The Yugo is no more
Serbian auto maker Zastava ended production of the Yugo on Friday
By Alex Ricciuti
November 22, 2008 12:09 AM
Filed Under: European, Industry
Serbian auto maker Zastava ended production of the Yugo on Friday, after 30 years, 800,000 cars and just as many jokes.
The plant site that produces the Yugo will now be converted to a FIAT facility and will be making about 200,000 cars a year for the Italian auto maker.
The Yugo debuted in 1978 and reached peak production in 1989 with 220,000 units.
But Zastava has said it will sell its assembly lines for the Yugo and that several companies are interested in the technology.
Really? There are people who want to buy the Yugo technology?
Yes, the Yugo is no more. But the jokes keep coming.
Comments
Answer: 'Cos I'm going to retirement.' that's another joke...
Second, I don't think the world would "go down" if GM goes bankrupt. That is one of the things I was never able to understand, Americans think everything is on them, maybe it used to be, but the world changed. Yugo at least is world champion in saving money. As I said, I would never buy crap US cars, I have 3 cars, one is Yugo, Octavia and Mazda 3.
A friend of mine bought 20 Yugo cars for his enterprise, he paid them arround 60.000 euro, instead of spending 200.000 euro for skoda roomsters. So he saved 140.000 euro, he likes it, but Fiat or Skoda doesn't. After 5 years they are working, doing the job. Repairing costs are cheapest in the world. He never had any major breakdown with any of them. So guys, it's wrong to write about things you know nothing about.
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