This is one of four vehicles for protecting top officials
Sergey Tsyganov, a famous auto expert and host of the telegram channel «Russian car», photographed an unusual «Gelendvagen» on the third transport ring: with an extended rear overhang, sliding side rear doors, a hinged rear gate, roof handles (not roof rails) and developed running boards.
He said that this is a car: «This is one of the first four „Scorpions“, built on the basis of „Gelendvagen“. That is, vehicles for protecting top officials, where fighters can ride not only inside, but also outside (that’s why running boards with handles on the roof are needed). Before this „Scorpios“ made on the basis of passenger ZiLs».
Seeing this car on the street, Sergei Tsyganov wrote to Vladimir Kireev, a specialist in the history of special purpose Garage (GON) cars. His answer is shown below:
«The car was invented at ZIL. The drawings were made by «ZIL Design» under the leadership of Gorchakov. There are several drawings in my archive. But who performed — a whole story. Sergei Sokolov claimed that there were two of them and they were made by Lorenzer. Last year I personally bought a Mercedes Benz from Lorenzer. 540K 1937! And he visited him twice, they didn’t recognize this car, but they didn’t save the old archives either, that is, they won’t be able to identify cars from the 90s and won’t be able to tell anything about them».< /p>
«Russian car» previously accurately reported on the assembly of Chinese cars in Russia, AvtoVAZ’s plans to resume production, supplies of Iranian cars, as well as the transfer of various foreign factories in the Russian Federation to new owners.