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The GAZ-61 is a four-wheel-drive car from USSR manufacturer GAZ first introduced in 1938 by designer V. A. Gratchev, to replace his too-complex model GAZ-M21.

Key facts

Automobile.image
Газ-61.JPG
Automobile.name
GAZ-61V / GAZ-61B()
Automobile.manufacturer
GAZ
Automobile.production
1938–1945238 made
Automobile.predecessor
GAZ-M21
Automobile.successor
GAZ-64
Automobile.class
Full-size car
Automobile.body_style
Five-seat, four-door phaeton
Automobile.layout
F4 layout
Automobile.engine
3.4L GAZ-11 I6
Automobile.transmission
4-speed manual
Automobile.assembly
Soviet Union: Gorky, Ulyanovsk

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The GAZ-61 is a four-wheel-drive car from USSR manufacturer GAZ first introduced in 1938 by designer V. A. Gratchev, to replace his too-complex model GAZ-M21.

== History == It was essentially a GAZ-M1 with a higher stance and all-wheel drive (one of the world's first all-wheel drive passenger cars). It could climb angles up to 38 degrees and cross water up to deep.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “GAZ-61” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.