The base level had the 2.0 litre, 141 hp engine, air conditioning, driver and passenger airbags, ABS, a traction control system, halogen headlamps, power steering, adjustable steering column, electrically adjustable driver's side seating, a six-speaker amplified audio system, heated folding side mirrors, self-dimming interior rear-view mirror, and a single-use spare tire.

[3] The more expensive "Lux" trim level had the more powerful 2.4 L, 143 hp engine, a leather interior, an anti-theft system, and front fog lamps.

[3] On 29 August 2008, GAZ began fleet sales of the Siber, to government employees and businesses including Russian bank Sberbank.

[8] In 2010, the passenger car assemblies of the GAZ factory were purchased by Volkswagen Group Rus, who started producing the Skoda Octavia in the plant.

[9] The car scored 7.2 points out of 16 in a frontal crash test conducted by the Russian ARCAP safety assessment program in 2008, and was awarded two stars out of four.