ZiL

:"This page is about the Russian car and truck factory. For other meanings, see ZIL (disambiguation)."Infobox_Company
company_
company_name = AMO ZiL (Avtomobilnoe Moskovskoe Obshchestvo - Zavod Imeni Likhacheva)
industry = Automotive
company_type = Joint Stock Company
foundation = 1916
location = flagicon|Russia Moscow, Russia/USSR
products = Luxury Automobiles
Heavy Road Vehicles
Offroad Vehicles
Military Vehicles
revenue =
key_people = Konstantin Laptev, General Director (2002 - "Present")
num_employees = | net_income =
operating_income =
homepage = [http://www.amo-zil.ru/ Official AMO ZiL website]

Zavod imeni Likhacheva More commonly called ZIL (or ZiL, Russian: Завод имени Лихачёва (ЗиЛ) — Likhachev Factory, literally "Factory named after Likhachev") 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 aerosans. 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 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

* ZIS-101 (1936)
* ZIS-110 (1942)
* ZIS-115
* ZIL-111 (1958)
* ZIL-114
* ZIL-115
* ZIL-117
* ZIL-4104
* ZIL-41041
* ZIL-41047
* ZIL-4105

Trucks

* AMO-F-15 (1924)
* AMO-3 (1931)
* ZIS-5, ZIS-6 (1934, copies of the U.S. Autocar 2 10-cwt truck)
* 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 (1966)
* 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)

Buses

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

port and racing cars

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

Misc

* B-3 half-tracked transporter
* ZIS-152 armored personnel carrier
* ZIL-485 amphibious truck
* ZIL-4906 amphibious vehicle
* ZIL-41041 sedan
* ZIL-41047 limousine
* ZIL-4102 prototype saloon
* ZIL-E-167 all-terrain vehicle

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.

See also

* Soviet Artillery Factory No. 92 was also named "Zavod imeni Stalina" (ZiS)

External links

http://www.bert-hein.de All about the ZIS-110 and database of existing ZIS cars
* [http://www.amo-zil.ru/ Official web-site of ZIL]
* [http://www.ukcar.com/history/ZIL/ History of ZIL at ukcar.com]
* [http://digilander.libero.it/cuoccimix/ENGLISH-automotorusse9-G(Zil).htm History of ZIL at digilander.libero.it]
* [http://www.avtomash.ru/pred/zil/zil_istori.htm History of ZIL at avtomash.ru]