If you are a nostalgic for Soviet-era cars, then this 1989 ZIL-41052 presidential limousine should make your heart beat faster. One of only 13 made, this particular armored car was used by the ...

Zavod imeni Likhachova (literally "Factory named after Likhachov", although better know as ZiL) is a Russian manufacturer of heavy equipment and armored vehicles like tanks or amphibious transporters, ...

With all due respect to the likes of the Lada Niva or the GAZ Volga, some Russia-made cars are more equal than others. Today's pick is a battleship-sized limousine from the height of the Cold War, a ...

ZiL once symbolized everything that was bolshoi (big) about the Soviet Union: its might, its plans, its ambitions. Though trucks were always its stock in trade, the behemoth auto factory is famous for ...

It was once the beloved mode of transport of Soviet leaders smothered in medals but now the legendary ZiL limousine is making a comeback after manufacturers finished a hand-built machine for President ...

The Kremlin is said to be nostalgic for the luxury sedans and limousines of old, with officials seeking a new line of cars for official motorcades and the like. One of the names that has emerged is ...

For some, getting noticed is what being in L.A. is all about, and what better way to get noticed than by driving an unusual car? Boy, have we got one for you. Porsches? Passe. Hot rods? Ho-hum.

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev is said to be keen to revive the ZiL limousine, the car that was for decades the automotive symbol of Soviet authority, for government and diplomatic use. This rather ...

Zil limousines, the weighty black status symbols favoured by the Kremlin's occupants from Joseph Stalin to Vladimir Putin, have come to the end of the road, victims of Russia's capitalist economy.

From the back of a limousine that used to belong to the former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev I watch the sights of Moscow fly past. "This car was made in 1982 for the leaders of the Central Committee ...

This one was reportedly part of the fleet used by Mikhail Gorbachev, and was in service with the Russian Federation until 2001. With the auction set to end on Tuesday, July 25, bidding on the Bring a ...