Zaporozhets

ZAZ-965 (1960-1963) ZAZ-965A (1962-1969)
ZAZ-965A
Overview
Manufacturer	Zaporizhian Automobile Factory
Also called	Zaporozhets
Production	1960–1969
Body and chassis
Class	City car (A-segment)
Body style	2-door coupe
Layout	RR layout
Powertrain
Engine	746 cc MeMZ 965 V4 887 cc MeMZ 966 V4
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,160 mm (85.0 in)
Length	3,330 mm (131.1 in)
Width	1,395 mm (54.9 in)
Height	1,450 mm (57.1 in)
Curb weight	665 kg (1,466 lb)
Chronology
Successor	ZAZ-966

ZAZ-966 (1966-1972) ZAZ-968 (1971-1980) ZAZ-968M (1979-1994)
Vladimir Putin with his 1972 ZAZ-968
Overview
Manufacturer	ZAZ (Zaporizhian Automobile Factory)
Also called	Zaporozhets
Production	1966–1994
Body and chassis
Class	Supermini (B)
Body style	2-door notchback coupe
Powertrain
Engine	1.2L MeMZ-968 V4
Transmission	4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,160 mm (85.0 in)
Length	3,730 mm (146.9 in)
Width	1,540 mm (60.6 in)
Height	1,370 mm (53.9 in)
Curb weight	780 kg (1,720 lb) (dimensions for ZAZ-968)
Chronology
Predecessor	ZAZ-965A (Zaporozhets)
Successor	ZAZ-1102 Tavria

ZAZ Zaporozhets (Ukrainian: Запоро́жець; Russian: Запоро́жец  pronunciation ) was a series of rear-wheel-drive superminis (city cars in their first generation) designed and built from 1958 at the ZAZ factory in Soviet Ukraine (Ukrainian: Запорізький автомобільний завод Zaporiz'kyi Avtomobilnyi Zavod, or Zaporizhian Automobile Factory). Different models of the Zaporozhets, all of which had an air-cooled engine in the rear, were produced until 1994. Since the late 1980s, the final series, 968M, was replaced by the cardinally different ZAZ-1102 Tavria hatchback, which featured a front-wheel drive and a more powerful water-cooled engine.

The name Zaporozhets translates into a Cossack of the Zaporizhian Sich or а man from Zaporizhia or the Zaporizhia Oblast.