GAZ does not build many cars like the GAZ-A with 3.3 L GAZ-A I4, built from 1932 to 1936 when streamlining and independent suspension were arriving together.
Where it came from
The GAZ-A is a passenger car that was mass-produced by GAZ from 1932 until 1936. It was the first passenger car to be produced in the Soviet Union and is a near-exact copy of the Ford Model A from 1930. To the local population, the car was nicknamed "Gazik".
Under the skin
Under the skin sits 3.3 L GAZ-A I4. Kerb weight is 1080 kg. The gearbox is a 3-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 2630 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Where it sits in GAZ's history is not in doubt: the GAZ-M1 followed it; it was built at Gorky, Soviet Union. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Bugatti Type 57, the Chevrolet Suburban, the British Motor Corporation Morris Ten. Nearby in the GAZ catalogue sit the Chaika and the GAZ 24-24.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the GAZ-A has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.