It was also assembled by Scaldia-Volga SA in Brussels, Belgium. In Belgium the car was sold as the Scaldia 1300/1400, although Scaldia also installed Perkins' 1.8-litre 4.108 engine in the Scaldia Diesel beginning in 1968. This model offered SAE, but lacked the twin headlamps of the petrol-engined export 408.Automobil Revue '70, p. 413. It offered a top speed, not a dramatic change from the classic 408 engine, but offered better fuel economy. The 1.6-liter, Perkins 4.99 engine was mounted between 1965 and early 1966, when it was replaced by the 1.8-liter version. This smaller engine was also mounted on the Moskvich 407.
