Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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If you’re my age, you might remember Yugoslavia as a sort-of Communist country that was a nice place to go on holiday. But you’ll definitely remember it for the cheap, tiny hatchback thrust upon an unsuspecting public – the Yugo. It went from an amazing new inexpensive car to the butt of many a joke in a short space of time, then suddenly disappeared from sale. What were the Yugo’s origins, why did its meteoric rise end so suddenly, and what happened to the company behind it?

Zastava documentary: youtube.com/watch?v=qPntWYSzJxs

A big thank you to Branko Prlja for the Macedonian subtitles!

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Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Automobiles
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Skala
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_128
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_127
sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8
sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BE_(%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BB)
automobile-catalog.com
Malcolm Bricklin interview: youtube.com/watch?v=Yf29GgSBm0g
chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-11-28-8503220481-story.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Bricklin
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bricklin_SV-1
web.archive.org/web/20071007204916/http://www.invest-in-serbia.com/archive/2002_05/2002_05_12_1.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Punto#Zastava_10
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCA_Serbia

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