On Tuesday, November 16, the 50,000th VAZ rolled off the assembly line at the Lutsk Automobile Plant. On this occasion, a solemn meeting of the labor collective was held at LuAZ with the participation of representatives of the Volyn Regional Council, the Lutsk City Council, people's deputies of Ukraine, and the plant's management. Unfortunately, representatives of the Volyn Regional State Administration did not respond to the invitation from the enterprise's management.\nThe 50,000th VAZ was a VAZ-2107 model. As the chairman of the supervisory board of OJSC "Lutsk Automobile Plant" Volodymyr Hunchyk reported during the meeting, it is symbolic that the revival of the Lutsk automobile plant began precisely with the production of VAZ-themed automobiles, and already after 4 years the automobile plant is celebrating the production of the 50,000th VAZ manufactured at LuAZ.\nAs Victoria Stadnytska, the AvtoVAZ representative at the Lutsk Automobile Plant, noted, all VAZ automobiles assembled at LuAZ are of high quality and meet all manufacturing standards for these automobiles.\nIt should be noted that at the meeting, in addition to "production" slogans, the labor collective of the Lutsk Automobile Plant also held banners with political overtones such as: "LuAZ – YES!", "Plant workers believe in 'The Power of the People'", "The plant workers' choice – honest government". However, the blue robes of the automobile plant workers dissonated with the orange ribbons pinned to the employees' chests.\nAs the chairman of the supervisory board of OJSC "Lutsk Automobile Plant" Volodymyr Hunchyk stated, the plant is continuing intensive preparations for the production of its own automobile "LuAZ-1301", which was to be launched within the framework of the Lutsk automobile plant's investment program. Due to the fact that the President of Ukraine canceled his veto regarding LuAZ's investment program, the enterprise has every opportunity to accelerate this work. According to Volodymyr Hunchyk, next year this automobile may already be put into serial production. The main problem in introducing the LuAZ-1301 into serial production is finding suppliers of chassis elements for this automobile. According to the chairman of the enterprise's supervisory board, Ukrainian enterprises today cannot ensure the level of quality that the Lutsk Automobile Plant requires. In this context, the enterprise has begun cooperation with manufacturers from Poland, Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic. According to Volodymyr Hunchyk, today the chassis is the last problem for the production of the new LuAZ automobile, but in the near future there are all opportunities to resolve it.\nVolodymyr Hunchyk also noted that within the framework of the plant's investment program, intensive expansion beyond Ukraine is underway for "Bohdan" buses. And he does not rule out the option that, starting with exports, the possibility of producing the "Bohdan" bus family abroad will also be considered.\n\nReference: LuAZ began assembling Volga automobiles in 2000 with the VAZ 21093 model, and from 2001 the enterprise established production of VAZ-21043, VAZ-2106, VAZ-2107 and VAZ-21099, VAZ-21213. Already in 2002, the 20,000th VAZ rolled off the assembly line of the Lutsk Automobile Plant.\nOJSC "Lutsk Automobile Plant"  a major Ukrainian manufacturer of automobiles for various purposes, which is among the three largest Ukrainian automobile builders by gross profit. The basis of the plant's products consists of VAZ, UAZ, and IZh automobiles. In the near future, serial production of light trucks and its own LuAZ-1301 automobile is planned to begin.\n81.11% of the shares of OJSC "Lutsk Automobile Plant" are owned by the "Ukrprominvest" concern, which is associated with the name of Petro Poroshenko.\n