ZIL

AMO ZiL, known fully as the Moscow Automotive Society – Likhachov Plant (Russian: Автомобильное Московское Общество – Завод имени Лихачёва, translit. Avtomobilnoe Moskovskoe Obshchestvo – Zavod imeni Likhachova) and more commonly called ZiL (Russian: ЗиЛ), was a major Russian automobile, truck, military vehicle, and heavy equipment manufacturer that was based in Moscow, Russia.

The last ZiL vehicle was assembled in 2012. The company continues to exist only as real-estate development site, on which a new urban district will be built by the LSR Group construction company.

History

The factory originated in 1916 as the Moscow Automotive Society (AMO) (Russian: Автомобильное Московское Общество (АМО), translit. Avtomobilnoe Moskovskoe Obshchestvo (AMO). The AMO factory was completed in 1917, just before the Revolution. It was located in a modern building with the latest in American equipment and was designed to employ 6,000 workers.[4] The plans were to produce Fiat F-15 1.5 tonne trucks under licence. 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 American A.J. Brandt Co., and 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 Likhachova, after its former director Ivan Alekseevich Likhachov.

ZiL lanes—road lanes dedicated to vehicles carrying top Soviet officials—were named after the car.

Zil has a history of exporting trucks to Cuba, a trade resumed in the early 21st century.[5] The ZiL factory is portrayed in a 2014 documentary, The Last Limousine.[6]

Moscow administration has stopped truck production and the company will be liquidated. ZiL still exists as a legal entity, but produces no vehicles. In 2014 it was announced that the factory site will be turned into a residential development.[7] Most factory buildings were dismantled in 2015.[8]

The factory’s equipment and other automotive assets were auctioned off to a new company, “MSTs6 AMO ZIL”. It employs 47 staff, mostly former ZiL workers.[9] The company took part in the Moscow International Automobile Salon 2016.

Awards

In June 1942 the VMS was awarded the first Order of Lenin for the excellent organization of the production of ammunition and weapons.
In October 1944 the plant was awarded the Order of Red Banner of Labour.
In November 1949 a second plant was awarded the Order of Lenin for merits in development of the Soviet autostructure and in connection with the 25th anniversary of the Soviet car.
In 1971 the plant was awarded the Order of Lenin for the third successful implementation of the Eighth Five-Year Plan.
In 1975 the plant was awarded the Order of the October Revolution for the successful completion of works on creation of capacities up to 200 thousand cars per year issuance.

Models

Limousine

ZIS-101 (1936-1941)
ZIS-102 (1938-1940)
ZIS-110 (1946-1958)
ZIS-115 (1946-1947)
ZIL-111 (1958-1967)
ZIL-114 (1967-1978)
ZIL-115 (anni settanta)
ZIL-117 (1972-1977)
ZIL-4104 (1978-1985)
ZIL-41047 (1985-2002 e 2010)

Truck

AMO-F-15 (1924)
AMO-3 (1931)
ZIS-5, ZIS-6 (1934, copy of the US Autocar 2 10-cwt)
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-135 (19??)
ZIL-5301 “Bychok” (“Bull”) (1992)
ZIL-6404 (1996)
ZIL-6309 (1999)
ZIL-6409 (1999)
ZIL-433180 (2003)
ZIL-432930 (2003)
ZIL-4327 (2004?)
ZIL-4334 (2004)

bus

ZIS-8
ZIS-16 (1941?)
ZIS-154
ZIS-155 (1949)
ZIS-127 (1955)
ZIL-158 (1957)
ZIL-118 “Yunost” (1967)
ZIL-3250 (1998)

Competition vehicles

ZIS-101 Sport (1939)
ZIS-112/4 (1958)
ZIL 112S (1960-62)
ZIL-412S (1962)

Various

B-3 transport half-track
ZIS-152 APC
ZIL-29061
ZIL-3167s amphibious truck
ZIL-485 amphibious truck
ZIL-4906 amphibious vehicle
ZIL-41041 sedan
ZIL-41047 limousine
ZIL-4102 prototype
ZIL-E-167 all-terrain vehicle
ZIL-29061 experimental vehicle with worm drive of the 70s

MODELS

CONCEPT

SPARK-MODEL – ZIS – 112 LWB N 6 COUPE 1951 – USSR

SPARK-MODEL – ZIS – 112 SPIDER 1953 – USSR

SPARK-MODEL – ZIS – 112 SPIDER N 46 1956

limousine

IST-MODELS – ZIL – 111 VLADNI VUZ PRESIDENTIAL 1958 – ANTONIN NOVOTNY

EDICOLA – ZIL – 111-A LIMOUSINE PRESIDENTIAL 1959

EDICOLA – ZIL – 111 4-DOOR 1959

EDICOLA – ZIL – 111G 1959

EDICOLA – ZIL – 111 4-DOOR 1959

IST-MODELS – ZIL – 111G 4-DOOR (RED INTERIOR) 1965

EDICOLA – ZIL – 111-V PRESIDENTIAL LEONID BREJNEV MOSCOW 1966

EDICOLA – ZIL – 114 4-DOOR LIMOUSINE 1967

EDICOLA – ZIL – 114 4-DOOR LIMOUSINE 1967

EDICOLA – ZIL – 117 1972 – 007 JAMES BOND – CASINO ROYALE

RLMODELS – ZIL – 115 SALOON PRESIDENTIAL 1972

IST-MODELS – ZIL – ZIL-111V CABRIOLET PRESIDENTIAL CAR – 30th ANNIVERSARY DDR 1979 WITH FIGURES HONECKER + BRESCHNEW

EDICOLA – ZIL – 117-V PRESIDENTIAL MIKHAIL GORBATCHEV RUSSIA 1984

EDICOLA – ZIL – 41047 1985

IST-MODELS – ZIL – 41047 LIMOUSINE 1985

SPARK-MODEL – ZIL – ZIL-41052 LIMOUSINE 1986

SPARK-MODEL – ZIL – ZIL-41072 SCORPION LIMOUSINE GOVERNMENTAL 1986

TRUCK ZIL

SPARK-MODEL – ZIL – ZIL-151 W.LOAD PLATFORM TRUCK KHAKI 1951

SPARK-MODEL – ZIL – ZIL-121B LKW TRUCK PLATFORM 1951

SPARK-MODEL – ZIL – ZIL-157KW TRUCK LOAD PLATFORM 1956

SPARK-MODEL – ZIL – ZIL-157KV TRACTOR TRUCK 1956

SPARK-MODEL – ZIL – ZIL-164 PM-10 1957 – WINTER CLEANING STREET SPAZZANEVE – SNOWNPLOUGH – MOSCOW

START SCALE MODELS – ZIL – 157K TANKER TRUCK RUSSIAN FIRE BRIGADE 1958

SPARK-MODEL – ZIL – 157 TRUCK 1958

SPARK-MODEL – ZIL – ZIL-164 KPM-2 TANKER TRUCK 1961 – WINTER CLEANING STREET SPAZZANEVE – SNOWNPLOUGH – LENINGRAD

ULTRA-MODELS – ZIL – ZIL-130 TRUCK 1962

EDICOLA – ZIL – 130 ATS TANKER TRUCK FIRE ENGINE 1964

PREMIUM CLASSIXXS – ZIL – 130 TRUCK CASSONATO NVA 1964

PREMIUM CLASSIXXS – ZIL – 131 AC-40 6X6 TANKER TRUCK FEUERWEHR 1965

PREMIUM CLASSIXXS – ZIL – 131 TRUCK 6X6 KUNG NVA 1965

AUTO HISTORIA – ZIL – 131 TRUCK 6X6 RUSSIA FIRE BRIGADE 1965

AUTO HISTORIA – ZIL – 131 TRUCK 6X6 TELONATO 1965

START SCALE MODELS – ZIL – 133GYA TRUCK WITH KC-3575A CRANE GRU 1966

SPARK-MODEL – ZIL – ZIL-4906 BLUE BIRD WITH INTERIOR

SPARK-MODEL – ZIL – ZIL-49061 BLUE BIRD WITH PASSENGER COMPARTMENT

ZIL BUS

SOVIET AUTOBUS – ZIL – 158A AUTOBUS 1957

START SCALE MODELS – ZIL – 130B1 TRUCK AUTOBUS AIRPORT BYKOVO 1962 – TRASPORTO PASSEGGERI AEROPORTO BYKOVO RUSSIA

EDICOLA – ZIL – 118 JUNOST AUTOBUS 1962

IST-MODELS – ZIL – 118 UNOST AUTOBUS PANORAMIC 1964

EDICOLA – ZIL – 118K JUNOST AUTOBUS CRIMINAL LABORATORY 1970

EDICOLA – ZIL – 118K JUNOST AUTOBUS 1970

SPECIAL MEANS

SPARK-MODEL – ZIL – ZIL-29061 ALL-TERRAIN AUGER VEHICLE 1980

AMBULANCE

SPARK-MODEL – ZIL – 118 KA RUSSIAN AMBULANCE 1972

SPORT CAR

SPARK-MODEL – ZIL – ZIL-112C CHASSIS Nr.1 N 46 RACE 1962

ZIL CARS

EDICOLA – ZIS – 101A

IST-MODELS – ZIS – 101A 1936

NASH-AVTOPROM – ZIS – ZIS-101A 1941

EDICOLA – ZIL – 101A ( REPLICA PHANARD)

NASH-AVTOPROM – ZIS – ZIS-101A SPORT SPIDER CLOSED

NASH-AVTOPROM – ZIS – ZIS-101A SPORT SPIDER OPEN

EDICOLA – ZIS – 110 BERLINE 1946

EDICOLA – ZIS – 110 BERLINE 1946

EDICOLA – ZIS – 110 BERLINE 1946

IST-MODELS – ZIS – 110 TAXI 1948

RLMODELS – ZIS – 115 LIMOUSINE ARMOURED – PERSONAL CAR STALIN 1949

GIOCHER – ZIS – 115 LIMOUSINE ARMOURED – PERSONAL CAR STALIN – WITH FIGURES DRIVER AND STALIN

GIOCHER – ZIS – 115 LIMOUSINE CABRIOLET – PERSONAL CAR STALIN – WITH FIGURES DRIVER + STALIN

RIO-MODELS – ZIS – 115 LIMOUSINE ARMOURED – PERSONAL CAR STALIN – WITH FIGURES SOLDIER + STALIN