The obvious futility of the body, tested on experimental series 1-4, led to the development of a fundamentally new body, made in the style of its European counterparts – in particular, the car turned out to be similar to the Fiat-132.
Moskvich 3-5-5 was developed quickly – work in this direction began in mid-1972, and in December the first silver-colored prototype was ready. The second car was painted cherry color and differed in decorative elements – in particular, the radiator grille. The haste affected the quality of the work – due to a design miscalculation, a fold appeared on the roof of the car. This flaw was fixed in the next series 3-5-6.
After testing, the silver Moskvich 3-5-5 was stored in the storerooms of the AZLK museum and in the 1990s ended up in the open-air collection of Mikhail Krasinets. The cherry-colored car was broken up at the Dmitrovsky testing ground; only individual parts have been preserved from it (in particular, the radiator grille is now installed on the silver car).
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On the left side of the model were the forms of the previous body (Moskvich 3-5-1 – 3-5-4), on the right side were the new forms (Moskvich 3-5-5). These bodies were identical in size and basic proportions, but were strikingly different in the nature of the surfaces.
Two prototypes of Moskvich-2141 mod. 3-5-5 in silver and cherry were built by the end of 1972.
Both prototypes of Moskvich-2141 mod. 3-5-5 took part in a trip to Suzdal (~200-250 km from Moscow) in the winter of 1972-1973. Foreign analogue cars were traveling with them.