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First introduced in 1936, the ZIS-101 was a limousine manufactured by the Soviet car manufacturer Zavod Imeni Stalina. The two-seat 101-Sport was designed in 1939 as a sports version of the luxury 101 and was actually very well received. However, only one or two copies were ever produced.
The 101-Sport was designed and produced to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the so-called Konsomol, a political youth organization in the Soviet Union described as the youth division of the Communist Party. The project was approved personally by Stalin, but shortly after the celebration it was abandoned.
The 101-Sport sourced its engine from the limousine – an inline eight-cylinder petrol unit, re-tuned to deliver 141 horsepower (105 kilowatts) – 31 hp more than the standard version. It was mated to a three speed manual gearbox, sending power to the rear wheels. This setup provided a claimed maximum speed of 162 kilometers per hour.
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