MVTU was a one-off prototype automobile built in 1958 by a laboratory attached to the Wheeled Vehicles department of the Moscow Higher Technical School named after Bauman, as a student project supervised by V.S. Tsybin. The car combined a steel tubular frame with a fiberglass body weighing only 47 kilograms, produced at the Experimental Design Plant (ZOK) of the NAMI institute, which was pursuing similar compact fiberglass-bodied vehicles at the time. Mechanically it relied on components from the S-3L car, though students reworked certain assemblies themselves, including the rack-and-pinion steering. The independent coil-sprung front suspension on transverse arms was designed as a coursework project by L.M. Shugurov, who later became a noted automotive journalist and historian. The prototype was exhibited at the VDNKh grounds in Moscow in the late 1950s.
MVTU measured 3,100 mm long, 1,320 mm wide and 1,350 mm tall on an 1,800 mm wheelbase, and was a front-engined, rear-wheel-drive two-seat coupe with a top speed of 55 km/h. Power came from an IZh-49 single-cylinder, two-stroke, carbureted engine of 346 cubic centimeters producing 7.5 hp (5.5 kW) at 3,200 rpm, paired with a four-speed manual gearbox. The rear suspension was independent with leaf springs, and mechanical drum brakes acted on the rear wheels. The electrical system ran on 6 volts, with 4.50-10 tires.
