Both were sold for more than I paid. When I got there, my promised job had fallen through and my wife and child still needed a car, and I needed one for working. After Mona Dearly (Bette Milder) dies in the movie's opening moments when her Yugo plows through a guardrail and into the Hudson River far below, Wyatt begins investigating her death. Parts were cheap due to the exchange rate, so there was not the pressure on dealers to deny problems and warranty claims, like Ford and Vauxhall put on their dealers. how did Subaru make the transition from dangerous sardine can to granola FWD/AWD family compact in the US?. I wonder if he actually carried that threat out, and if his daughter ever forgave him if he did. IIRC, David E Davis even tried to help move these things by stating in Automobile that he was going to send his daughter off to college in one. He got two large import operations going and he launched the SV-1. Beads of sweat formed on his forehead, it wasnt that he didnt want to learn, it was where he was sitting that had him scarred. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. )that I spotted a (A former test site for the Yugo car company, we're told. LIkewise, Yugo UK supported its dealers well. I wonder why they used the Yugos, To show the towns Quirkyness? Rona Mace (Jamie Lee Curtis) is an anagram for "a romance". The 4 door one was a dodge omni, think it was a glh. I remember seeing new Yugos at the (I think 1990) Chicago Auto Show. Whats terrifying is that a convertible version of this thing the flimsiest vehicle imaginable was sold in the U.S. No flimsier than the Toyota Paseo or Geo Metro convertible. Especially on economy cars- Yugos often sold to High School girls, who would just turn up the stereo when their failure to add oil led to rod knocking. When the Yugo GV was finally offered for sale in September 1985, (as an 86 model) , initial orders looked promising. Of course, not wanting to be associated with alleged members of the alleged Romanian Mafia, Bently pulled out. During the time the clutch cable was dying, I broke the shifter mechanism, due to the clutch cable dying. Big deal, huh? (Cracked distributor cap, IIRC.) Whats bad. Before we wrap, lets sort them out. in Pasadena a couple of years ago. I assume some were worse than others, but Ive heard this complaint levied against such a broad range of cars (American, Japanese, Italian, British, even German) of that era that I have to wonder if there was some sort of fire sale on water-soluble steel. I see one maybe twice a year. He was rather sad that after 170,000 miles it had They had other third-world markets in mind. I bought a used, year-old Yugo. The real reason why Crvena Zastava went into this adventure was that they were desperate to get some foreign currency to keep assembly lines alive. Not too long before I sold it, it had started to develop noisy CV joints, but by then the car was 8 years old and 100,000 miles. ), See all comments about this movie and its vehicles. A revised constitution in the mid 70s turned the country into a loose confederation and as Croatia/Slovenia were more developed due to being part of Austria Hungary, there was only so much that approx thirty years of prosperity after WWII could reverse. There were surely other goofs that were institutionalized. But there was one area that, frankly, I was impressed with, and that was the basic two-box design. Theres a fellow in the NorCal chapter of The Fiat Club first names Dan, I think who owns a pristine Yugo in a burnt orange color. In the 1970s the PCI (Italian Communist Party) reached its all-time maximum electorally: 34.4% in the 1976 general election (12,600,000 votes, 3 million more than in the previous election in 1972). Sales ended in the U.S. that year when a recall was ordered by the feds over emissions issues related to faulty carburetors. In the beginning they had some brief text ( "Years ago, the Yugo Car Company chose Verplanck, New York, to test market its new breed of vehicle. Im pretty sure that she kept her clothes on. Ive never felt safe in any car that light so would never have considered owning one, no matter how cheap, even if they had been decently made vehicles. I went to an auto place for a part, and was so embarassed to even say Yugo to the clerk, that my voice stuttered and I replied Yugee. But recycled steel, for whatever reason, is overly prone to corrosion. In The Film, for some inexplicable reason, everyone who lives in the Catskill area towns seems to drive a YUGO. As a Japanese kei class car,it was pretty good for crowded streets , expensive gasoline and as a motorcycle (or scooter,which Fuji also built) alternative. alignments. They start, get you to your destination in the dry, and thats about all you can saytheres no enjoyment in operating it and build quality was a joke. They even found dirt and rust that had been painted on in the inside of some cars nearing completion. Sure some of the plastic trim was suspect, but dont forget that GM was still doing rubbermaid doors then, and the Japanese were still stapling vinyl over cardboard for door trims. At first glance, the car looked up to date- Front wheel drive, rack and pinion steering, decent mileage. Danny Devito and Bette Midler starred together in "Ruthless People". The Yugo became the default entry level car for people that knew the price of everything but the value of nothing. Like you can buy a car without a transmition. Needless to say, it wouldve been better if Bently had just gone ahead and let them have the Mulsanne. People who took care of some basic maintenance and corrosion protection could see 10 to 15 years of service without too much trouble. I dont buy junk to begin with, maintain them, and only have minimal issues with them. Anyway, you got 2 I think 6.5 door speakers standard and an option for 2 46 oval speakers, mounted in the rear cargo covers side panels for a total of 4 speakers and an optional AC unit that replaced the console stack, just below the heater and the floor and it I think augmented the weak heater in these things. The Tipo 145 was developed in the early 1970s (IIRC), and it showed. To be sure, the car was primitive, even by 1980s standards. I cant think of another car that disappeared off the roads faster. You could disassemble the whole car with like 5 Allen keys, three sockets and two Phillips-head screwdrivers, if you were inclined. UK Yugo dealers were often small garages in small towns, who really tried to do the prep work to get the cars out well. It has been a while since I have seen a Yugo on the road, but a local car wash has one with signs mounted on it. Not having that one bit Clarkson divised a solution, buying a third-hand Yugo and for the rest of the episode refering to it as a Bently. But then thats not what most folks are exactly looking for. The Yugo got its biggest role in 2000, in Drowning Mona, starring Casey Affleck, Neve Campbell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Danny DeVito, and Bette Midler, with Will Farrell making a delightful cameo. They dumped em, too, as soon as they could afford something, anything, better. Also in that time, poor workmanship wasnt exclusively Yugos problem. By May of 1988, Malcom Bricklin needed a lifeboat and he found it on Wall Street. He claimed the belt was good for 200,000-plus miles, often outlasting the pulleys. Those Protons were actually a decent car. Why did Yugos have standard rear defrost? The cars in the movie were provided by Apple Motors in Denver, Colorado. Also, I think that first step after buying any used car in general should be changing of belt. I really dont think that anyone has a competitive advantage in rust resistance any more. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. In the moviedrowning MonaI remember there was among the many regular Yugos one that had four doors (a black one).Was it They sold boatloads of them in Europe to price buyers, taxi companies, retired folk etc. Yugos are cars. It took time, development, persuading of management that there WAS a problem (not an easy task in the Japanese culture) but bit by bit, the problems were resolved. Gearboxes on the other hand well, its a Fiat after all, and it teaches you how to double clutch. If Germany had built it, would it have been called the Germ? The collapse of Communism removed any perceived legitimacy left in the public who thought their future under capitalism would reflect a standard of living like W Germanys. The Birdcage - Features a yellow Yugo Cabrio in Miami. Jason Torchinsky of Jalopnik had an interesting take on it lately; They didnt always start, and they DID always rust away. Even getting touring car legend Peter Brock to put his name to a Deluxe Limited Edition wasnt enough to help sales. Sloppy or ignorant engineering plays a part most times; but its MANAGEMENT thats supposed to identify problems and stop them as soon as possible. Nasty Mona Dearly (Midler) drives her car into the Hudson River and drowns. 2) At the 2014 Route 66 Mother Road Festival in Springfield, Illinois there was a Yugo with a Chrysler 426 Hemi (with blower) in the rear of the car (Hemi under glass). There are many causes for poor management. Nuff said? I saw one on the F4 so they did sell one.Those were a Polish Fiat 500 updated Just rubbish. The prototypical belt-driven OHC engine Stateside, was the Pontiac Sixand Joe Sherlock, who has a car blog, The View Through the Windshield (http://www.joesherlock.com/blog.html) was involved in the development of the initial fiberglass-impregnated belt. What am I supposed to make outta that? GM had tried to buy Zastava in 2007, but the deal fell through. Money was a problem; but not the root problem. Hers are always burned down precisely half an inch, and then we see her lighting a new one from the old one, and realize, yeah, she smokes them only for the first two puffs. There was a guy that was racing a Yugo in SCCA competition, but thats been a long time ago. But of course, a parking lot fender bender would be enough to total these cars. The problems with Audisare RELATIVE to other brands; and RELATIVE to past experiences. Various ancillaries like alternators were replaced with real FIAT parts. I test drove one of these brand new when they hit the market. Bricklin wisely took the first offer and netted about $20 million for his trouble. See production, box office & company info, Siskel & Ebert: Drowning Mona/My Dog Skip/What Planet Are You From?/The Next Best Thing/Miss Julie. But after a slow start because of supply problems, the car began selling in volume during year two. Dubrovnik is kind of old fashion place with somewhat stricter rules about dressing on the beaches and elsewhere. And this works both ways after war ended in ex. I guess Ive been mispronouncing subaru all these years. I saw one not long ago on the streets in Eugene, but couldnt catch it. I must admit that I own a Yugo. I owned one. Although I tested it in the summer, the car sputtered and hesitated like it was cold. But before Bricklin made a virtue of safety, he all but made a mockery of same just a half decade before. What kind of car is in the movie Drowning Mona? The space efficiency was great too- it really is tiny- and is NOT a fiat. Bricklins old nemesis Consumer Reports weighed in on the cars many shortcomings in its February 1986 issue and refused to recommend it at any price. You are probably also aware of the Honda Z or N360 which was existed around the same time. Amazingly, someone got in it, started it, and it ran and drove (more or less) away. I drove the blue one about three more years, but it did have some issues. Those brave revolutionaries almost single handedly redefine their market segment and leave an indelible mark on the industry itself. So we come to the end of the Yugo saga in America. (Eagleburger had been U.S. ambassador to Yugoslvia and had spent almost all of his foreign service career in southeast europe. 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Initially, I had my eyes set on a mid 80s Toyota Celica as the cheapest car I could find. @EdDan: How do you double the value of your Yugo? Barnum and the circus freak show that he brought to America in the twilight of the Reagan years. An accident has happened - the Yugo of one Mona Dearly has careened off the highway and plunged into the Hudson. Modern kei cars are dimensionally similar to the old sidevalve english Fords tall and narrow hopefully they dont fall over as easily I see lots of elderly people driving used import keis here. In fact every single person in town hated her. An automatic wouldnt fit in the Yugo engine bay, so the only thing shiftless about the Yugo would be the Zastava workers that routinely drank on the job. I would like to add that once money was in short supply, it was easy to lay a blame on the other side, to stir old misunderstandings and conflicts, send kids to London or USA and start profiting from the war. They did not have such a bad reputation,at least not as bad as the rear engined Skodas Two Yugo episodes: The first while working on a construction crew in the 1987-88 period, at a project west of Rochester, NY one morning a Yugo rolls onto the lot, out pops a nervous, typical pocket-protector young engineering type, tells us he is out of gas, could anyone give him a ride to his job.at Kodak! The interior squeaked everywhere that it didnt rattle. It was mainly low used values (the proton badge had no snob appeal) and apathy that saw them scrapped rather than any major fault of the car. This, the paring of weight, was even evident in Japanese trucks. The first Mazda was also a kei-car, the R-360. Thus American drivers were introduced to the second worst car ever sold- the tiny, dangerously underpowered 360 from Subaru. It was amazing (to me) how they found a solution so quickly. Of course, being that these cars were manual transmissioned cars, Im sure they didnt rented out nearly as much as the Ford Escorts and Hyundais that had automatics. The cars were not labor or maintenance intensive at all, and in fact some things worked better on that car than did my dear old Lancer, like the A/C system. The Yugo? Critically, one of her co-workers loved Fiats, and he taught her their quirks-most of which the Yugo shared. I had always known these to be license-built versions of the 128. Someone around my area with a perverse sense of humor drove a Yugo stretch limo for a few years, those being about 20 years ago. Trouble for him was, the rest of America wasnt interested in postwar America. I remember the lights were tied to the ignition switch so if you left the light switch on, theyd go off when you shut down the car, and back on when you started it back up, and that meant headlights and all, ala SAAB. The best part was they all had the same license plates on them to just have a semblance of legality! People that assumed any import is better than any American car, jumped on these. Maybe Bricklin had caught lightning in a bottle. Unscrew the shift knob. I also started using Restore engine treatment, and that took care of that issue. Jeff might have wanted to kill her. I know another-a lifelong car nut, married to another can nut. As I said earlier, this car obviously didnt meet the expectations of the majority of the American masses, but I know you werent the only one who found the Yugo a simple and easy-to-work-on car. I shut it down to call a dealerand it wouldnt leave the parking spot under its own power. It began the use of the FWD, horizontal boxer engine which carries on in Subarus to this day (albeit in a modern form). I know of a 1979 Datsun pickup that completly rusted out in 6 years. Then again, Ive always had a liking for the odd car or two over the years. She does figure in a quiet little in-joke. She was given a Yugo that wouldnt runthe fix was nine dollars. Parts are no problem, because it is basically a FIAT. I recall A caddy dealer in the Cleveland area who gave away a free Yugo with the purchase of a Cadillac! LOL The old fashioned radio was a piece of crap, and the speakers cracked and gave out after very little use. When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect.When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect.When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect. Yes it was 3990 excluding transmition and tax and delivery charges. (not that I cared that much about it I was in my mid-twenties and during summer season beaches were full of naked girls.) The biggest thing Ive heard was the timing belts were supposedly good for 30K miles and many owners were caught off guard, mostly due to not reading and/or heeding the maintenance intervals and boom, they croaked as they were not non interference motors like most OHC motors arent. When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect. I saw one parked on Colorado Blvd. Ford was really hit and miss the Granada was horrible, but the Lincoln Town Cars and Mark Vs were pretty good against the tinworm. After 330,000km with two Yugos, I must be destined to eternal vacation on BOra-Bora . Childrens toys are more dependable. Zastava only collapsed in 2008, and its decline was NOT due to mismanagement, but the trade embargo on Serbia, which starved them of devlopment funds. A quiet little in-joke indeed, but I mention it so the filmmakers will know their work was not in vain. I actually grabbed a brochure on the convertible as a joke, it was only a single page. (not the 1st time Ive done this,haha). You had to know FIATS and and what Yugo klooged up to meet EPA regs and how to unklooge it. Last Update: . I could be wrong there; but a surprising number of parts, including the airbox and cables, the steering column, the drivetrain, are all direct or modified parts from the 128. Nude beaches usually are deprived of sexual context. Many years later I saw it, and her, driving down a street near my house. And incompetence does not negate the political reasons, until and unless the failure of management becomes an unavoidable political embarrassment. depends 100% on very cheap parts and lots of mechanics around that know the car inside out. Thanks for your first hand account ! At least a Suzuki Samurai has a separate frame. The first thing to appear onscreen is a little blurb about the Yugo car company using the town of Verplanck as a test area for their new model years ago. Rather, I see him as an irrepressible optimist who went into his various ventures believing everything would turn out well and he was blind to the shortcomings of the cars he imported. One day a red one, next day yellow, the day after white, he was gathering up the by then give-away bombs that still ran. R/S AUTOLINE INC. (1.3 miles away) 1215 W IMPERIAL HWY, Suite 213, BREA, CA 92821. There was a dealer in Denver Colorado, called Apple Motors, who used to sell warmed up Yugos. Regarding the rust: It was a myriad of factors. I was worried that shed make it. Ive been around big rigs all of my life, but they never looked bigger than when I was next to them on the freeway. I guess this is so the company could find out how the car is before releasing it to the general public. It cut costs, and as was the concern then (as now) it was Green using the parlance of today. Damn that X1/9 still looks beautiful just like mine the 81 behind the new Abarth. Secondly, I would be one of those people who had a good experience with a Yugo. I would love to find one of those. Ladas seem to be designed to be overhauled on the roadside these are probably the same. It was owned by a gentleman named Dave Benton who claimed to be the former engineering manager for Yugo North America. The brakes appear to have been tampered with, making it murder. \"Drowning Mona\" is bad . Quality (or a lack of same) would ensure that the car could not survive in a competitive marketplace. The country was communist, but with good relations with the US and a cosmetically overhauled version of socialism, the idea was the Yugoslavia would compete in Western markets and as a result, the country took on a lot of debt throughout the 70s to update its capacity for making consumer goods, among other projects. His routine went something likeThe Yugo, what self respecting country would name a car that sorry after itself? Now, I live in the UK and have had three ladas, all of which were much better cars than many people give them credit for. after about 30 years of having the car rust off of the frame. All four brake drums were tampered with, the brake fluid was drained, and the perp also drained some other fluids just to be on the safe side. There are like 100 YUGOs in the movie, which I think came out around 1998. FWIWYugo wasnt named for Yugoslavia, but its a phonetic of the name Jugo which is what the Mediterranean wind is called in their language. Soon we would have a whole line of Adams Family cars on the road! They would swap in the drivetrain from the Fiat X1/9 and put on the wider wheels tires from the X1/9 also. The only car known to have been blown off of the Mackinac Bridge. I may know the only satisfied Yugo owner in the U.S. Well, when someone drowns Mona (Bette Midler), it's almost a cause for celebration in the quiet, upstate New York town of Verplanck, whose one claim to fame - except Mona Dearly - is that it's a hotbed of Yugos. Neve Campbell was also working on Party of Five (1994) and Scream 3 (2000) while shooting this film. As the pride of Serbo-Croatia hit the streets of America, reports of slipshod assembly began flooding back to the companys Upper Saddle River , New Jersey headquarters. He was absolutely correct. These are the kinds of people who don't like to be thrown out of bars because it's a loss of valuable drinking time. 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