reviewed: yugo gv
Since the 1970's small economy hatchbacks were very
popular. In today's review, let's look at the very heavily
criticized Yugo GV.
The Yugo was a low-quality hatchback that was
made by a small Serbian car company called Zastava. The name: Yugo-built in
Yugoslavia GV: Great Value. The car would rust while INSIDE the showroom. The
car was describeed by various car reviewers as a "Serbian crapheap." Despite
its heavy criticism, the Yugo sold well in its first year in America. The
funniest part about the car is that Zastava hired Italian styling guru
Giorgetto Giurgaro to come up with the amazing shape of a sandwich box. The
Yugo's advertised rear window defroster was to "keep you hands warm while you
pushed it." The beige-only interior was made entirely out of plastic. The
little Yugo's only perk was its price, which was $3,990.
Except that when you actually thought about what you were buying, the price was
too much to pay. The driver's seat wouldn't stay on the sliding tracks, so
there was no way to prevent uncontrollable sliding. And getting into the
backseat was hard as well. You had to lift up the entire driver's seat to even
try, and the seat wouldn't lock back down. There was no glovebox, no radio, and
only a four-speed manual gerbox that never actually went into gear. And it also
had aluminum brakes, which were very aerodynamic at the time, but the
manufacturers didn't realize that aluminum has the braking qualities of cheese.
The little car was withdrawn from the US market in 1993, but remained in
production in other parts of the world up until 2008 when Zastava went out of
business, and turned their factories in to Fiat manufacturing plants
popular. In today's review, let's look at the very heavily
criticized Yugo GV.
The Yugo was a low-quality hatchback that was
made by a small Serbian car company called Zastava. The name: Yugo-built in
Yugoslavia GV: Great Value. The car would rust while INSIDE the showroom. The
car was describeed by various car reviewers as a "Serbian crapheap." Despite
its heavy criticism, the Yugo sold well in its first year in America. The
funniest part about the car is that Zastava hired Italian styling guru
Giorgetto Giurgaro to come up with the amazing shape of a sandwich box. The
Yugo's advertised rear window defroster was to "keep you hands warm while you
pushed it." The beige-only interior was made entirely out of plastic. The
little Yugo's only perk was its price, which was $3,990.
Except that when you actually thought about what you were buying, the price was
too much to pay. The driver's seat wouldn't stay on the sliding tracks, so
there was no way to prevent uncontrollable sliding. And getting into the
backseat was hard as well. You had to lift up the entire driver's seat to even
try, and the seat wouldn't lock back down. There was no glovebox, no radio, and
only a four-speed manual gerbox that never actually went into gear. And it also
had aluminum brakes, which were very aerodynamic at the time, but the
manufacturers didn't realize that aluminum has the braking qualities of cheese.
The little car was withdrawn from the US market in 1993, but remained in
production in other parts of the world up until 2008 when Zastava went out of
business, and turned their factories in to Fiat manufacturing plants