Gaz · 1950–1960
GAZ-12 ZIM
The ZIM-12 (Russian: ЗИМ-12) was a Soviet full-size luxury car produced by the Gorky Automotive Plant (GAZ) from 1950 until 1960. It was the first luxury car produced by GAZ and the first one to have the famous leaping gazelle hood ornament. The car was built to serve high and medium rank Soviet nomenklatura, but was also readily available as a taxi and ambulance. Unlike its successors, ZIM was the only Soviet executive class full-size car that was actually made available for private ownership. A total of 21,527 examples were built.
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Predecessor: GAZ-M1 · Successor: Chaika
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Specifications
- name
- ZIM-12
- Manufacturer
- GAZ
- Production
- 1950–1960
- Assembly
- Soviet Union: Gorky
- Predecessor
- GAZ-11-73
- Successor
- GAZ-13 Chaika
- Class
- Full-size luxury car
- Body style
- Sedan, phaeton and ambulance
- Layout
- FR layout
- Engine
- 3.5 L GAZ-12 I6
- Transmission
- 3-speed manual with a hydrodynamic fluid coupling
- Wheelbase
- 3200 mm
- Length
- 5530 mm
- Width
- 1900 mm
- Height
- 1660 mm
- Kerb weight
- 3800 -
- Designer
- Andrey Lipgart
- aka
- GAZ-12 (1958–1960)
Specification summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Measured facts from Wikidata (CC0). Check the linked sources for citations.
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q734612CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAZ-12_ZIMCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1375607731 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GAZ-12_ZIM_%C5%B9mitrok_Biadula_Rd_Minsk_24_August_2014.JPGCC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo: Pjotr Mahhonin · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.