Moskvitch does not build many cars like the Moskvitch G2 with 1,074 cc I4, built from 1956 at the height of the post-war boom.
How it came about
The Moskvitch G2 was a sports car from Moskvitch based on the earlier Moskvitch G1. Instead of an open wheel car it was now fitted with an aerodynamic body (spider or hard-top) and was capable of a top speed of 223 km/h (139 mph). It was powered by a mid-mounted 70 hp (52 kW) 1,074 cc (65.5 cu in) inline 4-cylinder flathead engine derived from the 407-series engine used in the 407. To The total weight was 660 kg (1,455 lb). A 120 L (32 US gal; 26 imp gal) fuel tank was mounted next to the driver, toward the front of the car.
The brakes, suspension, and wheels were borrowed from the Moskvitch 401. Top speed was 139 mph (224 km/h). The G2 broke several speed records in the USSR in 1956. In 1959, the engine was replaced with a unit based on the engine from the Moskvitch 407 and a rollbar was installed above the driver's seat. The G2 was decommissioned in late 1963.
The hardware
Under the skin sits 1,074 cc I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. The layout matters: the engine hangs behind the rear axle, a layout that gives ferocious traction out of a corner and a reputation to match on the way in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Moskvitch's history is not in doubt: the Moskvitch G1 came before it; the Moskvitch G3 followed it. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Nissan Skyline, the Fiat 500, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL. Its Moskvitch stablemates include the AZLK-2139 and the AZLK-2144.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Moskvitch G2 — 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.