ROYAL HERITAGE

DARTZ is the inheritor of  late 19th and early 20th century automobile manufacturer Russo-Balt (RBVZ),
continuing the tradition of bespoke vehicle production in Riga, Latvia. 
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DARTZ Prombron Black Alligator and Black Stallion are logical continuation of DARTZ Prombron Presidential series of cars which started with Presidential coach concept PRVY (ПЬРВЫЙ - The First).

On its platform, two publicly available models are being produced: DARTZ Prombron Black Stallion and  DARTZ Prombron Black Alligator.

Cars are named after two military helicopters Ka-52 Alligator and 
Sikorsky CH Super Stallion. 

One of the first engineers in RBVZ (Russo-Balt) in Riga was
​Igor Sikorsky, the father of the modern helicopter.​​
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1869 - was founded Russo Balt Wagon Factory, Joint Stock Company main direction of this company was manufacturing of luxury coaches to Russian Tzar
1907 - was made decision to start car manufaturing, and department was named Division Automobile Riga (D.A.R.)
1908 - D.A.R. was renamed to Automobile department of Russo Balt Wagon Factory
1909 - first RussoBalt car left factory gates on Volmar street, Riga
1912 - Russo Balt became Russian Army supplier
1912 - Russo Baltique car with drivers Nagel and Mikhailoff come first in Monte Carlo 1912 Rally
1913 - in Russo Balt Air department by engineer Sikorsky was created world First 4-engine airplane - Ilya Murometc, called later "Russian Flying Fortress"
1914 - was made first RussoBalt armored car on it's base was organized first motorised infantry platoon. This day - October, 19 is celebrated the Russian Motorized Infantry Day
1914 - Factory was evacuated from Riga to St. Petersburg
1916 - the Directors of the Russian-Baltic joint stock company purchase a large ground area at the outskirts or Moscow not far from intercession church in Fili and commenced building of a large factory plant
1917 - Moscow factory was called "Second Russo-Balt automobile plant"
1922 - last cars from RussoBalt C24/50 spares, named PROMBRON, were launched in rbvz factory (later renamed to BTAZ)
From that moment automotive history of RBVZ - BTAZ stopped for time being, until 1998.
other direction of RussoBalt - Air balt -  sucessfully continued work and now is well known  spaceship factory - Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center.​

  • 1869

    was founded Russo Balt Wagon Factory, Joint Stock Company main direction of this company was manufacturing of luxury coaches to Russian Tzar

  • 1907

    was made decision to start car manufaturing, and department was named Division Automobile Riga (D.A.R.)

  • 1908

    D.A.R. was renamed to Automobile department of Russo Balt Wagon Factory

  • 1912

    Russo Balt became Russian Royal Army's vehicle supplier

1988 - as soon as Gorbachev allow  Soviet people to do private business again, DARTZ founder opened his first company/cooperative in Soviet terms.
1992 - DARTZ supplied one of Latvia's banks with an armored car - Mercedes G-class
1992 - DARTZ made its first bespoke suv - DARTZ Star.Kombat
1993 - signed cooperation contract with french company LABBE one of the world leaders in car armoring. Now - CENTIGON, from CARAT Security Group, but cooperation still continued
1999 - DARTZ owner and founder Leonard F. Yankelovich met Jim Rogers
2008 - started car manufacturing in Estonia
2009 - first car made in Estonia and presented in Monaco to HSH Monaco Prince Albert II
2011 - was signed contract about exclusive dealership and supplying of 100 cars in 5 years to the Chinese market.