Goodbye Yugo....
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Jäger
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Goodbye Yugo....
Apparently they are ceasing production on the Yugo. I'm sure most of you recall it's introduction into the US in 1986.
My 'favorite' was the Grand Touring Yugo!
Here's an article on it's swan song:
World news Feed Article | World news | guardian.co.uk
And some Yugo jokes: Yugo jokes
My 'favorite' was the Grand Touring Yugo!
Here's an article on it's swan song:
World news Feed Article | World news | guardian.co.uk
And some Yugo jokes: Yugo jokes
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Apparently they are ceasing production on the Yugo. I'm sure most of you recall it's introduction into the US in 1986.
My 'favorite' was the Grand Touring Yugo!
Here's an article on it's swan song:
World news Feed Article | World news | guardian.co.uk
And some Yugo jokes: Yugo jokes
My 'favorite' was the Grand Touring Yugo!
Here's an article on it's swan song:
World news Feed Article | World news | guardian.co.uk
And some Yugo jokes: Yugo jokes
Boy you know the world economy is in bad shape when they stop making Yugo's
To be honest I thought they stopped making them years ago...
Anyone have an 86 Yugo they want to part with?? It is going to be a collectors item someday...
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When sales started plummeting in the late 1980s, some U.S. dealers tried to clear their stocks by throwing in a free Yugo with an Oldsmobile or a Cadillac.
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Maybe the US can design a four door version and call it a Wego...
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Anybody ever see the movie "Drowning Mona"? I bought the first wife a Yugo in '87 when we were a struggling young (well, OK, I was old) couple with 2 small children. I don't remember if I ever even popped the hood on it, but never had a problem with it. I think I sold it when the tires wore out, and got what I paid for it. It was a coffin on wheels, but they didn't advertise it as a Volvo, or cost near as much. Actually, I wish I still had it.
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It was a Italian FIAT design car. FIAT sold most of the tooling to them and help setup the factory. A lot of the original FIAT parts will swap into the YUGO's.
Of course FIAT was crap anyway.
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Yugo = Fiat 124. Fiat = Fix it again, Tony!
Yugo's were introduced in 1986, just about every dealer stopped selling them by 1988.
When the dealers signed on, one agreement of the franchise was that the dealers could cancel anytime, and Yugo would buy back all the cars and parts.
They bought so much back that the parent US company went bankrupt.
The cars were just terrible...horrible, and caught fire on dealers lots...whether the engines were running or not.
The Ford dealer I worked at had a franchise, that's why I know all this jazz.
Yugo's were introduced in 1986, just about every dealer stopped selling them by 1988.
When the dealers signed on, one agreement of the franchise was that the dealers could cancel anytime, and Yugo would buy back all the cars and parts.
They bought so much back that the parent US company went bankrupt.
The cars were just terrible...horrible, and caught fire on dealers lots...whether the engines were running or not.
The Ford dealer I worked at had a franchise, that's why I know all this jazz.
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haha i could just see bill watching a car burn to the ground on the lot and telling people that he knew they shouldnt have sold the cars...
