ZIL-112 Sports
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ZIL-112 Sports was a sports car made by Zavod Imeni Likhacheva between 1960 and 1962. The 112S used a lot of first for Soviet Union cars such as controlled slip differential, disc brakes, radial-ply tires et.c. It is powered by a 5980 cc inline-8 from the ZIL-111 equipped with four K-85 carburettors giving 230 hp (the car pictured has been tuned to a 300 hp) and a top speed of 260 km/h. And it could do 0-100 km/h in 9 seconds. The total weight was 1330 kg. Steering and front suspension came from the GAZ M21 Volga. In the rear it used De Dion suspension with triangular levers.
Between 1963 to 1965 the car set five all-Union records in the racetracks.
The deisgn is similar to the Ferrari 166 S.