The Moskvich 2141 is a 5-door hatchback from Moskvitch, built from 1986 to 2002, in the age of turbocharging and the first electronic engine management. Under the bonnet: Petrol engine.
Where it came from
The Moskvitch-2141, also known under the trade name Aleko (Russian: "АЛЕКО", derivative from the name of the automaker "Автомобильный завод имени Ленинского Комсомола", Avtomobilnyj zavod imeni Leninskogo Komsomola, meaning "Automotive Factory of Lenin's Komsomol"), is a Russian mid-size car that was first announced in 1985 and sold in the Soviet Union and its successor states between 1986 and 1997 by the Moskvitch Company, based in Moscow, Russia.
It was replaced by the modernised M-214145 Svyatogor and its sedan body version, the M-2142, in 1997–2002. The Aleko was a huge improvement over previous Moskvitch models, which were durable but old-fashioned sedans and station wagons with rear-wheel drive and a solid rear axle, and had no common parts with them apart from the engine and some other minor details.
Under the skin
Power comes from Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 1070 -. It shifts through a 5-speed Manual. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2580 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Moskvitch 2140; its successor was the Moskvitch 2142; assembly was at Soviet Union/Russia: Moscow. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Jeep Wrangler, the Ferrari F40, the BMW 5 Series — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Moskvitch catalogue sit the AZLK-2139 and the AZLK-2144.
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Moskvich 2141 has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.