ZIS-101

The ZIS-101 was a limousine produced by the Soviet car manufacturer Zavod Imeni Stalina from 1936 to 1941. Its chassis was reverse-engineered from a Buick 33-90, except for the front suspension, engine, exhaust and battery carried over from 1933 experimental limousine L-1, itself an unlicensed Buick 32-90 copy, but the body was designed by Budd Company for $1,500,000 while the stamps were made by Hamilton Foundry & Machine Company for another $500,000. It was equipped with an straight-eight OHV engine (a metric copy of Buick 345) producing up to and giving a top speed of . The car was fitted with a 3-speed manual gearbox.

It was followed by the ZIS-101A that had improved the engine giving and a new top speed of approximately . Production ended in 1941 with over 8,000 cars built. left|thumb|Joseph Stalin|Stalin inspecting a ZIS-101, 1936 In 1939, a two-seat sport version designed by Valentin Nikolaevich Rostkov called 101-Sport was built. The engine was the same as in the 101-A, but boosted to and a top speed of (although a Pravda article claimed 170–180 km/h). It was, however, not made in more than one or two copies.