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The GAZ-69 was a Soviet four-wheel-drive utility vehicle that entered production in 1953. It had a 2.1-litre four-cylinder engine.

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The GAZ-69 went into production in 1953 with a 2.1-litre four-cylinder engine of 55 hp. The GAZ-69M had a 2.4-litre engine of 65 hp. Production moved step by step to UAZ in Ulyanovsk from 1954, and from 1956 the vehicle was built only there. The UAZ-469 replaced it.