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Motor vehicle
ZIL-118
Overview
ManufacturerZIL
Production1962-1994
AssemblyMoscow, Russia
Body and chassis
Body styleMicrobus
LayoutFR layout
RelatedZIL-111
Powertrain
Engine
  • 6.0 L ZIL-130 V8 (1962-1965)
  • 6.0 L ZIL-111 V8 (1965-1970)
Dimensions
Wheelbase3,760 mm (148.0 in)
Length6,840 mm (269.3 in)
Width2,110 mm (83.1 in)
Height2,067 mm (81.4 in)
Curb weight3,320 kg (7,319 lb)

The ZIL-118 Yunost ("Youth") is a microbus built by Zavod imeni Likhachova (Russian: Завод имени Лихачёва, Factory named for Likhacov), or ZIL.

Based on the ZIL-111 limousine, the ZIL-118 Yunost was developed in 1961, on the factory's own initiative. It was available in two versions, the microbus 118 and the ambulance 118A. Only 20 were initially built because of a lack of interest of government. The few built were solely to special order, with a number as high-capacity ambulances. An updated version appeared in 1970 in several versions: the ZIL-118K coach ZIL-118KS ambulance, both using the ZIL-508.10 V8 from ZIL trucks. This modernized version was also sometimes named the ZIL-119. It received some modernizations in the body, such as the lighting equipment from VAZ-2105.

This variant proved a little more popular than the ZIL-118, being in used in bigger numbers in government agencies. Such vehicles were purchased for a special purpose garage, the Ministry of Defense, the KGB, for the transportation of residents of the Intourist hotel and some others. An ambulance model was also built.

The microbus was further facelifted in the 1980s, becoming the ZIL-3207. Production ended in 1994, with total number built, of the ZIL-118K/KS and ZIL-3207, reaching only 86.

Variants

  • ZIL-118A: Ambulance version of ZIL-118.
  • ZIL-119 (ZIL-118K): Modernized ZIL-118.
  • ZIL-119A (ZIL-118KA): Ambulance version of ZIL-119.
  • ZIL-3302: Prototype truck based on ZIL-119.

Notes

  1. Thompson, Andy. Cars of the Soviet Union (Haynes Publishing, Somerset, UK, 2008), p.213.
  2. "ЗиЛ 118 Юность". 13 May 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  3. (in Russian) ZIL-118 Yunost, De Agostini Avtolegendy SSSR series Nr.28
  4. "ЗИЛ-118 "Юность"". Denisovets.ru. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  5. ^ Thompson, p.213.
  6. "ZIL-119". Denisovets. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  7. "ЗИЛ-118: два поколения «Юности»". Stone Forest. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.

Sources

  • Thompson, Andy. Cars of the Soviet Union. Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing, 2008.
ZIL car timeline, 1960–2012
Type 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
Luxury car ZIL-117 ZIL-41041 ZIL-410441
Limousine ZIL-111 ZIL-114 ZIL-115/ZIL-4104 ZIL-41045 ZIL-41047 ZIL-4112R
Armoured limousine ZIL-4105 ZIL-41051 ZIL-41052
Minibus ZIL-118 ZIL-119/ZIL-3207
Racing car ZIL-112S ZIL-412S


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