Hello Bj”rn,
The Yugo was sold in the USA for only a short while.
Very cheap car. Made in Yugoslavia. Basically, a 1969 Fiat.
Basically a very bad copy, like all cars made by Soviet controlled areas by
then. Never made it in Western Europe.
Fiat is a company in Italy, and still is. The old plant was sold
to a company in Serbia, which produced the Yugo. The Yugo is a copy
of the 1969 Fiat. Parts are interchangeable with the Yugo, as I
know from the experience of others. Finding parts that old were a
problem, but stashing used Yugos was not.
The car was so bad that Bill Clinton bombed it to smithereens
during NATO's war on Serbia. And no more new parts could be found
anywhere from that point on - except from other used Yugos.
Then again maybe he should have bought a Vega (Chevy) rather than
a Yugo?
Nothing is the same as owning a Yugo. Especially one that runs.
This is something that folks from other lands do not understand.
Americans love their cars. No matter where that car comes from, it
is their dearly beloved. The Yugo was no different.
One neighbor loved his Yugo so much that he always had two or three
other Yugos in his yard, which he used for spare parts. The only
thing that stopped him from driving was a stroke, the inability
to speak, and the loss of one leg. Thank god the Yugo was a stick
shift.
For Life,
Lee
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