ZIL

The latest and most famous design of a sports car created in the laboratory of high-speed ZIL cars. The car was originally developed taking into account the specifics of its use in ring races. The design prototype, obviously, is Ferrari 250TR 1958. (AC Cobra came to the world later) Lead designer – V. Rodionov. “C” – is not english “c” but russian letter “s” for Sport. The design as much as possible used components of the serial model ZIL-111, some units were taken from the GAZ-21 and ZIS-110. The basis of the chassis was a spatial frame of thin-walled steel pipes that have undergone heat treatment.Read More →