GAZ-24 “Volga” pro­to­type in 1967

GAZ-24 “Volga” first generation

GAZ-24 “Volga” inte­rior first generation

GAZ-24 “Volga” sec­ond generation

GAZ-24 “Volga” inte­rior sec­ond generation

GAZ-24–10 “Volga” third generation

Pro­duced 1968–85. Dur­ing that time it went through sev­eral updates. First pro­to­types were built already in 1966. GAZ-24 “Volga” is one of the most famous Soviet cars. It was exported to many coun­tries and had many mod­i­fi­ca­tions. I’ll cre­ate posts about dif­fer­ent gen­er­a­tions sep­a­rate­lyl soon.

Moskvich 2140

Moskvich 2140

Pro­duced 1976–1986. Moskvich 2140 is basi­cally an updated ver­sion of Moskvich 412. In west­ern coun­tries it was known as Moskvich 1500.

There is also:
Moskvich 2140SL — this is lux­ury ver­sion
Moskvich 21406 — it has 68 hp engine that runs on A-76 gaso­line
Moskvich 2137 — sta­tion wagon ver­sion
Moskvich 2734 — van with 400 kg max pay­load
Moskvich 2138 — reg­u­lar sedan but with Moskvich 408 engine
Moskvich 2136 — sta­tion wagon ver­sion with Moskvich 408 engine
Moskvich 2733 — van with 400 kg max pay­load with Moskvich 408 engine

Wheels 4x2

Engine (UZAM-412)
For­mula 4 cylin­der inline gaso­line
Dis­place­ment 1,478  liters
Per­fo­mance 75 hp @ 5800 rpm
Torque 73 lb/ft @ 3000–3800 rpm
Com­pres­sion ratio 8,8:1
Accel­er­a­tion 0–100 km/h 19 sec­onds
Fuel con­sump­tion 10/8,8 liters/100 km (city/highway)
Fuel tank capac ity 46 liters
Fuel type Ai-93
Gear­box 4+1 speed
Top speed 142 km/h

Dimen sions

Lenght 4250 mm
Width 1550 mm
Height 1480 mm
Wheel base 2400 mm
Ground clear­ance 173 mm
Tyre size 6,00–13

Weights
Cerb weight 1080 kg
weight 1480 kg

Moskvich 412 after facelift in 1969

Pro­duced 1967–1975. This is not the suc­ces­sor of Moskvich 408 but rather the upmar­ket ver­sion of it. Since the name of the fac­tory changed dur­ing pro­duc­tion Moskvich 412 can be named as MZMA-412, AZLK-412 or IZH-412. In 1969 Moskvich 412 received a face lift and among other changes it received square headlamps.

Wheels 4x2

Mod­i­fi­ca­tions include:

Moskvich 427 — sta­tion wagon
Moskvich 434 — van

Engine (UZAM-412)
For­mula 4 cylin­der inline gaso­line
Dis­place­ment 1,478  liters
Per­fo­mance 75 hp @ 5800 rpm
Torque 73 lb/ft @ 3000–3800 rpm
Com­pres­sion ratio 8,8:1
Accel­er­a­tion 0–100 km/h 19 sec­onds
Fuel con­sump­tion 10/8,8 liters/100 km (city/highway)
Fuel tank capac ity 46 liters
Fuel type Ai-93
Gear­box 4+1 speed
Top speed 140 km/h

Dimen sions

Lenght 4120 mm
Width 1550 mm
Height 1480 mm
Wheel base 2400 mm
Ground clear­ance 170 mm
Tyre size 6,00–13

Weights
Cerb weight 1045 kg
Gross weight 1455 kg

Nami-107

Pro­duced in 1968. Also called Nami-107 “Vasilek” (which means corn­flower in Rus­sia) This is the first front wheel drive car in Rus­sia. The engine ihas 45 hp and placed in front in trans­verse posi­tion. How­ever it remained an experimet­nal model and never went into mass production.