Zavod- Russian Truck and Heavy Equipment Manufacturer

THE HISTORY OF ZIL

ZAVOD IMENI LIKHACHEVA Zavod Imeni Likhacheva (ZIL or ZiL, Russian: Завод имени Лихачёва (ЗиЛ) - Likhachev Factory) is a major Russian truck and heavy equipment manufacturer, which also produced armored cars for most Soviet leaders, as well as buses and armored fighting vehicles. The company also produces hand-built limousines and high-end luxury sedans 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. 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 changed its name to 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 ZIS-101 (1936) ZIS-110 (1942) ZIS-115 ZIL-111 (1958) ZIL-114 ZIL-117 ZIL-4104 ZIL-41047 ZIL-4105 Trucks AMO-F-15 (1924) AMO-3 (1931) ZIS-5, ZIS-6 (1934) ZIS-22, ZIS-42 (1941?) ZIS-128 ZIS-150 (1947) ZIS-151 (1948) ZIL-164 (1957) ZIL-157 (1958) ZIL-130 (1964) ZIL-131 (1967) ZIL-133 (1975) 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 ZIS-8 ZIS-16 (1941?) ZIS-154 ZIS-155 (1949) ZIS-127 (1955) ZIL-158 (1957) ZIL-118 "Yunost" (1967) ZIL-3250 (1998) Sport and racing cars ZIS-101 Sport (1939) ZIS 112/4 (1958) ZIL 112 Sports (1960-62) ZIL 412 S (1962) Misc ZIS-152 armored personnel carrier ZIS-458 amphibious vehicle ZIL-4906 amphibious vehicle ZIL-41041 sedan ZIL-41047 limousine

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