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30 Unreliable Classics That Drivers Just Can’t Forget

25. Yugo GV

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Back in the late ’80s, ex-Yugoslav car manufacturer Crvena Zastava made a brave attempt to enter the American market with a compact model they called the Yugo. The Yugo was a three-door hatchback they built on a Fiat 127 base with some improvements in design and technology. It was inexpensive and easy to maintain. So why shouldn’t you touch it with a 10-foot pole?

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The reason was simple, it was the driving dynamics and quality. Both were horrible, even by the standards of the day. The engine produced 65 HP sent to the front wheels over a badly-assembled five-speed manual gearbox. The performance was painfully slow, but that was not the worst thing. Its fit and finish were also bad.

Written by
Vukasin Herbez
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