DESCRIPTION

Moskvitch 2140SL Soviet Sedan 1980 Year

Rare Collectible Model Car

1:43 Scale

Manufacturer: DeAgostini

Material: Diecast and plastic

Moskvich-2140SL, Moskvich-2140-117, Moskvich-1500SL, Moskvich-2140 Superlux - Soviet rear-wheel drive car of group III of a small class with a sedan-type body, produced in Moscow at AZLK plant from 1980 to 1987. It was a modernized and improved version of the model Moskvich-2140 intended mainly for export.

Developed in the early 1970s and launched into production since 1976, the Moskvich-2140 was a deeply modernized Moskvich-412. However, unlike models 408 and 412, which enjoyed good popularity abroad and therefore gave the country a good export potential, model 2140 lost its export opportunities.

A new, promising model 2141 has just been created. In order to somehow get out of the current situation at the factory, it was decided to modernize the current model 2140, and mainly to create more modern details of both the interior and the exterior of the car. The first prototypes of the updated 2140 were ready in 1977-78. Serial production of the model which received the name 2140-117 "Superlux" or 2140SL, as well as 1500SL (export designation) began in November 1980.

For the first time in domestic practice, individual batches of cars of this modification were painted with metallic. It was the Moskvich-1500SL that in the 80s became the main export product of AZLK, with the exception of M-2140 assembly kits for NRB, but it did not receive much distribution outside the markets of the CMEA countries. Most of this modification of the Moskvich was exported, but a certain amount was supplied to the domestic market. September 17, 1986 with the AZLK conveyor descended 2140SL, which became the 4-millionth car of the plant.

All in all, until 1987, 170,700 units of 2140SL were built. A number of components for this model were supplied by the Yugoslav firm Saturnus.

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