Ruta (Рута)

The Ruta was a two-seat teaching and training microcar designed by the public design bureau of the Moscow House of Young Technicians. It was conceived as the simplest possible open-type microcar with maximum use of readily available units and assemblies, and its name was a play on the word for a car-roller, or autoroller. The prototype had a TG-200 engine placed on the rear suspension lever, driving one rear wheel…