The project of GAZ-12 ZIM Hyperliner defies the "Aurus"

5 December 2018

Don't fail the earth Russian designers

Famous Russian designer Sergei Barinov, previously lit up with projects based on the Soviet classic cars showed j otcndtyyjcnb your new design project Executive sedan under the name "GAZ-12 ZIM Hyperliner".

The project, designed in the style neoretro his style can easily surpass the project "Cortege" (now mark Aurus) is known as "inspired" Stalin limousine ZIS-110/-115 (in turn, created the patterns of the American model Paccard-180 1942).

Under its new design project Sergey Barinov reinterpreted this famous Soviet model as GAZ-12 ZIM (whose face, in turn, was influenced by the models of the Buick Eight, 1948).

 In this case the designer did not stop a rather cumbersome style of domestic design in the second half of the 1940s, so his project "Hyperliner" naturally relies on the aesthetics of an American "Detroit Baroque" of the 1950s, and quite modern solutions.

Thus, the teasers Barinova prototype GAZ-12 ZIM is decorated with closed rear wheel arches and the setting of the wings, bumpers and quite recognizable "Zimouski" grille and raised front wings a La Buick Le Sabre, 1938.

At the same time in a fairly harmonious combination of present and characteristic for the Detroit of the mid-1950s, the setting for the front door frame of a panoramic windscreen, modern led lighting, but the silhouette of "Hyperliner" aims to profile the unforgettable "goddess" Citroen DS.

The interior of the sedan as it should be in the luxury segment are made from luxurious, but also with reminiscences of classical solutions, for example the hub of the steering wheel and keys, climate control and other comfort systems, as well as Gill ventilation.

The retro style also meet interior door handles in leather loops.


At the same time salon "Hyperliner" full of modern accessories, including driver touchpad, giant screen multimedia system in the center pane, and tablets have rear passengers.

Rear seat type "Ottoman" is equipped with footrests.

The designer said that the positive response to his work, ready to develop in the style of "Hyperliner" still a convertible. Naturally, the serial embodiment of this development, and we are not talking, but the aesthetic result is as stated on the face.