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BASE MODELUkraineRussia

969 Volyn (1966–2002)

The civilian development of the 967, and the first Soviet vehicle with front-wheel drive: 3,270 mm long, 1,600 mm wide and 1,790 mm high on the same 1,800 mm wheelbase, 1,340 kg, with air-cooled MeMZ V4s of 887 cc and 30 hp or 1,197 cc and 40 hp through a four-speed gearbox. Four-wheel drive became standard when LuAZ took over production in 1971.

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Sources & evidence
969 Volyn (1966–2002) — A LuAZ-969 in the Moscow museum of transport.DL24 · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
MODEL LINE969 VolynBUILT BYUlyanovsk Automobile Plant (UAZ), LuAZ, LutskPRODUCED1966–2002PRODUCTION100,000 by 1982LAYOUT4 wheels · 71″

The record

It was built for rural Soviet roads — or their absence — and sold to collective farms, foresters and country doctors. The name changed as often as the specification: ZAZ-969 from 1966, LuAZ-969 from 1971, 969A from 1975, 969M from 1979 and finally LuAZ-1302 from 1992, production running to 2002. LuAZ built its 100,000th car in 1982 and its best year was 1990, at 16,500. Italy took a good number, where Martorelli also offered it with a Ford engine.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1966–2002
ENGINEMeMZ-966 887 cc V4, 30 hp; MeMZ-969 1,197 cc V4, 40 hp; MeMZ-245-20 1.1-litre fourMeMZ-966 · MeMZ-969 · MeMZ-245-20
PRODUCTION RUN100,000 by 1982; 16,500 in 1990, the record year
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUkraine
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINE969 Volyn
FAMILY969 Volyn
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE71″
BODY STYLESoft top
VARIANTS2

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Body styles & colours

Body style

Factory colours

  • Olive
  • Beige
  • Protective Green 4BO

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

AI rendering impression

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Sources

  1. 1LuAZ-1302 ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE
  2. 2LuAZ ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched