GAZ or Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod , also known as Gorky Automobile Plant in Nizhny Novgorod , Russia. GAZ was the leading automobile plant in the Soviet Union manufacturing famous soviet Volga and Chaika cars. In May 2009, GAZ officially announced they were reviewing a project to takeover GM European activities ( Opel ). Pictured: Deer - symbol and emblem of the Gaz cars , was normally fixed on the bonnet of a car