Yahoo Autos You Can Buy Vladimir Putin's Prototype Limo For $1.2 Million, Negotiable
Maybachs? Passé. Rolls Royces? A dime a dozen. You want to roll in oligarch style? This is your ride. Say hello to the ZiL 4112R, a limo so premium, it was built for Russian President Vladimir Putin. And now it can be yours.
Listed for sale on Hemmings, the classified ad for this opulent prole-crusher speaks for itself.
This car is truly unique and is produced only in one copy, and is a pilot product of this project. Its properties and user comfort is superior to all known today similar models, including the Cadillac, Rolls-Royce and Maybach. It was built by a joint holding of Depot ZIL and AMO ZIL companies in Moscow for President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
The car is brand new. It has all imaginable and unimaginable supplements and options for a pleasant pastime of the owner: heating and air conditioning system, inertial seat safety belts, electric power door windows, electric power rear cabin blinds, partition electromotive glass, retractable monitor, electric power seat drives, exterior with remote control and interior mirrors, sun visors, a bar, a refrigerator, electric trunk release.
Incomparable to anything softness and smooth ride. Verily royal luxury.
Emphasis added to emphasize verily royal luxury.
Not much is known about this prototype. It was produced by ZiL, a major Russian auto and truck maker known for supplying ultra-premium custom vehicles to VIPs in both the Soviet and Russian governments. A report from 2012 says the six-door ZiL 4112R took six-and-a-half years to build, and the Hemmings listing says it sports a 7.7 liter V8 engine making 400 horsepower driving a 5-speed Allison 1000 transmission. "Front suspension: independent / Rear suspension: dependent," the ad dreamily claims.
For a deeper look inside the Presidential Prototype, check out this Forbes Russia video. You'll have to fast-forward about a minute and a half to get to the ZiL 4112R . . . and you'll have to speak Russian to understand any of what's being said.
We have to say, there is something strangely beguiling about this Putin Prototype's style, part Officially-Pimped™ 1980s Town Car, part Moscow's take on the Toyota Century. And thanks to the free market, this post-Soviet prowler can be yours for a mere $1.2 million-negotiable, of course.
