On November 6, the Moskvich plant celebrates its birthday. It was on this day in 1930 that the State Automobile Assembly Plant named after the Communist International of Youth (KIM) assembled the first car, which was named KIM-10. Before that, the company assembled Ford cars, then GAZ.

Mass production of KIM-10 was established between 1940 and 1941, but after the start of the Great Patriotic War, products for the military-industrial complex were produced here.

Assembly line at the Moskvich plant
Assembly line at the Moskvich plant

In 1946, the plant returned to the production of civilian products. At the same time, the company received a new name - Moskvich. Under this brand, a new car, the Moskvich-400, was soon released, and its serial assembly was established in 1947.

In the late sixties, Moskvich cars became known all over the world. The best models - Moskvich-423 and Moskvich-407 - were shown at the Brussels World Exhibition. The Soviet enterprise received many awards.

It was previously reported that next year the Moskvich plant will launch small-node assembly. For this purpose, a workshop was prepared for painting the body and parts.

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