PSA Bronto was a Russian company focused on the production of special vehicles and SUVs. It was established in 1993 and closed in 2015. While in operation, it was closely associated with AvtoVAZ. The Bronto badging is still used.
History
In 1993, the car company PSA Bronto was established as part of the AvtoVAZ research center for the production of special armored vehicles and SUVs on the platform of the Lada Niva. The following year, more than 200 copies of this model were sold, which allowed the company to begin work on new projects.[1]
Lada Bronto Marsh-1 (1922-00) was one of the few mass-produced vehicles on massive balloon tires. Developing the model of AvtoVAZ's leading engineer, Pyotr Prusov, the company created the all-terrain vehicle Marsh-1, a swamp buggy vehicle, which became a real sensation at the auto show held in Moscow in 1995. This car is designed to work in specific conditions that are associated with overcoming marshy swamps, deep snows, sand dunes. Its first copies went to Surgut and Nadym. In 2002, more than 30 SUVs 192200 "March" were purchased by the government of Yakutia.[2]