MOSKVICH

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Soviet and Russian car brand built in Moscow from 1946, revived in 2022 after two decades out of production.

Produced: 1946 to 1991 by AZLK
Then: OAO Moskvitch, 1991 to 2001
Revived: 2022
Name means: A native of Moscow, a Muscovite

Moskvitch was a Soviet and Russian automobile brand produced by AZLK from 1946 to 1991 and then by OAO Moskvitch until 2001. Production resumed in 2022.

The plant began as the Moscow Car Assembly Factory, which assembled Ford and GAZ vehicles before building its own KIM-10 from 1940. In August 1945 it was renamed the Moscow Plant of Small Cars and the Moskvitch-400 went into production.

1929Construction of the Moscow Car Assembly Factory begins
1940First own model, the KIM-10
1945Plant renamed the Moscow Plant of Small Cars
1946Moskvitch production begins
2022Production resumed

MOSKVICH Moskvich 426: the estate version of the Moskvich 408
MOSKVICH Moskvich 410: the four-wheel-drive Moskvich built for the countryside
MOSKVICH Moskvich 400 and 401: the first car for Soviet private buyers
MOSKVICH Moskvich 412: the Moskvich with real performance
MOSKVICH Moskvich 2137: the estate that carried the finned tail into the 1980s
MOSKVICH Moskvich 423: the first Soviet estate built in series
MOSKVICH Moskvich 2140: the last rear-wheel-drive Moskvich
MOSKVICH Moskvich 402 and 407: the first Moskvich designed in the USSR
MOSKVICH Moskvich 408: the Moskvich that brought safety equipment to the USSR
MOSKVICH Moskvich 427: the estate with the 412’s engine
MOSKVICH Moskvich 403: the stopgap that bridged two Moskvich generations
MOSKVICH Moskvich Svyatogor: the last Moskvich sedans
MOSKVICH Moskvich 2141 Aleko: the front-wheel-drive Moskvich