High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Moskvitch 402 is a small family car manufactured by the former Soviet maker MZMA, first time introduced in 1956 as a second generation of the Moskvitch 400/401 series. Unlike its predecessor, which was based on Opel Kadett's body, 402 featured a practically redesigned Ford Taunus M12 base (drivetrain, rear-wheel suspension and inner hood space) with many improvements made to the initial body style. Among other innovations, a car radio was added. Moskvitch 402 shared the same 4-cylinder flathead engine as its predecessors, however, whose construction dated back in the late 1930s of German engineering. The maximal speed that could be obtained on a free driveway was 88-90 km/h (54 mph), no more than a slight increase over the 401 series (and mostly due to considerable reductions in body weight). It was not until 1958 that the engine was replaced with MZMA's OHV development (among other changes to the motor) which allowed to obtain a maximal speed increase up to 115 km/h (70 mph) and a much less noisy drive. The new engine 402 model was manufactured as Moskvitch 407.

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