Characteristics:
Body:
2-door, 2-seat roadster body designed by Valentin Rostkov.
Engine:
6,06-liter, R8, petroleum with 2 carburettors, 141hp at 3300rpm.
Transmission:
3-step, manual.
Dimensions:
Wheelbase - 3750mm,
Length - 5750mm,
Weight - 2000kg.
Max.speed:
162 km/h
Developed by three young engineers from ZIS development department - Vladimir Kremenetski, Nikolai Pulmanov and Anatoli Puhalin. Using heavily modified engine from ZIS 101.
Maximum speed reached by the car was 168 km/h, but was not registered, as it was done unofficially. Stated above 162 km/h (162,4 km/h) speed was reached in 1940. Actually, engineers were trying to reach 180 km/h, but the development stopped, as in 1940 the director of ZIS factory has changed, and the new one didn't need the 101 A Sport.
The car was a one-off, and no one knows its exact history. It could become crap somewhere at the factory, but some say that the green roadster was seen somewhere in 1960's.