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MeMZ is short for "Melitopol Motor Plant" (Ukrainian: "''Мелітопольський моторний завод''"), a part of AvtoZAZ. The factory was founded in 1908 by a Ukrainian Mennonite entrepreneur by the name of Zaferman, intending to build diesel engines.〔Thompson, Andy. ''Cars of the Soviet Union'' (Haynes Publishing, Somerset, UK, 2008), p.90.〕 After the October Revolution, it was nationalized,〔Thompson, p.89.〕 and until 1925 operated as the Russian Second Soviet Factory. 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.〔Thompson, p.91.〕 In 1931, the factory was included to the state owned ''combinat'' ''Soyuzdiesel'', focusing on engines for fishing boats.〔Thompson, p.91.〕 In 1936, it was again renamed, to Mikoyan Diesel-Building Factory.〔Thompson, p.91.〕 It was evacuated prior to the German invasion, and rebuilt, restarting production in 1944.〔Thompson, p.91.〕 In 1958, the name was changed again, to Melitopol Motor Plant (MeMZ), when it was refitted for production of automobile engines.〔Thompson, p.91.〕 ==Post-war== 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 factory was renamed MeMZ and started developing micro car engines for ZAZ. In 1960, MeMZ released its first gasoline engine, the V4 MeMZ-965, which had been designed for the LuAZ-967.〔Thompson, Andy. ''Cars of the Soviet Union'' (Haynes Publishing, Somerset, UK, 2008), p.89.〕 The original engine had a peak power output of ,〔Thompson, p.89.〕 and was selected for use in the ZAZ-965.〔Thompson, p.89.〕 It had a magnesium block, oil cooler on the rear of the engine, and accessories mounted high on the engine.〔Thompson, p.90.〕 Despite being small, the engine produced a great deal of heat, all of which could not be effectively dissipated by an air-cooling system. In 1963 the initial design saw some improvements and the new MeMZ-966 model was released into mass production. The factory was incorporated into AvtoZAZ holding in 1975. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MeMZ」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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