ZiL does not build many cars like the ZIL-E-167 with 7.0L ZIL-375 V8 x2, built from 1962 in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar.
How it came about
The ZIL-E167 is an off-road truck designed in the beginning of the 1960s to withstand difficult conditions in Siberia, Urals and far east and northern territories of the Soviet Union. It could cross water and control its tire pressure, and was equipped with air cleaning systems as well as a 4.5 kW electric engine to pump water (in case of fire). It also had radio transmission capabilities. Built on December 31, 1962 and based on a modified ZIL-135 chassis, the ZIL-E167 was fitted with two 7.0-liter V8 engines, both of which were located in the rear of the vehicle. The transmissions were from the ZIL-135L.
Both front and rear axles were steerable. Air inlets were situated on the sides of the body. The bottom of the vehicle was protected with metal sheets which were meant to improve the vehicle's sliding characteristics in snow. The cab was shared with the BAZ-135 and the wheels were taken from the MAZ-529E. When factory testing concluded in March 1965 the Ministry of Defence planned to order two more units, but a second prototype was never built. Mainly due to the complexity of the transmission, the ZIL-E167 never entered into mass production.
The hardware
Under the skin sits 7.0L ZIL-375 V8 x2. Kerb weight is 7000 kg. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Alfa Romeo Giulia, the Ferrari 250 GTO, the Buick Riviera. Its ZiL stablemates include the 9P138 Grad-1 and the AMO-2.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the ZIL-E-167 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.