Zavod imeni Likhachyova, commonly known as ZiL (ЗиЛ), was an automobile manufacturer based in Danilovsky District of Moscow, Russia from 1916 to 2012. It is best known for producing limousines used by the elite of the Soviet Union which led the company to become the namesake of the ZiL lanes. ZiL was privatised after the dissolution of the Soviet Union but growing unprofitability led the company to cease automobile production, with the last ZiL vehicle being assembled in 2012, and its liquidation as an automobile manufacturer by 2020.

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