Experienced car class GT (Gran Turismo), with a body like a two-door hardtop convertible - a dream car, released in just two copies. In 1964, on a trial basis, based on the pre-production Moskvich-408, two samples of the Moskvich-408 Tourist were created.
This elegant car was an attempt to create a modification with an open two-door body of the so-called 2 + 2 types.
The model was based on the chassis and body parts of the Moskvich-408 serial sedan. One of the two prototypes had a body with aluminum exterior panels, the other with steel. The doors of the prototype were devoid of glass frames. Also, the car was equipped with a removable hard top. The absence of a roof adversely affected the rigidity of the body, so the bottom was reinforced with an X-shaped cross member.
On one prototype, there were two Weber carburetors; they also planned to install (according to some sources) an electronically controlled fuel injection system TsNITA (Central Scientific Institute of Fuel Equipment).
It was assumed that "Tourist" could be produced in small batches for export, but it never went into production. Not a single copy has survived.
