Moskvitch

JSC Moscow Automobile Plant Moskvitch
Native name
АО «Московский автомобильный завод «Москвич»
IndustryAutomotive
Predecessor
  • KIM (1930-1945)
  • ZMA/MZMA (1945-1968)
  • AZLK (1968–1993)
  • OAO Moskvitch (1993–1998)
  • Avtoframos (1998-2014)
  • Renault Russia (2014-2022)
Founded6 November 1930
Headquarters,
Area served
Russia
Mongolia
Key people
Productscars, SUVs, pickup trucks, sports vehicles, vans
Revenue530,700,000,000 Russian ruble (1994) Edit this on Wikidata
OwnerGovernment of Moscow
WebsiteMoskvich (ru)

Moskvitch or Moskvich (Russian: Москвич) (also written as Moskvich, Moskvič, or Moskwitsch) is a Soviet/Russian automobile brand produced by AZLK from 1946 to 1991 and by OAO Moskvitch from 1991 to 2001. Production later resumed in 2022. The current article incorporates information about both the brand and the joint-stock successor of AZLK.

OAO Moskvitch is the name of a privatized venture given to the former factory to avoid legal issues after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since the factory had no assembly branches outside Russia after 1991, its name is largely used today to refer to the building located in the lower eastern part of Moscow.

The word moskvich (Russian: москвич) itself translates as "a native of Moscow, a Moscovite". It was used to point out the original location of the cars manufactured there.