New Book Explains How Yugos Came Into Existence
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New Book Explains How Yugos Came Into Existence
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As I have mentioned in other threads, the Yugo GV, the model that we got here in the U.S., was basically a 15-year-old Fiat 128 design that was built under license. Production continued until the Yugo plant at Kragujevac was destroyed in 1999, during the Yugoslav war, though, by then, the car had been a failure in the U.S. and had left.
I agree that there was little, if any, reason to buy this car other than a rock-bottom price. It ranked down along with East German Trabants and other entry-level Communist-Bloc cars.
I agree that there was little, if any, reason to buy this car other than a rock-bottom price. It ranked down along with East German Trabants and other entry-level Communist-Bloc cars.
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As I have mentioned in other threads, the Yugo GV, the model that we got here in the U.S., was basically a 15-year-old Fiat 128 design that was built under license. Production continued until the Yugo plant at Kragujevac was destroyed in 1999, during the Yugoslav war, though, by then, the car had been a failure in the U.S. and had left.
I agree that there was little, if any, reason to buy this car other than a rock-bottom price. It ranked down along with East German Trabants and other entry-level Communist-Bloc cars.
I agree that there was little, if any, reason to buy this car other than a rock-bottom price. It ranked down along with East German Trabants and other entry-level Communist-Bloc cars.
plant has been acquired by fiat recently and they are producing old Fiat Puntos now and will be producing new cheap Fiat model in the future.
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plant has been acquired by fiat recently and they are producing old Fiat Puntos now and will be producing new cheap Fiat model in the future.
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First, have you read it? Only after you have read it can you say, in your opinion, if it is a bad book or not.
Second, As bad a car as the Yugo was, I wouldn't call it the worst car in history. I've seen worse (and I've been around long enough to have seen worse).
Third, in the 1960's, it was a book by Ralph Nader called "Unsafe at any Speed", about a poorly-designed car (the Chevrolet Corvair), and the state of the auto industry in general, that led to big changes in the design/construction of cars and many of the improvements we now see in our modern vehicles.
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Three things.
First, have you read it? Only after you have read it can you say, in your opinion, if it is a bad book or not.
Second, As bad a car as the Yugo was, I wouldn't call it the worst car in history. I've seen worse (and I've been around long enough to have seen worse).
Third, in the 1960's, it was a book by Ralph Nader called "Unsafe at any Speed", about a poorly-designed car (the Chevrolet Corvair), and the state of the auto industry in general, that led to big changes in the design/construction of cars and many of the improvements we now see in our modern vehicles.
First, have you read it? Only after you have read it can you say, in your opinion, if it is a bad book or not.
Second, As bad a car as the Yugo was, I wouldn't call it the worst car in history. I've seen worse (and I've been around long enough to have seen worse).
Third, in the 1960's, it was a book by Ralph Nader called "Unsafe at any Speed", about a poorly-designed car (the Chevrolet Corvair), and the state of the auto industry in general, that led to big changes in the design/construction of cars and many of the improvements we now see in our modern vehicles.
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