The ZIL-4112R is a Limousine (ZIL-4112R) / Saloon (car) / Saloon from ZiL, built from 2006 to 2012, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. Under the bonnet: 7.7L ZIL-4104 V8.
Where it came from
The ZIL-4112R is a luxury car with a limousine body type built by ZIL a Russian automobile manufacturer of Russia. Developed as a further development to the earlier ZIL-41047, the ZIL-4112R was primarily intended to serve as an official state vehicle for Russia's highest-ranking officials. Known for its robust construction and imposing design, the ZIL-4112R epitomizes Russian engineering and the country's tradition of producing high-end limousines for government use.
Under the skin
Power comes from 7.7L ZIL-4104 V8. It weighs 3800 kg. It shifts through a Allison 1000 6-speed automatic. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 4080 mm (ZIL-4112R). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the ZIL-41047; its successor was the Aurus Senat (spiritual); assembly was at Moscow (Likhachov Plant), Russia. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Nissan Qashqai, the Audi R8, the Kia Sportage — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the ZiL catalogue sit the 9P138 Grad-1 and the AMO-2.