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1975 Izh-2125 Kombi

The IZh 2125 "Kombi" (Russian: ИЖ-2125 Комби, short for "combination") is a compact car produced by the Soviet automobile maker IZh from 1973 to 1997. It was based on an Izhevsk-modified Moskvitch 412, with the first prototype released in 1972 as a small family car. It was considered to be the first Soviet hatchback (released about a decade before the well-known Lada Samara), though the car actually possesses a station wagon body wherein the "D" pillar has its own support and does not gain from weight reduction (which would position the model more in the liftback family). In Russian literature the car is referred to as liftback. For the same reason, the car was given the "Kombi" nickname, which in a way alludes to the Combi coupé (the word kombi itself meaning "station wagon" in German and Polish, while in Russian a station wagon is called universal).

The Kombi had a notable success in sales within the USSR between 1974 and 1980 due in large part to limited competition - station wagon variants of the Lada, Moscow-built Moskvitch and Volga were not easy to buy, however, due to absence of upmarket components export models were never produced and the car did not sell outside the country. In 1982, the Kombi received a facelift, along with the IZh-produced Moskvitch 412 and IZh 2715 panel van and was then rebranded as a 21251.
 
 

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