Created in 1939 by a team of young designers of the Stalin Automobile Plant. The car is built in a single copy, personified the highest achievement of the Soviet automobile industry and was the pride of the plant. The appearance of the ZIS 101 Sport turned out to be quite futuristic, which had quite impressive characteristics for its time (and, indeed, a record for the level of development of the then auto industry in the country) characteristics. The 8-cylinder forced engine of a little more than 6 liters developed power to 141 horsepower. According to calculations, the car was supposed to develop 180 km / h, on tests of the ZiS-101A Sport showed 162.4 km / h.