[2] This van featured a three-door body style similar to the station wagon version (Moskvitch 426/427 [pl]), with a low roofline and a rear hatch that opened upwards, making it difficult to access the cargo area and reducing the vehicle's practicality.

These prototypes featured a body cut off just behind the driver's cabin, above the rear wheels, and replaced with a rectangular cuboid structure (Izh-6F) or a cargo bed (Izh-6G).

[3] After refinement, the new van-bodied vehicle was put into production under the designation Izh 2715, in line with the new model numbering system.

The upper housing was a separate part, attached at the end of assembly, a necessity due to the desire to produce the commercial vehicles on production lines designed for Moskvitch 412 sedans.

The need for its development was primarily driven by export demands, as pickup trucks were less practical in the Soviet Union due to weaker protection of goods from weather conditions and theft.

[11]In 1982, the vehicles underwent a limited modernization, following the updates made to the base Moskvitch 412 sedan produced in Izhevsk.

[7] Interior updates included more comfortable seats and the relocation of the light switch from the floor to the steering column.

[12] In the same year, a pickup with an extended platform (longer rear overhang), designated Izh 27151-013-01, was introduced, mainly for export and produced in small series until 1997.

[13] Although fully loaded, this version had worse handling due to the lightened front wheels, it still saw demand (mainly exported to Latin America and Finland).

[17] However, operational drawbacks included the lack of heating in the rear section and the infiltration of exhaust fumes and rain through leaky doors and windows.

[14] Some of the more basic vehicles of this model from the 1990s, due to difficulties in sourcing parts, lacked rear side glazing.

[9] A distinctive feature of the Soviet communist economy was that vans and pickups could not be sold to private users, as they were considered means of production.

[18] There were also specialized variants; for example, since 1982, RBTM workshop vehicles were produced in Ryazan for repair teams working on electronic and household equipment.

[7] It wasn't until the second half of the 1980s, following partial free-market reforms associated with perestroika, that certain cargo-passenger vehicles were allowed for private use in the Soviet Union.

[4] The model designed for this purpose was the cargo-passenger Izh 27156, classified as a passenger car, though it was only produced in small quantities starting in 1988.