40% of Russian residents surveyed expect the resumption of production of Soviet Volga cars. In this respect reports According to the results of a survey conducted by the feedback research center TASS.
“Auto enthusiasts were asked which car model from the past of the Soviet automobile industry they would like to see again on Russian roads or consider it necessary to expand the scale of production. According to the research, “Volga” received the most votes; More than 40% of those surveyed voted for this brand.”
It is stated that 30% of Russians surveyed voted for the return of the old Niva, and almost a quarter (22%) chose Chaika. Pobeda and Moskvich-412 each received 19 percent of the votes.
Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov said in June 2022: reportThey will restart production of the Volga and Pobeda car brands in Russia. Manturov also did not indicate the possible timing of the resumption of production. Answering the question of whether cars of these brands will be produced in Nizhny Novgorod, he said that the project can be implemented on different sites.
Previously former AvtoVAZ artist Vasily Markin supplied Preliminary design project of the “New Volga”.