 Full-scale production began in 1957, with a list price of 5,400 rubles.The new 1957 production cars, known as Series Ones, had a brand-new OHV engine, the first model produced by "Zavolzhskiy Motorniy Zavod" (Zavolzhye Engine Factory, ZMZ).Unusual for the era, it had aluminum block and head, with gear-driven camshaft and compression ratio of 6.6