AMO ZiL (Avtomobilnoe Moskovskoe Obshchestvo – Zavod Imeni Likhachova)
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| Formerly called |
- AMO (1916-1931)
- ZiS (1931-1956)
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| Type |
Joint-stock |
| Industry |
Automotive |
| Founded |
Moscow, Russia (1916) |
| Headquarters |
Moscow, Russia |
| Key people |
- Igor Zakharov (CEO)
- Konstantin Laptev (General Director, 2002–present)
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| Products |
- Luxury automobiles
- Heavy road vehicles
- Offroad vehicles
- Military vehicles
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| Website |
www.amo-zil.ru |
Moscow Joint-Stock Company “The Likhachov Plant” AMO ZIL
“Zavod imeni Likhachova”, more commonly called ZiL (Russian: Завод имени Лихачёва (ЗиЛ)—Likhachov Plant, literally “Plant named for Likhachov”) is a major Russian truck and heavy equipment manufacturer based in the City of Moscow, 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.
1916 plan for the AMO factory.
The factory was founded in 1916 as Avtomobilnoe Moskovskoe Obshchestvo (AMO, Russian Автомобильное Московское Общество (АМО)—Moscow Automotive Society). 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., 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.
Subsidiaries
BAZ produces off-road tractors and chassis with carrying capacity from 14 to 40 tonnes.
Models
Limousines
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ZIS-101
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ZIS-110
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ZIL-111
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ZIL-114
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ZIL-117
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ZIL-4104
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ZIL-41047
Trucks
ZIL 130
fire truck AC 3.2-40 (ZiL-4331)
fire truck AC 3,0-40 (ZiL-4334)
- AMO F-15 (1924, copies of the Fiat F-15)
- AMO-2 (1930)
- AMO-3 (1931)
- AMO-7 (1932, prototype tractor-trailer based on AMO-3)
- ZIS-5, ZIS-6 (1934, copies of the U.S. Autocar Dispatch Model SA and Model SD)
- 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-13 (1936, gas generator version of ZIS-5)
- ZIS-14 (1934, long wheelbase version of ZIS-5)
- ZIS-15 (prototype replacement for ZIS-5, 1938)
- ZIS-21 (1939-1941, based on ZIS-5 but powered by wood gas)
- ZIS-22 (Halftrack, 1939-1941, based on the ZIS-5)
- ZIS-23 (three axle prototype based on the ZIS-15)
- ZIS-24 (four-wheel-drive prototype based on the ZIS-15)
- ZIS-30 (1940, multifuel version of ZIS-5)
- ZIS-32 (1941, 4×4 version of the ZIS-5)
- ZIS-33 (1940, halftrack, based on the ZIS-5)
- ZIS-36 (1944, prototype 6×6 version of ZIS-5)
- ZIS-41 (1940, simplified version of ZIS-21)
- ZIS-42 (Halftrack, 1942-1944, based on the ZIS-5)
- ZIS-43 (1944, armed version of ZIS-42)
- ZIS-50 (1946, re-engined ZIS-5)
- ZIS-120N (1956, tractor-trailer version of ZIS-150)
- ZIS-121 (tractor-trailer version of ZIS-151)
- ZIS-128 (1954, prototype for ZIL-131)
- ZIS-E134 (1955, prototype off road vehicle)
- ZIS-150 (1947)
- ZIS-151 (1948, three-axle version of ZIS-150)
- ZIS-153 (1952?, prototype halftrack based on ZIS-151)
- ZIS-156 (1947, gas generator version of ZIS-150)
- ZIS-253 (prototype)
- ZIS-585 (1949, dump-truck version of ZIS-150)
- ZIL-130 (1962, production moved to Ural Automobiles and Motors in 1987)
- ZIL-131 (1967, production moved to Ural Automobiles and Motors in 1987)
- ZIL-132 (1960, prototype off road vehicle)
- ZIL-133 (1975, three-axle version of ZIL-130)
- ZIL-134 (1957, prototype off road vehicle)
- ZIL-135 (1959, prototype off road vehicle) – later built by BAZ
- ZIL-136 (1957, prototype off road vehicle)
- ZIL-137 (prototype off road tractor-trailer based on ZIL-131)
- ZIL-138 (1975, LPG powered version of ZIL-130)
- ZIL-157 (1958)
- ZIL-157R (1957, prototype off road vehicle based on ZIL-157)
- ZIL-164 (1957, improved ZIS-150)
- ZIL-164N (1957, tractor trailer version of ZIL-164)
- ZIL-165 (1958, prototype for ZIL-131)
- ZIL-166 (1957, gas generator version of ZIL-164)
- ZIL-E-167 (1962?)
- ZIL-169G (prototype for ZIL-4331)
- ZIL-E169A (1964, prototype cab-over truck)
- ZIL-170 (1969, prototype for KAMAZ-5320)
- ZIL-175 (1969, two-axle version of ZIL-170, prototype for Kamaz)
- ZIL-485 (amphibious vehicle based on ZIS-151)
- ZIL-553 (cement mixer based on ZIL-164)
- ZIL-555 (1964, dump truck based on ZIL-130)
- ZIL-585 (1957, dump truck based on ZIL-164)
- ZIL-2502 (dump truck based on ZIL-5301)
- ZIL-3302 (1992, prototype truck based on ZIL-119)
- ZIL-3906
- ZIL-4305 (1983, prototype truck based on ZIL-4104)
- ZIL-4327 (2004?)
- ZIL-4331 (1986)
- ZIL-4334 (2004)
- ZIL-4514 (dump truck based on ZIL-133)
- ZIL-4972
- ZIL-5301 “Bychok” (“Bull”) (1992)
- ZIL-5901 (1970)
- ZIL-6404 (1996)
- ZIL-6309 (1999)
- ZIL-6409 (1999)
- ZIL-432720
- ZIL-432930 (2003)
- ZIL-433180 (2003)
- ZIL-436200 (2009)
Buses
interurban bus ZIS-127
- AKZ-1 (1947-1948, based on ZIS-150 truck)
- AMO-4 (1932-1934, based on the AMO-3)
- ZIS-lux (prototype, based on the ZIS-6, 1934)
- ZIS-8 (1934-1938, based on the ZIS-11)
- ZIS-16 (1938-1942, based on the ZIS-5)
- ZIS-17 (prototype, based on the ZIS-15, 1939)
- ZIS-44 (based on the ZIS-5)
- ZIS-127 (1955-1961)
- ZIL-129 (short-range version of ZIS-127)
- ZIS-154 (1946–1950)
- ZIS-155 (1949–1957)
- ZIL-118 “Yunost” (1962-1970, based on ZIL-111)
- ZIL-119 (1971-1994, based on ZIL-118; also called ZIL-118K)
- ZIL-158 (1957-1959, based on ZIL-164)
- ZIL-159 (1959, prototype for LiAZ)
- ZIL-3207 (1991-1999, based on ZIL-41047)
- ZIL-3250 (1998-present, based on ZIL-5301)
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ZIS-8
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ZIS-154
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ZIL-158
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ZIL-118
Sport and racing cars
1962 ZIL-112 Sports
1962 ZIS-112 Sports
Misc
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, having landed with Soyuz TMA-2, is being recovered with a ZIL-49061 vehicle.
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