![]() The original engine had a peak power output of 23 hp (17 kW 23 PS), and was selected for use in the ZAZ-965. In 1960, MeMZ released its first gasoline engine, the 746 cc (45.5 cu in) V4 MeMZ-965, which had been designed for the LuAZ-967. In 1958 the factory was renamed MeMZ and started developing micro car engines for ZAZ. The large industrial city of Melitopol was freed from Nazi occupation in 1944, at which time the National Committee of USSR ordered the factory to resume operations. In 1958, the name was changed again, to Melitopol Motor Plant (MeMZ), when it was refitted for production of automobile engines. It was evacuated prior to the German invasion, and rebuilt, restarting production in 1944. In 1936, it was again renamed, to Mikoyan Diesel-Building Factory. In 1931, the factory was included to the state owned combinat Soyuzdiesel, focusing on engines for fishing boats. It was renamed into the artel Pobeda (Victory) in 1925 and was focused mainly on diesel engine for applications in agricultural and construction machinery, and for fishing boats. ![]() ![]() After the October Revolution, it was nationalized, and until 1925 operated as the Russian Second Soviet Factory. The factory was founded in 1908 by a Ukrainian Mennonite entrepreneur Izrail Davidovich Zaferman, intending to build diesel engines. MEMZ is a brand of vehicle engines related to Melitopol Engine Factory ( Ukrainian: Мелітопольський моторний завод literally "Melitopol Motor Plant" ), which is located in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast and it is a part of AvtoZAZ motor vehicle manufacturer out of Zaporizhzhia.
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