Why the YUGO is My Favorite Car

This is my 1986 YUGO GV. And its my favorite car.
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[djoxy]

Come to Serbia and you will find a bunch parts almost for free! :)

[nikolakorbar]

I had a Yugo GVX for US market that was never exported due to sanctions back in '92. While it was in top condition, it reached 160 km/h (100 mph) with 2 ppl inside, but it had proper maintanance. We sold it 2 years ago, and it still had a bunch of original parts. For almost 10 years that we had it, it stopped on the road 4 times, and all 4 times it ran out of fuel, and I liked it very much.

[sgit]

Finally, someone that does not use a Yugo for cheap jokes and gives an honest review. Would have liked to see engine compartment and interior. Also smoother edits, I think.

[corproblox]

I love Yugos. Something about the way they look and sound is very appealing to me.

[milutinndv]

Hello there fellow youtuber. I am from Serbia, and i like your review. My dad bought a 1989 Yugo 60 from my aunt back in 1991, and after 26 of service he sold it like dirt cheap to a friend because of corosion, and bought 2008 Skala 55 (Zastava 101) as a second car. Absolutely right abought how some people threated the the cars, not providing the basic servicing and wanted them to work. Back in the early 80s Zastava produced cars with a man with the most basic knowledge could repair, and Yugoslav people liked to self repair their cars. Id like to travel across the whole USA in a Yugo. There are lots of domestic jokes about Yugo, but i liked my Yugo. For that price range is a good car, and anual costs are also cheap in Serbia. Best regards.

[Jay_Dahl]

I will never forget the first Yugo I ever saw (in the late 70's?). It was white, on display at the Polish festival in Hamtramck, a city inside Detroit where American cars are made. Being a strong UAW union town, I was half expecting everybody to be throwing rocks at it, but the incredibly low price made it one of the biggest attractions at the festival. I never knew anybody who bought one though, and if I recall correctly they had to be ordered and there was a long waiting time. I don't think anybody took it too seriously, but it was a fascinating product that could not be ignored. It forced people to acknowledge that there was some serious foreign competition out there on the horizon.

[majorsasse]

Hi Austin! There is actually a small disinformation about the history of the car which was officially known as the Yugo Koral 45. It is not a FIAT licensed car, nor is it based on any FIAT model directly, yes some parts are based of the FIAT 127 but the whole car is genuinely conceived, developed and built by Zastava. The car is in it's own right a true "south-slavic" design, which is even less flattering than the other way around. :)
The car THAT IS actally based on the FIAT 128 and was built parallel to the Yugo 45 is the Zastava Skala / Model 101, nicknamed "Stojadin" (almost literally meaning onehundred-one in ol' Serbo-Croat), which had slightly better build quality and power (which wasn't really a surprise considering how bad the Koral 45 was), but it was in fact so successful in many east-european countries and serbia, that it was in production until 2008.

Ironically both cars were manufactured in the city of Kragujevac, in exactly the same factory which was bombed by NATO in a US led intervention back in 1999.

After the bombing, which destroyed almost the entire factory, the production was haltet until the Factory was rebuild, but never reached it's former output of about 200, 000 vehicles annually again.

Today Zastava is building FIAT licensed cars again, especially for the eastern-european market.

I hope I could shed some light about the history of the car, please don't get me wrong, it is still a suprisingly honest and unbiased video, which I enjoyed very much, thank you!

Greetings from Germany!

[thebestisyettocome]

In 1987 I purchased a Yugo. Again in 1988 and it even had air conditioning. We bought for teen daughter's. Both cars went way into college years. My one daughter kept till marriage in 1996. And she didn't want to part with it. So I can't say anything bad about the car. Thank you

[thenzyugo]

Great video, it's great to see someone who likes the Yugo. 144, 000 were sold like you said heaps, so sad there's a lack of them left. Keep up the great work and I've subscribed! :)

[FOURWHEELTRENDS]

Austin, congrats on keeping the Yugo on the road. When you talked about driving in Atlanta my first thought is you would get runover getting on the highway... then you said the same thing. I would feel that way in a sports car in Atlanta traffic.

[operamatthew]

i drove a pristine 1998 yugo convertible 1.3 with 5 speed. exhaust and performance suspension and it was terrific fun!!

[baritonebynight]

I remember the Yugo. They were only around a few years. I don't think anyone had a Yugo for over 5 years that I knew.

[whitechocolatemale]

Excellent car I owned one miss my Yugo!

[stefanegger]

You can be a car salesman: "It does not have a lot of power but... The engine is there!"

[MrMilic]

It's Zastava, not Zastiva. There are still Zastava cars being manufactured and there's still a Zastava weapons manufacturer, called Zastava Arms.

[Cmovies]

Hi, I wrote from Italy, my first car was a new Innocenti Koral 45 = Yugo 45: 903cm3, 4 gears speed.
It was a great car!

It was a new car but it was cheaper than a new Fiat Panda 750.
The Koral45 had a solid metal bodywork it was thicker than Fiat Panda 750.
The Koral45 metal bodywork never ever get rusty, instead the Fiat Panda 750 always get rusty.
The 2 car had different engine but both are solid and relialibe and easy to maintain but Koral45 had 903cm³ instead of 750cm³.
The Koral45 had 45HP and it was better than Fiat Panda 750 with 34HP.
The Koral45 had a max speed of 140Km/h, it was better than Fiat Panda 750 with 125Km/h.
The Koral45 and Fiat Panda 750 had same gadget inside, and same 5 persons seat belts.
The Koral45 burnt few gasoline for all trips, it offered 17.5km/litres and 14Km/litres in urban trips.
The Koral45 had 2 front cosy rests head saddled, so they were better than Fiat Panda 750 because Fiat Panda 750 had 2 horrible plastic front head saddled.
The Koral45 had a nice servobrake, instead Fiat Panda 750 never ever had a servobrake.

Unfortunatly, the Koral45 had a bad 4+RM gears speed, it was worse then Fiat Panda 750 with 5+RM gears speed.

bye

[scrapingE-wastebyMarsi]

Support and respect from Serbia(former Yugoslavia).
All the best.

[richardcaywood]

Had a 1987 GV, 52hp, 84mph top speed and 30-32mpg. What do you want for $3995?

[tshadow]

My 1986 Hugo got 40 MPG and held 70 MPH all day. I paid $102.00 per month. A full tank cost $8-10.00 I drove it for 96K miles. I sold it in 1990 when I moved up to a Nissan truck.

[revolutionone]

I've wanted a Yugo for a long time. The best I've managed was a 1/43 diecast model and that alone was hard to get ahold of.