GAZ Group entered the Australian market

GAZ Group has begun the sales in Australia of the Sadko Next all-wheel drive medium-duty truck, which became the company's first model on the local market and is offered under the GAZ Trackmaster brand. Sales of the car began with a modification with a single-row cab, in the future it is planned to deliver Sadko Next with a two-row cab, the press service of the automaker reports. The model has been certified and tested to meet Australian vehicle construction requirements, which are close to EU certification requirements.

For the market of Australia, countries with left-hand traffic, cars are available in a right-hand drive version. Sales and service are organized in collaboration with Australian Adventure vehicles 4x4 (AAV 4x4), an off-road vehicle redesign and marketing company. “We started the sales from our target audience - travel enthusiasts. Then we would like to move to the sector of state customers, to offer cars to larger corporate clients. We also see interest in GAZ trucks from other Australian manufacturers of special superstructures,” said Brett Bolton, director of AAV 4x4.

In turn, the export director of GAZ Group Leonid Dolgov noted that off-road vehicles are in demand in many regions of Australia, and Sadko Next will be of interest to both private owners and various companies, municipal organizations, and rescue services. Carrying capacity of "Sadko Next" is up to 3 tons (on the chassis). The vehicle is capable of towing a trailer with a gross weight of up to 2.56 tons.