The Moskvitch 410 is a 4-door sedan (410) / 4-door station wagon (411) from Moskvitch, built from 1957 to 1961, at the height of the post-war boom. Under the bonnet: 1.2L MZMA-402 I4.
How it came about
The Moskvitch 410 was an experimentally designed limited production car made by Soviet manufacturer MZMA from 1957 to 1961. Initially conceived as an economical and comfortable means of transport for agricultural machines' repairing teams, the 410 presented itself as a four wheel drive version of the Moskvitch 402 with a more powerful engine and higher ground clearance. In 1958, however, MZMA produced an upgraded station wagon variant on the same wheelbase, called Moskvitch 411. In total, only 7580 of model 410 and 1515 of model 411 were made.
The 410 was powered by a 35 hp (26 kW) engine, but in 1958 upgraded to the 410N (in Russian: 410Н), fitted with a more modern 45 hp (34 kW) unit, from Moskvitch 407. The 411, as well as its three-door variant 431, both featured 60 hp (45 kW) engines and a weight increase to accommodate the C-segment. The production of both cars ceased in late 1961 as MZMA was aiming to adapt its main production of Moskvitch 407 for upscale market. The ground clearance was 220 mm (8.7 in) under axles and 430 mm under a floor, it could cross water up to 0.3 metres (11.8 in) deep, and in first gear it could climb 33 degrees. The early version (1957-1959) had a 3-speed manual + 2-speed auxiliary gearbox which in 1960 was replaced by a 4-speed manual + 2 speed auxiliary gearbox. The top speed was 90 km/h (56 mph).
The hardware
Power comes from 1.2L MZMA-402 I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It shifts through a 3-speed manual + 2-speed rear gearbox (1957–1960) / 4-speed manual + 2-speed rear gearbox (1960–1961). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: assembly was at Moscow, USSR. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Fiat 500, the Nissan Skyline, the Nissan Patrol — show what else the money bought that year. Its Moskvitch stablemates include the AZLK-2139 and the AZLK-2144.
What it costs now
There is no federal ownership record for the Moskvitch 410 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.