ZIS-110 Limousine The Soviet Union (1949)

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     ZIS-110 is a luxury car produced by Zavod Imeni Stalina, whose predecessor is AMO (Avtomobilnoe Moskovskoe Obshchestvo). In 1929, the global economic crisis broke out, while the Soviet Union started a large-scale economic construction. AMO was listed as a key project of the first Five-Year Plan then. With an area of 500 hectares and 25 thousand employees, AMO expanded its annual output to 25,000 units and became one of the world’s biggest automakers. On October 1, 1931, AMO was named Stalin Automobile Plant referred to as ZIS. ZIS continued to produce various models, including ZIS-150 trucks and ZIS-110. ZIS-110 was developed from the car body of Super Eight 180, a line transferred from US Packard. This vehicle is powered by a 6.0 liter, eight-cylinder, 140hp engine with top speed of 135km/h. Provided primarily for heads of state in the Soviet Union, the car was produced in small quantities, with only 2,083 units were produced during the 13 years from June 1945 to 1958. After the Founding of the People’s Republic of China, Stalin presented two ZIS sedans to Chairman Mao. Later on, more than 10 were brought into China, five of which were ZIS-115 sedans. The one on view, a first-class collection of the museum, was produced in 1949 and once was the official car for Liu Shaoqi, former Chinese president. It was collected in 2010.