye Motorni Zavod, ZMZ) was a Soviet automotive engine producer.
The plant was begun in April 1958 to provide GAZ with engines, in particular for its new GAZ-21 Volga.[1]
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.[2] The first engine was assembled 4 November 1959; by December 1968, ZMZ had produced one million examples.[3]
ZMZ became independent in 1961, and was bought by UAZ in 2001.[4]
References
Sources
- Thompson, Andy. Cars of the Soviet Union. Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing, 2008.
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