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BUSINESS ABROAD: From Zis to Zil

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TIME

A new Russian car, the Zil, will go into production soon to replace the Packard-like Zis as the Reds’ top luxury model. Billed as an all-Red design, the seven-passenger Zil still owes plenty to Detroit: two-tone colors, wrap-around windshield and bumpers, automatic shift. The price, though, is strictly Russian: 70,000 rubles, or $18,000.

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