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

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

Moskvitch () ( sometimes also written as Moskvich, Moskvič or Moskwitsch ) was an automobile brand from Russia produced by AZLK from 1945 to 1991 and by OAO Moskvitch from 1991 to 2002.

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.

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.

Moskvitch cars were never meant to be a fashion statement.

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

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

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

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.

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

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: Moskwitsch 403. jpg | Moskvitch 403

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

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