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GAZ-M1
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The GAZ M1 (“Эмка“/”Emka”) was a passenger car produced by the Soviet automaker GAZ between 1936 and 1943, at their plant in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia).

Key facts

Automobile.name
GAZ-M1
Automobile.image
ГАЗ-М-1.JPG
Automobile.manufacturer
GAZ
Automobile.production
1936–19431940–1948 (GAZ 11-73)
Automobile.predecessor
GAZ-A (1932–1936)
Automobile.successor
GAZ-M20 Pobeda (4-cylinder)GAZ-12 ZIM (6-cylinder)
Automobile.transmission
3-speed manual
Automobile.class
Passenger car
Automobile.layout
Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Automobile.sp
uk
Automobile.related
1932 Ford
Automobile.assembly
Soviet Union: Gorky

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
car model
Subclass of
car
Mass
1370
Manufacturer
GAZ
Image
GAZ-M1 in the UMMC museum (2026-02-28) - 0.jpg
Height
1775
Width
1770
Length
4625
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Commons category
GAZ-M1
powered by
gasoline engine
wheelbase
2845
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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • Background
  • Development and introduction
  • Local modifications
  • The body
  • The engine and transmission
  • Finish
  • Engine upgrade
  • Taxi use
  • Variants
  • Four-cylinder version
  • Six-cylinder version
  • Three-axle prototypes
  • Other variants
  • References

The GAZ M1 (“Эмка“/”Emka”) was a passenger car produced by the Soviet automaker GAZ between 1936 and 1943, at their plant in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia).

Systematic production ended in 1941, but the factory was able to continue assembling cars from existing inventory of parts and components until 1943. In total, 62,888 GAZ M1 automobiles were produced.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “GAZ-M1” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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