In 1980, cash-strapped Chrysler President Lee Iacocca attempted to sell Imperial body dyes to the USSR for use as ZIL state limousines. One example was gifted to Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev. An avid auto enthusiast, Brezhnev allegedly said “Salon khoroshiy, a chto s bagazhnikom? A elektronnyy vprysk – eto kherny!” In other words”The interior is nice but what’s with that trunk? And the electronic fuel injection is just shit!” The project was soon abandoned.
