This funny little car was launched in 1958 in the USSR. At the time, this model was loaned to disabled drivers and renewed every 5 years through the social welfare system of the country. The S-3A equipped with a 2-stroke single cylinder engine (346 cc, 10 hp), here dated 1967, was produced from 1958 to 1970, then replaced by the S-3D, sold until 1997.