These legendary black cars inspired fear in enemy spies, as well as among Soviet citizens. More powerful and faster than ordinary Soviet vehicles, these cars were able to follow and chase the...

The GAZ Chaika (Russian: Ча́йка), which means gull, is a luxury automobile from the Soviet Union made by GAZ (Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod, translated as Gorky Automobile Plant (Russian: ГАЗ or Го́рьковский автомоби́льный заво́д)). The vehicle is one step down from the ZIL-111 limousine, and was produced in much larger numbers.

The GAZ-24-24 was used by the KGB as interceptor and security car. It was an outrider vehicle accompanying governmental Chaika and ZIL limousines.

The Volga (Russian: Волга) is an executive car that originated in the Soviet Union to replace the GAZ Pobeda in 1956. Their role in serving the Soviet nomenklatura made them a contemporary cultural icon. Several generations of the car have been produced.

Nov 22, 2021 · The black Volga sedan was the standard car for Party apparatchiks, senior military officers, and the KGB, with senior police officers using white Volgas with blue police insignia. (The photo is a still from the movie “Octopussy.”)

Apr 29, 2013 · There was even a high performance V8 engine version (named GAZ M 23) produced for the KGB, fitted with an automatic transmission. Even though this car never reached the fame of the Ford Mainline, it is still considered an iconic vehicle with fans all over the world, including in the USA.

One of the most popular car brands in the USSR, Volga, was a favorite of Vladimir Putin and Yuri Gagarin. It even became a hero of dark urban legends in Eastern Europe.

The fearsome security agency admired these custom-made cars so much that they were nicknamed the ‘KGB Volga’. The GAZ-24, also known as the ‘Volga’, was a popular car produced by the Gorky Automobile Plant in the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1992.

Thanks to the last Soviet leader, production of the Chaika, the most beautiful car in the country, was stopped, and all tech documentation and equipment destroyed. The damage was so huge that all...

Aug 30, 2012 · The GAZ 14 was equipped with a 5.5 liter aluminum block V8 (with two 4-barrel carburetors) that was good for 220 horses. It could haul the Black Beauty up to 109 mph. Officially, the 5,700 pound car got 17.6 miles to the gallon.