The creation of new cabriolets, which are intended to participate in the parade on Red Square, was instructed for Likhachev Plant “ZIL”.

According to the newspaper “Auto Review”, cabriolets will be built on the basis of a modernized version of the old cars, which use chassis from sedans ZIL- 41041. These vehicles that were created several years ago had modified body, a new interior, improved engines and automatic transmissions Allison. However, the cars didn’t pass the acceptance test of the Defense Ministry in 2009. There were built three cars, one of them after the failed test was given to Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych. The other two were at the disposal of “ZiL”.

“ZIL” will need to renew engines, change the design of the front and back of the body, and to improve the mechanism of the convertible top. Finished cars should be put into operation at the beginning of 2015, wrote Motor.ru.

The current cabriolets for parades on Red Square are used since 2010. The vehicles were prepared by the order of Ministry of Defence by company “Atlant –Delta”, which did not change the design of the ZIL- 41047, but it used in the construction of vehicles chassis of American pickups GMC Sierra. According to the “Auto Review”, the Ministry of Defence had complaints about the quality of these cars, one of which was the lack of rigidity of the body. In connection with this, it was decided to change the designers of cabriolets.

The executor of the project “Cortege” was chosen earlier, in which cars will be created for top officials. The project will be implemented by Central Research Automobile and Automotive Institute (NAMI). It is planned to use the trademark “ZIL” for future vehicles and its production capacity, but the design department of the enterprise will not participate in the development of vehicles.