"This 128-page, well-illustrated title sorts out your ZILs from your ZISs in an eminently readable style." - Classic & Sports Car It's a great read, not least because Kelly puts them in a political and social context rather than producing a list of facts with a few adjectival phrases thrown in. There are many wondrous machines here. Top marks for the words." - Octane "At first this seems like a very niche work as Kelly catalogues the motor works of the former USSR, as well as Chinese limos made with Russian Aid. But you're soon drawn in by his chronicle of an industry working in a single-minded manner, often ironically influenced by the USA. Some strange things happened in the Soviet Union during that period and most of them can be found here." - Classic Cars

Maurice Kelly had a public school education and subsequently matriculated before going into the armed forces, where he was staff on a troopship. He was initially employed in the aircraft industry as a development engineer, and was a member of a team involved in the making of the boundary layer system on the Blackburn Buccaneer NA-39 seaborne fighter; other projects included the manufacture of the first atomic bomb release mechanism that was made by hand, together with various items for the Blue Streak programme. In 1960, he went to sea as an engineering officer in the British Merchant Navy and the Royal Research Service, as well as the Marina Mercante de Republica de Panama, remaining in this capacity until 1979. Since leaving seafaring he has worked as an ISO9000 quality consultant and as a technical author. He has five published works on engineering subjects, and specialises in historical road transport. He is married and has two grown-up children.

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The AMO Works/Zavod im. Stalina/Likhacheva 2. The Leningrad L-1 Limousine 3. The Gorky Avtomobili Zavod (Zim & Chaika) 4. Chinese Limousines made with Russian Aid 5. Conclusion Appendix 1 - Specifications of Limousine models Appendix 2 - Bibliography Index