The Moskvitch was also produced in Bulgaria ( see Moskvitch ( Bulgaria )) between 1966 and 1990 on the basis of complete knock down ( CKD ) kits.

Some of the last Moskvitch models to be built were the somewhat upgraded Aleko which was renamed to Svjatogor ( models M-214122, M-214100, M-214145 ) and the M-2142, Dolgorukij, ( 1997 – 2002 ), were also based on the design of M-2141.

Image: Moskvich M236 ( 2 ). jpg | River tramway Moskvitch in Moscow

Image: Moskwitsch 403. jpg | Moskvitch 403

Not until 1959 was a Moskvitch model introduced that bore no trace of Opel engineering.

OAO Moskvitch was a privatized venture name given to the former factory in order to avoid legal issues after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

The body was built on the basis of Simca 1307, while longitudinal engine placement and torsion-crank rear suspension and McPherson strut front suspension was inspired by Audi 80 / 100 family, while taking into account the larger size of the Moskvitch and Lada engines.

The bankruptcy of OAO Moskvitch was officially announced in 2006 and the company was liquidated the following year.

* Moskvitch 400-420A ( 4-door convertible, was priced below closed models, but anyway was not popular ) ( 1949 – 52 )

* Moskvitch 2140SL ( 1981-1986 ) ( Improved 2140, Super Lux was made for foreign markets )

The first car, designed in Moskvitch factory, was ZAZ-965 Zaporozhets and entered production in 1960.

From 1948 the prewar Kadett was manufactured as the Moskvitch 400 / 420: it continued to be produced on the edge of Moscow as a Moskvitch until 1956.

The Simca 1307 was an inspiration for the design of Russian Moskvitch Aleko ( 1986 – 2001 )

The Moskvitch 2141, commonly referred to as simply Aleko ( Russian: " АЛЕКО ", derivative from factory name " Автомобильный завод имени Ленинского Комсомола ", Aftomobilnyi zavod imeni Leninskogo Komsomola, meaning " Automotive Factory of Lenin's Komsomol "), is a Russian small class, third group hatchback car that was first announced in 1985 and sold in the Soviet Union and its successor states between 1986 and 2000 ( gradually replaced in 2001 by its sedan body version, Moskvitch 2142, which never was produced in large quantities and which worldwide sales wasn't even started ) by the now bankrupt Moskvitch Stock Company, based in Moscow, Russia.

Aleko was a huge improvement over previous Moskvitch models, which were dependable but old-fashioned saloons and station wagons ( estates ) with rear-wheel drive and a solid rear axle.

For Moskvitch, Aleko was innovative, having front-wheel drive, a hatchback body style, McPherson strut front suspension and torsion-crank rear suspension.

A factory called MZMA ( Moskovsky Zavod Malolitrazhnykh Avtomobiley, that is, Moscow Compact Car Factory ) started in 1947 to manufacture an automobile called Moskvitch 400 based on the Opel Kadett.

AZLK ( АЗЛК-Автомобильный завод имени Ленинского Комсомола in Russian ) was a Russian automobile factory ( Moscow ), the maker of the Moskvitch brand.

Beginning in 1939, the factory's passenger cars were sold under the Moskvitch (" Muscovite ") brand.

* Moskvitch Svjatogor ( 1997 ) ( a name taken from Russian mythology )

* Moskvitch Stock Venture ( from 1991 until bankruptcy in 2002 )

Cars entered included Russian Moskvitch and engine sizes ranged from 996 cc NSU Prinz TT to the luxurious V8-powered Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6. 3, tuned by Mercedes-AMG, the so-called " Red pig ".

Until the 1980s all Moskvitch cars were compact rear-wheel drive saloons and estates with solid rear axles suspended by leaf springs.

The presence of Avtoframos brought new life to a small part of the facility, but the majority of the sprawling plant remains abandoned, apparently still owned by the dormant Moskvitch company.

In the late 1970s Moskvitch bought about two dozen compact cars built by different manufacturers, and thoroughly tested them.

The morale of the staff had been damaged, and Aleko never became a beloved project among Moskvitch engineers ( testimony by the Chief Designer of the Moskvitch Stock Company at the time, Igor Zaitsev.

Following privatization in 1991, AZLK adopted Moskvitch as its corporate name, as it had already been used on all of the company's cars dating to 1939.

* Moskvitch 2143 ( 1991 )

The factory, which had been renamed to OAO Moskvitch ( Moskvitch Joint Stock Company ) in the early 1990s, filed for bankruptcy in 2002 and ceased production.

Just a year later a new Soviet car, the Moskvitch 400, rolled off a Moscow assembly line.

The Moskvitch failed to get type approval in the UK.

Moskvitch cars were never meant to be a fashion statement.

Image: Eastern European car, unknown model, seen in Sofia, Bulgaria September 2005. jpg | Moskvitch 2140

Image: Moskvitch 400. jpg | Moskvitch 400

Image: Moskvitch. jpg | Moskvitch 400

Image: Moskvitch 4-Door Sedan. jpg | Moskvitch 4-Door Sedan

Image: Moskvitch 427. jpg | 1972 Moskvitch 427 estate ( this year of this export model sold as a Moskvitch 1500 )

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