Moskvich (Russian: Москвич) (also written as Moskvich, Moskvič, or Moskwitsch) is a former Soviet/Russian automobile brand produced by AZLK from 1946 to 1991 and by OAO Moskvitch from 1991 to 2001.
KIM (Kommunisticheskogo Internatsionala Molodozhi)[]
In May 2022, as a result of international sanctions against Russia, Renault sold its Moscow plant to the Moscow city government which intended to nationalize the facility for renewed production of vehicles under the Moskvitch name.
Moskvitch (second era)[]
2022–present[]
On October 20, 2022, the mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, said that the production of Moskvich vehicles will resume in December at Renault's former factory in Moscow, now renamed the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich, which has been inactive after Renault decided to leave the Russian market.
