It was powered by a 6-litre, straight 8-cylinder engine, producing 140 hp (104 kW) and giving a top speed of over 140 km/h (87 mph).

The ZIS was rumored to use machinery from the Packard 180 assembly line which was sent to the USSR after American production ended.

Moreover, as one of the main results of the collection of information and material of Bert Hein, there can be many current opinions within the car literature disproved.

After Stalin, the ZIL-110B cabriolet was used as a parade car for Nikita Khrushchev and this model was also given to Enver Hoxha, the lifelong president of Albania.

Ho Chi Minh, the first president of North Vietnam, also received one (most likely from the Soviet Union), which can be seen on display on the grounds of his former residence in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.