ZAZ

ZAZ (Zaporizhia Automobile Building Plant) is a Ukrainian automobile manufacturer founded in 1863 as a small mechanical plant that later evolved into full vehicle production under Soviet-era organization. The company became widely known for producing the Zaporozhets series of compact cars from the late 1950s through the 1990s, becoming an iconic affordable car in the USSR. ZAZ's visual identity has changed over decades along with its product lineup and ownership, but detailed, authoritative historic documentation specifically describing distinct logo design lineages is limited in public sources. The brand is primarily recognized for its role in Soviet and Ukrainian automotive history and for the popular model names associated with the factory rather than a single continuous corporate logo tradition.