Aleko

The Moskvitch Aleko (Moskvitch 2141), a car model from the AZLK factory in Moscow, Russia, was first presented to the public in 1986 and manufactured between 1988 and 1998. It had front wheel drive, while all previous Moskvitch models had rear wheel drive, and many of the design features were borrowed from the French Simca/Chrysler 1307/1308. On some export markets, like Germany, the cars were marketed as the Lada Aleko, and diesel engines from Ford and Indenor could be delivered in addition to the standard petrol engines. Some of the last Moskvitch models to be built, like the Svjatogor and the Dolgorukij, (1997-2002), were based on the Aleko.