GAZ-13
Sign in to saveThe GAZ-13 Chaika (Seagull) is an automobile which was manufactured by the Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (GAZ, Gorky Automobile Plant) from 1959 to 1981 as a generation of its Chaika marque. It is famously noted for its styling which resembled 1950s Packard Patrician.
Key facts
- Automobile.name
- GAZ-13 Chaika
- Automobile.image
- Tschaika (7911936676).jpg
- Automobile.manufacturer
- GAZ
- Automobile.production
- 1959–1981 (first prototype made in 1955 or 1956)
- Automobile.assembly
- Soviet Union: Gorky
- Automobile.predecessor
- GAZ-12 ZIM
- Automobile.successor
- GAZ-14
- Automobile.class
- Full-size luxury car
- Automobile.layout
- FR layout
- Automobile.engine
- 5.5L ZMZ-13 V8
- Automobile.related
- Packard Patrician
- Automobile.transmission
- 3-speed automatic
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The GAZ-13 Chaika (Seagull) is an automobile which was manufactured by the Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (GAZ, Gorky Automobile Plant) from 1959 to 1981 as a generation of its Chaika marque. It is famously noted for its styling which resembled 1950s Packard Patrician.
==History== The GAZ-13 Chaika debuted in 1958. It was produced from 1959 to 1981, with 3,179 built in all. The GAZ-13 was powered by a 195-hp SAE gross 5.5 L V8 with a 4 barrel carburetor called the ZMZ-13 engine, and driven through a push-button automatic transmission of a similar design to the Chrysler PowerFlite unit. The engine was a relatively modern and reliable design for its time, and a modified version with a reduced compression ratio and smaller 2 barrel carburetor was used on the GAZ-53 truck, alongside the BRDM-2 military vehicle. It was offered as a saloon (GAZ-13), limousine (GAZ-13A), and four-door cabriolet (GAZ-13B) with an electrohydraulic top. The cabriolet was made in 1961 and 1962 for official parades.
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