Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hopes to revive the ZiL limousine, a former Soviet symbol of transportational power, for use by himself and other government officials and diplomats. Due to these rumors, which came to light earlier this year, the Slava Saakyan design studio - named after its founder, a former AMO ZiL designer - has dreamt up its own interpretation of the once-presidential vehicle.
Saakyan, who reportedly won the in-house design contest for what would have been the next ZiL, says he tried to incorporate a few basic ideals when designing the new ZiL. These include keeping the car modern, safe (it has no back window for would-be assassins to target), comfortable, and to the point. The designer did away with other baubles as well, cleaning up the newly-creased edges.
As for the possibility of ZiL's return to the forefront of Russian politicians' transportation, might I remind you of "supercar" manufacturer Marussia? Clearly anything's possible in the former Soviet Union these days. According to presidential property department head Vladimir Kozhin, "There is a presidential order to explore this..We are currently discussing [the ZiL limousine] with factories."
Obviously this rendering is just the start. Should the ZiL make a return to duty, a concept could be showing up any time and would likely be powered by something in the "V8s and above" category. I imagine President Medvedev would rather enjoy his Mercedes-fighting Russian flagship sooner than later.
By Phil Alex
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28 Comments:
Terrible.
it's not without it's merits...it's definetly a Zil...
Lego builds a car!
it s for a new anime "thunderbirds"
Wow, hideous vehicle. Looks like American automakers won't have to contend with the Russians anytime in the near future.
ugly rolls royce phantom copy. Thinner and longer and acting to modify a rolls royce front end.
Lada riva + Rolls royce = this thing
That is not going to get much of a euro ncap pedestrian safety rating for sure!
It's been done before - http://omg.wthax.org/Aston_Martin_Lagonda.jpg
it definetly makes an impression! a bit comic book
I actually think it looks incredibly good and powerful !
"I actually think it looks incredibly good and powerful !"
Indeed... I agree with you that this is the Kremlin version of the "Beast"... It possesses an distinctive Russian design language...
Can you say "Aston Martin Lagonda," only uglier?
BABY GOT BACK! love it.
iF an Aston Martin Lagonda had a baby with the green hornet !
People who think that this vehicle looks like Aston Martin Lagonda are retarded.
They are probably British; in almost every car they will find something similar to their cars and will state that design was stolen.
That is a massive boat!
I love it! It's very imposing!
Russians are trying to recover their pride after two lost decades.
I have no doubt that they will find the way to produce real icons again.
This car is the translation of the "space race styling" to XXI Century's language
Ha, ha! It looks like a Cadillac art and science design. Either that or an XLR went off of it's diet!
This is like an American design..taken to its extremes.
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People who think that this vehicle looks like Aston Martin Lagonda are retarded.
They are probably British; in almost every car they will find something similar to their cars and will state that design was stolen.
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Ha, ha! It looks like a Cadillac art and science design
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This is like an American design..taken to its extremes.
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Looks like American automakers won't have to contend with the Russians anytime in the near future.
Question - Have the Americans still got some automakers?
A XXI century Soviet-Czar nuclear limo. Goofy, but i like it:)
This is where retro styling, which is in style, meets the type car Detroit would rather forget.
nuclear power ? yes
car builder ? no
Retarded if you think it looks like a 1970s British Aston Martin Lagonda? In what way does it NOT look like an Aston Martin Lagonda? Twat!
Then: Be there or be square
Now: Be there... in a square
Hell yeah, I want myself one of these baby's...in one of these...you who's the boss.
Has nothing in common with Aston Martin Lagonda, at least, Some say. GREAT CAR, it looks like TANK. BIG AND STRONG!
LOVE IT!!!! - I'll take one - but, put a back window in it :) Nice to see someone thinking of a "FULL SIZED" car instead of a freakin' ugly SUV!! or a combo of the two like the HIDEOUS Cadillac that the guy in the white house is carried around in.....
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