After not successful tests with the prototype ZIL-Moscow in 1956 the ZIL-111 was introduced from ZIL in 1959. The styling was inspired by the mid-1950s Packard , a United States automobile manufacturer. It was powered by a 6.0 L V8 engine producing connected to an automatic transmission giving a top speed of .

In the early 1960s the car was restyled (and re-named ZiL-111G) and it was available both as sedan and convertible. The front styling of this car very closely resembled the U.S. Cadillac from 1961-62 , and out back it had dual-unit taillights resembling an early-Sixties Mercury. For then-U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's visit, E. Molchanov designed a special version. A minibus version called ZIL-118 was also and built in small numbers.

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