ZIL-4102

The ZIL-4102 was a rear-wheel-drive executive saloon prototype developed by ZiL in 1987 on the ZIL-41041 platform. Four prototypes were built between 1987 and about 1991. Its development name was Ocean, and it was meant to give the Soviet market a domestic luxury sports saloon and touring coupe to compete with the Mercedes-Benz W126, W123 and the Audi 100, as well as an executive car for export. It was the first Russian executive car to use unitised construction instead of a body-on-frame layout, and its roof panels, floor, boot lid, bonnet and bumpers were fibreglass, which made it half a tonne lighter than the ZIL-41041. With a 315 horsepower 7.7 litre V8 petrol engine and automatic transmission it reached 100 kilometres per hour in 10.5 seconds. Planned body styles were a family saloon, a touring saloon and a two-door touring coupe.