RAF-2203
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Minibus
A minibus or minicoach is a passenger carrying motor vehicle that is designed to carry more people than a multi-purpose vehicle or minivan, but fewer people than a full-size bus. In the United Kingdom, the word "minibus" is used to describe any full-sized passenger carrying van. Minibuses have a...
designed and developed by Rīgas Autobusu Fabrika
Rigas Autobusu Fabrika
The Riga Autobus Factory was a factory in Jelgava, Latvia, making vans and minibuses under the brand name Latvija....
from 1976—1997. They were widely used throughout the USSR as fixed-run taxis (the Marshrutka
Marshrutka
Marshrutka , from marshrutnoye taksi is a share taxi in the CIS countries, the Baltic states, and Bulgaria. Marshrutnoye taksi literally means routed taxicab...
s), medical cars, used for Latvenergo and as a special services vehicles. It was the successor of the RAF-977
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...
.
They have now been replaced mostly by GAZ
GAZ
GAZ or Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod , translated as Gorky Automobile Plant , started in 1932 as NAZ, a cooperation between Ford and the Soviet Union. It is one of the largest companies in the Russian automotive industry....
products (GAZelle
GAZelle
The GAZelle is a series of mid-sized trucks, vans and buses made by Russian car manufacturer GAZ. GAZelles are similar to the later launched GAZ-2215/GAZ-2752 Sobol and GAZ-3310 Valdai line of vans and light trucks...
, Barguzin, etc).
Variants
- RAF-2203 Latvija - 4x2 4dr van, 1976
- RAF-2203 Latvija [delivery] - 4x2 4dr delivery van
- RAF-2203 Latvija [cardiology] - 4x2 4dr cardiac ambulance
- RAF-2203 Latvija [fire] - 4x2 4dr fire minivan
- RAF-2203 Latvija GAI - 4x2 4dr police van
- RAF-2203 Latvija [mail] - 4x2 4dr mail van
- RAF-2203 Latvija [taxi] - 4x2 4dr taxi van
- RAF-2203 Latvija VAI - 4x2 4dr military police van
- RAF-22031 Latvija - 4x2 4dr ambulance
- RAF-2907 - special car based of RAF-2203