GAZ does not build many cars like the GAZon NEXT: a Flatbed truck, built from 2014 as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market.
The background
The GAZon NEXT is a truck produced by the Russian vehicle manufacturer GAZ. The vehicle has been in production since 2014 and is the successor to the GAZ-3307. Under the name Sadko NEXT comes a four-wheel drive variant of the vehicle; accordingly, this is the successor to the GAZ-3308.
Under the skin
The record carries the shape — a Flatbed truck — and the layout: 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 engine, output and weight have not yet reached the open record, and MotorJury does not guess at them.
Where it sits
Where it sits in GAZ's history is not in doubt: the GAZ-3307 came before it; it was built at Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Infiniti Q50, the Chevrolet Camaro, the Ferrari 488. Its GAZ stablemates include the Chaika and the GAZ 24-24.