ErAZ was an automobile manufacturer in Yerevan

Yerevan

Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...

 (Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

) mostly known for producing the van

Van

A van is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people.In British English usage, it can be either specially designed or based on a saloon or sedan car, the latter type often including derivatives with open backs...

 RAF-977K

RAF-977

The RAF-977 was a Soviet van made by Riga Autobus Factory based on components from the GAZ-21 Volga. It was introduced in 1958 in a variety of styles including a 10-seat minibus and a cargo van...

 (as ErAZ-762) from 1966 to 1996. Plans to establish the ErAZ factory came about on December 31, 1964, by the Council of Ministers of the Armenian SSR

Armenian SSR

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. The original staff were trained at the Riga Autobus Factory (RAF) in Latvia and UAZ

UAZ

UAZ , Ulyanovsky Avtomobilny Zavod is an automobile manufacturer based in Ulyanovsk, Russia which manufactures off-road vehicles, buses and trucks. It is best known for its Model 469 jeep, which has seen wide use as a military vehicle in Russia and around the world...

in Russia. ErAZ was privatized in 1995 and declared bankruptcy in 2002.

Models

• 1966-1996 ErAZ 762 (762A, 762B, 762 AIV, 762 VAR)
• ErAZ 3218
• 1995-2002 ErAZ 3730

External links

• ErAZ fan page