The RAF-977 was a Soviet cabover van made by Riga Autobus Factory (RAF) based on components from the GAZ-21 Volga.

In 1961, an updated version called the RAF-977D was put into production; this had a one-piece windshield, instead of the split, and Volga steering wheel among its other detail changes.

[2] Variants included the 977I ambulance and a special Intourist model, which had better seats, roof lights, and sunroof.

[2] The shortened RAF-978, powered by the Moskvitch 407's 45 hp (34 kW; 46 PS) 1,360 cc (83 cu in) engine, was not a success, in part because the engine lacked torque, and ride quality suffered due to the shortened wheelbase.

[2] A one-ton cargo panel van, the RAF-977K,[2] was also developed, but due to insufficient assembly capacity (only 3000 units a year)[2] at the RAF plant (which still used trolleys, rather than a modern assembly line),[2] its production started at the ErAZ factory in Yerevan, Armenia, 1 May 1966 as ErAZ-762.