ZIS-101
History
The first Soviet eight-cylinder limousine. Built for the country's leadership, the ZIS-101 set the pattern for every ZIS and ZIL state car that followed.
The ZIS-101 borrowed its running gear from the Buick 32-90, while the body was developed with the American firm Budd. An eight-cylinder engine, a cloth-trimmed cabin and a radio receiver made it the closest thing the USSR had to a Cadillac. It served party officials, generals and celebrated figures of Soviet culture, and a number of cars worked as taxis on the routes from the main railway stations of Moscow and Leningrad.
Production
- Production years
- 1936–1941
- Total built
- 8,752 units
- Designer
- Yevgeny Vazhinsky
Specifications
- Engine
- 5766 cc, 8 cyl.
- Power
- 110 hp
- Top speed
- 115 km/h
- 0–100 km/h
- ~24 s
- Gearbox
- 3-speed
- Drive
- Rear
- Weight
- 2550 kg
- Fuel consumption
- 27 l/100 km
Data sheet
- Production period
- 1936–1941
- Seats
- 6
- Kerb weight
- 2550 kg
- Gross weight
- 2970 kg
- Wheelbase
- 3605 mm
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Fuel consumption
- 25.5 l/100 km
- Engine
- carburettor, four-stroke, eight-cylinder, side-valve
- Displacement
- 5.75 l
- Compression ratio
- 5.5
- Maximum power
- 110 hp
- Clutch
- twin-plate, dry
- Gearbox
- three-speed
- Final drive
- single: a pair of spiral-bevel gears
- Steering gear
- globoid worm and twin-ridge roller
- Tyre size
- 7,50-17
Source: the autoussr.ru reference archive
The first Soviet production car with an eight-cylinder engine (the small-series L-1 came earlier)
It had a radio — unheard-of luxury in the 1930s
Some cars worked as station taxis
Its successor was the post-war ZIS-110
