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1932 RUSSIAN ZIS-101 - FIRST LIMO COPIED FROM 1932 BUICK 90L

In early 1930s with­out any licens­ing arrange­ments Soviet engi­neers copied the first lim­ou­sine car for Com­mu­nist party exec­u­tives. In 1932 six lim­ou­sines were copied off the Amer­i­can Buick 90L. How­ever, later the fac­tory pro­duc­tion line was switched to pro­duc­ing cater­pil­lar tractors,so the lim­ou­sine busi­ness was shifted to Moscow Stalin Factory.

The car, based on the engine of the Buick and the body copied off the Cadil­lac, was given another non-poetic name, ZIS — 101. It also had Buick radi­a­tor bars.

By the begin­ning of the Sec­ond World War there were three huge car fac­to­ries in the USSR. Despite the fact that the USSR already had its own highly edu­cated and tal­ented engi­neers, the very first post-war lim­ou­sine ZIS-110 was also a copy of an obso­lete Amer­i­can car. When mak­ing a deci­sion about the launch of a new car, the engi­neers selected four mod­els – Packard 180, Packard Clip­per, Cadil­lac 75 and Cadil­lac 63. Stalin him­self was to make the deci­sion, and he picked the Packard 180.
 

1932 RUSSIAN ZIS-101 - FIRST LIMO COPIED FROM 1932 BUICK 90L





 

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