Lviv Bus Factory
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The Lviv Automobile Factory, , mostly known under its obsolete name L’vivs’ky Avtobusnyi Zavod is a bus
manufacturing company in Lviv
, Ukraine
. Their brand
-name is LAZ (ЛАЗ), and the company and its products are often referred to with this acronym rather than the full name.
It was one of the major bus manufacturers in the Soviet Union
and the largest-ever industrial company in the city. Now it is a private, holding company. It still manufactures buses of EURO class today.
Some of its most widely-known products include the LAZ-695 city bus and its stretched tourist-oriented version, the LAZ-699. ElectroLAZ, the distinctive modern LAZ trolleybus
can be seen circulating in several cities around the world. LAZ is providing transportation for the UEFA Euro 2012 championship that is going to be held in Ukraine and Poland in 2012. The Ukraine government signed a contract to purchase 2500 new "CityLAZ" buses along with a possible 800 more.
The Lviv Bus Factory is undergoing constant change for the better. An example of this is the fact that LAZ is moving into the American market very soon. The trip for the company starts in New York, where the American offices are located. The first deliveries in Macedonia were made in February 2011. Deliveries for cities in Ukraine will be made throughout the whole year.
The new models are as follows;
LEMBERG 5208-MB - Tour coach on a Mercedes Benz chassie
LEMBERG 5208-MAN - Tour coach on a Man chassie
NEOLAZ 5208-10 - 10 meter tour coach on a laz chassie
NEOLAZ 5208-12 - 12 meter tour coach on a laz chassie
AEROLAZ AX183 - Airport bus which has doors on both sides
CITYLAZ A152D1 - 10 meter city bus
CITYLAZ A183D1 - 12 meter low floor city bus
CITYLAZ A183F0 - 12 meter city bus
CITYLAZ A191 - 13.5 meter low floor city bus
CITYLAZ A183-13.5 - 13.5 meter city bus
CITYLAZ A291 - 17.6 meter low floor city bus
CITYLAZ A292 - 18.6 meter low floor city bus
ELECTROLAZ E183D1 - 12 meter trolley bus DC
ELECTROLAZ E183A1 - 12 meter trolley bus AC
ELECTROLAZ E301D1 - 18.6 meter trolley bus DC
ELECTROLAZ E301A1 - 18.6 meter trolley bus AC
INTERLAZ 10LE - 10 meter intercity bus
INTERLAZ 12LE - 12 meter intercity bus
INTERLAZ 13.5LE - 13.5 meter intercity bus
LINERLAZ A141 CITY - Small tour coach based on the "LAZ" 695 and designed for comfort and for Ukraine roads
LINERLAZ A141 TOUR - Small city bus based on the "LAZ" 695 and designed for comfort and for Ukraine roads
http://laz.ua
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
manufacturing company in Lviv
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. Their brand
Brand
The American Marketing Association defines a brand as a "Name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers."...
-name is LAZ (ЛАЗ), and the company and its products are often referred to with this acronym rather than the full name.
It was one of the major bus manufacturers in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
and the largest-ever industrial company in the city. Now it is a private, holding company. It still manufactures buses of EURO class today.
Some of its most widely-known products include the LAZ-695 city bus and its stretched tourist-oriented version, the LAZ-699. ElectroLAZ, the distinctive modern LAZ trolleybus
Trolleybus
A trolleybus is an electric bus that draws its electricity from overhead wires using spring-loaded trolley poles. Two wires and poles are required to complete the electrical circuit...
can be seen circulating in several cities around the world. LAZ is providing transportation for the UEFA Euro 2012 championship that is going to be held in Ukraine and Poland in 2012. The Ukraine government signed a contract to purchase 2500 new "CityLAZ" buses along with a possible 800 more.
The Lviv Bus Factory is undergoing constant change for the better. An example of this is the fact that LAZ is moving into the American market very soon. The trip for the company starts in New York, where the American offices are located. The first deliveries in Macedonia were made in February 2011. Deliveries for cities in Ukraine will be made throughout the whole year.
The new models are as follows;
LEMBERG 5208-MB - Tour coach on a Mercedes Benz chassie
LEMBERG 5208-MAN - Tour coach on a Man chassie
NEOLAZ 5208-10 - 10 meter tour coach on a laz chassie
NEOLAZ 5208-12 - 12 meter tour coach on a laz chassie
AEROLAZ AX183 - Airport bus which has doors on both sides
CITYLAZ A152D1 - 10 meter city bus
CITYLAZ A183D1 - 12 meter low floor city bus
CITYLAZ A183F0 - 12 meter city bus
CITYLAZ A191 - 13.5 meter low floor city bus
CITYLAZ A183-13.5 - 13.5 meter city bus
CITYLAZ A291 - 17.6 meter low floor city bus
CITYLAZ A292 - 18.6 meter low floor city bus
ELECTROLAZ E183D1 - 12 meter trolley bus DC
ELECTROLAZ E183A1 - 12 meter trolley bus AC
ELECTROLAZ E301D1 - 18.6 meter trolley bus DC
ELECTROLAZ E301A1 - 18.6 meter trolley bus AC
INTERLAZ 10LE - 10 meter intercity bus
INTERLAZ 12LE - 12 meter intercity bus
INTERLAZ 13.5LE - 13.5 meter intercity bus
LINERLAZ A141 CITY - Small tour coach based on the "LAZ" 695 and designed for comfort and for Ukraine roads
LINERLAZ A141 TOUR - Small city bus based on the "LAZ" 695 and designed for comfort and for Ukraine roads
http://laz.ua