My favorite car from my home country! *Rolls Royce, Maybach, Eat your heart out*
Russia is typically known for making crap cars. That goes for all of eastern Europe. But there was a car that was so amazing, i will never forget it.
It's comes from the Russian Auto Manufacture Zil
That is Zavod imeni Likhacheva. Translation "Factory in honor of Likhacheva"
It called the ZIL-41047 and It weights 7,286lbs A Hummer H2 weights 6400lbs!
Link to the Zil 41047 Website
This is how you "ARRIVE" if you are a big figure in the world.
You better believe it is!
Looks like special opps training.
What now, Mr. Bond?
Link to all pictures!
In Moscow Museum
wiki writes...
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.
Wiki article on the ZIL-41047
ZIL-41047 is a limousine from ZIL. It has seven seats including the driver. When loaded it weighs 3550 kg (7826 lb). The top speed with two persons is listed as "not less than 190 km/h (118 mph)". It is powered by a 7.7 L (469 cubic inch) carbureted V8 of ZIL's own design giving 232 kW (315 hp) at 4,600 revs per minute. This engine drives the rear wheels via a three-speed automatic transmission with the following ratios:
* First gear: 2.02:1
* Second gear: 1.42:1
* Third gear: 1:1
* Reverse: 1.42:1
It replaced the ZIL-4104 in the late 1980s and had virtually no mechanical changes compared with that model. The only major changes have been in the styling, which in some respects, notably in the rear-view mirrors, was drastically modernised compared to the styling of previous ZIL models. The front turn indicators where also modernised, with the rectangular horizontal line giving way to a more vertically-oriented, door-like shape. The front headlights were also restyled, as was the rear parcel shelf. Inside, the most notable change was the replacement of ZIL's venerable pushbutton automatic transmission by a gear selector on the floor. The car is so wide that the centre console can stand parallel to the gear selector.
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Originally Posted by GKtib®
I have never thought of that, BRILLANT!
