ZIL
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Soviet and Russian vehicle plant in Moscow, known for the limousines of the elite, which built its last vehicle in 2012.
- Founded
- 1916, as the Moscow Automotive Society (AMO)
- Location
- Moscow, Russia
- Known for
- Soviet limousines and heavy trucks
- Ended
- Last vehicle assembled in 2012
The Moscow Automotive Society started building a factory south of Moscow on 2 August 1916, and the plant's first vehicle, the AMO-F-15, was produced on 1 November 1924. It was renamed after its former director Ivan Likhachev on 26 June 1956.
ZiL became one of the main producers of luxury cars in the Soviet Union and also built trucks and military vehicles. Privatised after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it ceased car production with its last vehicle assembled in 2012 and was liquidated as an automobile manufacturer by 2020.
- 1916Moscow Automotive Society starts building its factory
- 1924First vehicle, the AMO-F-15
- 1956Plant named after Ivan Likhachev
- 2012Last ZiL vehicle assembled
- 2020Liquidation as an automobile manufacturer
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ZIL ZIL-MMZ-555: the Soviet building site dumper
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ZIL ZIL-5301 Bychok: the last ZiL truck
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ZIL ZIL-4906: the Blue Bird that recovered spacecraft
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ZIL ZIL-4331: the diesel ZiL that replaced the 130
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ZIL ZIL-41047: the final ZiL limousine
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ZIL ZIL-151: the first post-war Soviet 6×6
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ZIL ZIL-135: the eight-wheeled rocket carrier
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ZIL ZIL-133: the three-axle ZiL truck
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ZIL ZIL-118 Yunost: the limousine-based minibus
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ZIL ZIL-111: the Soviet limousine of 1958
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ZIL ZIL-157: the Crocodile with adjustable tyres
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ZIL ZIL-164: the modernised ZIS-150
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ZIL ZIL-131: the Soviet army’s six-wheel workhorse
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ZIL ZIL-153: the armoured carrier that lost to the BTR-60
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ZIL ZIL-130: the Soviet Union’s working truck
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ZIL ZIL-114: the last classic Soviet limousine
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ZIL ZIL-4104: the seven-litre limousine of the elite
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ZIL ZIL-117: the short ZiL for the Politburo