Kamaz

KAMAZ (Russian: Камский Автомобильный Завод – КАМАЗ, romanized: Kamskiy Avtomobilny Zavod, lit. 'Kama Automobile Plant') is a Russian manufacturer of trucks, buses, and engines headquartered in Naberezhnye Chelny. It is known for its cab over trucks.

KAMAZ was founded in 1969. Heavy duty models are exported to many areas of the world including the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. As of 2014, KAMAZ is the largest truck producer in Russia and the CIS with its factory producing 43,000 trucks a year.

KAMAZ trucks have won the Dakar Rally a record eighteen times, the most in the truck category by any manufacturer.