ZiL
- This page is about the Russian car and truck factory. For other meanings, see ZIL (disambiguation).
AMO ZiL (Avtomobilnoe Moskovskoe Obshchestvo - Zavod Imeni Likhachova)
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| Type |
Joint Stock Company |
| Industry |
Automotive |
| Founded |
1916 |
| Headquarters |
Moscow, Russia |
| Key people |
Konstantin Laptev, General Director (2002–present) |
| Products |
Luxury Automobiles
Heavy Road Vehicles
Offroad Vehicles
Military Vehicles |
| Website |
www.amo-zil.ru |
Zavod imeni Likhachova, more commonly called ZIL (or ZiL, Russian: Завод имени Лихачёва (ЗиЛ)—Likhachev Factory, literally "Factory named after Likhachov") is a major Russian truck and heavy equipment manufacturer, which also produced armored cars for most Soviet leaders, as well as buses, armored fighting vehicles, and aerosani. The company also produces hand-built limousines and high-end luxury sedans (автомобиль представительского класса, also translated as "luxury vehicle") in extremely low quantities, primarily for the Russian government. ZIL passenger cars are priced at the equivalent of models from Maybach and Rolls-Royce, but are largely unknown outside the CIS and production rarely exceeds a dozen cars per year.
History
The factory was founded in 1916 as Avtomobilnoe Moskovskoe Obshchestvo (AMO, Russian Автомобильное Московское Общество (АМО)—Moscow Automotive Enterprise). The plans were to produce Fiat F-15 1.5 ton trucks under license. Because of the October Revolution and the subsequent Russian Civil War it took until 1 November 1924 to produce the first vehicle, the AMO-F-15. In 1931 the factory was re-equipped and expanded with the help of the U.S. A.J. Brandt Co., changed its name to Automotive Factory No. 2 Zavod Imeni Stalina (ZIS or ZiS). After Nikita Khrushchev denounced the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin in 1956, the name was changed again to Zavod Imeni Likhacheva, after its former director Ivan Alekseevich Likhachev.
Models
Limousines
Trucks
- AMO-F-15 (1924, copies of the Fiat F-15)
- AMO-2 (1930)
- AMO-3 (1931)
- AMO-4 (1932)
- AMO-7 (1932)
- ZIS-5, ZIS-6 (1934, copies of the U.S. Autocar 2 10-cwt truck)
- ZIS-10 (1934, tractor-trailer version of ZIS-5)
- ZIS-11 (1934, extra long wheelbase version of ZIS-5)
- ZIS-12 (1934, long wheelbase version of ZIS-5)
- ZIS-14 (1934, long wheelbase version of ZIS-5)
- ZIS-15 (prototype, 1939)
- ZIS-21 (1939-1941, based on ZIS-5 but powered by wood gas)
- ZIS-22 (Halftrack, 1939-1941, based on the ZIS-5)
- ZIS-32 (1941, 4x4 version of the ZIS-5)
- ZIS-33 (1940, halftrack, based on the ZIS-5)
- ZIS-42 (Halftrack, 1942-1944, based on the ZIS-5)
- ZIS-128
- ZIS-150 (1947)
- ZIS-156 (1947)
- ZIS-151 (1948)
- ZIS-120N (1956)
- ZIS-253 (prototype)
- ZIS-585 (1947)
- ZIL-164 (1957)
- ZIL-157 (1958)
- ZIL-130 (1964)
- ZIL-131(1967)
- ZIL 170(1969)-prototype for KAMAZes.
- ZIL 175(1969)-prototype for KAMAZes.
- ZIL-133 (1975)
- ZIL-135 (1966)
- ZIL-4331
- ZIL-5301 "Bychok" ("Bully") (1992)
- ZIL-6404 (1996)
- ZIL-6309 (1999)
- ZIL-6409 (1999)
- ZIL-433180 (2003)
- ZIL-432930 (2003)
- ZIL-4327 (2004?)
- ZIL-4334 (2004)
Buses
- AMO-4 (1932-1934, based on the AMO-3)
- ZIS-lux (prototype, 1934)
- ZIS-8 (1934-1938, based on the ZIS-5)
- ZIS-16 (1938-1942, based on the ZIS-5)
- ZIS-17 (prototype, 1939)
- ZIS-154 (1946–1950)
- ZIS-155 (1949–1957)
- ZIL-127 (1956-1960)
- ZIL-158 (1957-1961)
- ZIL-118 "Yunost" (1967)
- ZIL-3250 (1998)
Sport and racing cars
- ZIS-101 Sport (1939)
- ZIS-112/1 (1951)
- ZIS-112/2 (1956)
- ZIS-112/3 (1956)
- ZIL-112/4 (1958)
- ZIL-112 Sports (1960–62)
- ZIL-412 S (1962)
Misc
See also
References
- Zaloga, Steven J., James Grandsen (1984). Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two, p. 44. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-606-8.
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