Moskvitch 2141 Aleko. Moskvitch's engineers was sadly forced by the Soviet government to copy simply the Simca "1308" (Car Of The Year 1976), in the 1986, the "2141", or "Aleko" for the export was launched.
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Moskvitch 2141 Aleko. Many European front wheel drive cars had 'east-west' engines to save space, but the 2141 went for a longitudinal engine agead of the front axle in the same way as Audi.
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Moskvich 2141 Aleko. Unveiled in 1986, the Aleko first sold in 1988, 12years after the Simca 1307/8 cars which it resembled. Rumours of collaboration between Moskvich and Peugeot over the car's design have been disproved, and most likely the Aleko was simply copied to give Moskvich a modern product.
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Moskvitch 2141 Aleko. Believed to have been plagiarised by Moskvitch after seeing the Simca 1307/8 win the 1976 Car of the Year Award, the Aleko took 12years to bring to the Russian market.
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Russian Cars
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