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ZILZIS-115
Production1948–1949
Recorded originRussia
ClassAutomobile
Built1 units
Background
The ZIS-115 is a Soviet-built, armored version of the ZIS-110 limousine, designed and built especially for Joseph Stalin. A total of 32 of the cars were manufactured between 1948 and 1949. The heavily armored car's design was based on the American 1942 Packard Super Eight. The car weighed over 4 tonnes, with windows made of glass nearly 8 cm (3 in) thick were powered by a hydraulic system. Its 6.0-litre (366 cu in) straight-eight engine generated 140 hp (103 kW) with a top speed of 121 km/h (75 mph).
Text adapted from “ZIS-115” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
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