This is a Yugo America sales training video from 1988. I cam across this video online many many years ago...so I decided to share it with all the Yugo fans out there! Enjoy!
Electronic ignition and partial electrically controlled carburator are about the closest you get, but even then there's only 3 circuits on that carb anyways! People joke and whine about carburators on these cars but seem to forget that unless you paid top dollar you didn't get fuel injection on most models, either. I think the lowest priced fuel injected motor you could get at the time would have been a Honda Accord LXi or a Toyota Celica or something. Very high in the range and everything else below it was all carburators.
@@AiOinc1 Yugo produced its best 1300 DMB engine with Bosch motronic 4.6 computer injection. I have Yugo Florida 1.3 EFi car myself, and its best Zastava engine ever installed.
@@user-br6cu5jm1q Not really since I have a Fiat 127 and I have three Friends that have those cars too both with the 903cc and 1050cc (both engine were available in yugos) and they still works fine
@keith cunningham Wrong. The PROMs were permanently programmed. Furthermore, the carbureted models would run with the computer completely disconnected, despite at full rich mixture carburetion, no ignition advance and no lockup torque converter function.
Oh come on all the people slating the Yugo... You could get a brand-new car for little money with a warranty. What more would you want? Of course, I grew up in the UK, which could build cars just as lousy as any Eastern Bloc country! They sold Yugos here too - I remember them when I was a kid and would've quite happily had one as my first car.
Jebiga,svaki amer duguje Rotshildu cim se rodi. Kod nas svi kuce u vlasnistvu i niko nikome ne duguje. Nasih realnih 10e oni nikad ne mogu da zarade,toliko duguju...
this was car that cost 3990 dollars brand new.So if you wanted fast car you bought Ferrari, if you wanted safe car you bought Volvo,if you wanted reliable car you bought something Japanese. But not one car of these ones didn't cost 3990 dollars. You can't expected dirt cheap car to have V8 engine, leather seats and mahogany dashboard and premium badge. Yugo was intended for students, poor people not for Golf club showoffs.
I agree completely. What some of the young readership don't realize is that many of the things pointed out, ten years before this car was sold actually were upmarket features. Not all cars of the '70s were fully carpeted, had dipping rear mirrors or halogen headlights. The 0-50 time is pretty quick actually, ten seconds and 65 bhp in a small car isn't bad at all. Front wheel drive means it's safer in the wet, and the tyre in the bonnet saves space in the back, or having to get under it to get it out. This Yugo reportedly sold over 140,000 models in the States. In real terms people who may have had no car at all, such as: teenagers getting to training or to see their girlfriends/boyfriends. Old people enjoying freedom to get about, and the housewife picking up the kids or getting away for some me time.
The only reason they got a bad name in the end was because of a recall in 1992 right before they left the US. EPA forced a recall on every car they made before 1992 due to emissions concerns (of course) right before Yugoslavia went into civil war, and the UN imposed an embargo on all exports. The warranties on these poor cars became worthless and some cars were even bought back to provide spare parts for other cars as long as they could. Unfortunately, incredibly long wait times don't go down well with people, and the car got a bad reputation. Another problem was people treating the poor cars as disposable and neglecting any and all maintenance where possible. Oil changes skipped and timing belts snapped, which killed these cars more than anything else. There are a few left on the road that still run very well, even after 100,000 miles because their owners simply treated them as you would any other vehicle. Oil changes every 5,000 miles, Timing belt inspected every 20,000 miles and changed every 40,000 miles, Clutch plates every 75,000 miles. Routine maintenance will keep any car on the road much longer, especially one designed from the beginning to be a very robust little communist car!
@@stuartwilkie4887 A good example of 70s engineering is the Chevrolet Chevette... For example, a 1976 Chevrolet Chevette has: 1.4 liter Isuzu I4 making 52HP 4 speed manual transmission Optional 1.6 liter Isuzu I4 making 62HP Optional 3 speed automatic transmission where a 1986 Yugo GV has: 1.1 liter DMB I4 making 52HP 4 speed manual transmission Bench rear seats Rear window wiper Rear window defroster Optional air conditioning Optional 1.3 liter DMB I4 making 65HP Optional 3 speed automatic transmission Optional electro-hydraulic convertible top A base model Chevette was $2899 in 1976, and a base model Yugo was $3990 in 1986. Adjusting for inflation to 2018, a base model Chevette would have cost $12690, where the Yugo would have cost $9220. A Yugo was better built, better designed, had more features, and better optioned than the previous domestic vehicles for sale. The only *real* competition would have come from the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, and Dodge Omni / Plymouth Horizon, all of which were only marginally better for a much higher cost. Yugo GV for $3990 or Honda Civic for nearly $9000? The choice was simple for an awful lot of people.
Actually yes, it was the Vauxhall Chevette I was thinking about from a decade earlier. To a potential Chevette buyer ten years ago - the extras in a Yugo would be quite welcome. One of the problems really for it was the intrusive drive tunnel. However, I would expect a Chevette to give a higher performance than the Yugo for say being hustled down bumpy, twisty country lanes. I had the experience of that near a place I used to live - in the three box version. With wider tyres, a better engine, about 85 bhp and 5 speed it really would have been a quite decent mover. The Yugo definitely was better corrosion proofed, had more features and more interior space. The interior on both cars was really basic though. I'm not a massive fan when I can see painted metal on the inside. I think the Yugo was a better car for those on a tight budget (as you accurately pointed out with the adjusted price). And, if properly maintained it could run and run. I think it was ideal for a student or an older person with priorities of longevity, visibility from a higher driving position and space. The Chevette to my mind was better as a family car that somebody with a need for better or safer driving dynamics would want. The Yugo I could potter about in, but the Chevette I think I'd feel more confident as a daily machine carrying my family around.
I love how they emphasized that it's all analog and has no computer chips! Seriously, if only they knew how ahead of their time they were! These days being affordable and analog is a GOOD thing!
@@akishot6735 Many cars of the period had their hood release on the exterior which meant that spare tires and batteries and the like were often easily stolen. Common problem in the 70s and early 80s before manufacturers started moving the release to the interior and this stopped.
Now they're producing the Fiat 500L for the whole world. It's not that bad of a future and the build quality is quite good. But yeah, it's a car even uglier than the Yugo xD
I bought new 1987 Red and 1988 Blue. The '88 had working Air conditioning. If made today, I would by as a now older person. Yugo GVL was a very dependable and enjoyable automobile. Thank you
I'm tempted to watch the video again and count the number of times I hear "safety", "comfort" and "looks". Hey, if you say it enough times, its true. LOL
If you do not ruin it. Yugo is actually more comfortable to drive than most New small cars... Renault Megane 20 years later has way less space and comfort for driver....
It was an excelent car for it's value. What can you buy Today at an equivalent price? American people (USA people better said) always felt angry at discovering that they had been robbed for years by their own automobile industry which only could offer them a good bike and a coloured muffin at that cost... LOL
I had two of them. They ran ok up till 65k then the head gasket went bye bye. My first one shook so hard at 65 mph you couldnt hang on to the wheel. I got it with a salvage title. I figure a butterfly flew out in front of it and totalled it out. lol. Insurance companys just wrote them off if they even got into a minor fender bender. I bought another Yugo for parts .I ended up pulling the head from my first one and putting it on the second one. I then parted out the first one. The rocker switches failed. The fuel guage failed. It was a joint endeavor with Ford Motor company. The engine was a fiat 128. Parts were available and diet cheap. My mechanical fuel pump kept failing so I installed an aftermarket electric fuel pump mounted on the firewall. The second Yugo ran pretty ggod. I ended up selling it for a Ford 4 door Maverick. I owned that car for 7 years and got 280k on it. I sold it and the guy I sold it to drove it for many years after. That Yugo didnt last much longer after I sold it I guess.
"The Yugo's wiring is routed through plastic conduits" so that your feet and legs don't instantly short them out when they rub against them in the footwell.
"Without sacrificing performance, reliability, or comfort...." The Yugo is none of those things... They're lying straight through their teeth on the first point.
That's known as fluff in advertising. All of those things are subjective. You aren't necessarily "lying". He isn't saying "it out-performs a BMW in the quarter mile." Now THAT would be a lie.
The guy who started the import of the Yugo is the same guy who created the Bricklen car(Malcolm Bricklen)also was the first to import Subaru cars. My friends mom bought a Yugo brand new in 88'/89'and drove it for 200k+/miles no major issues. How I don't know guess she got LUCKY!
She definitely was lucky. Only thing that didn't suck on Yugo was the Fiat-derived engine. If you were okay with lack of power, that is. But that part was pretty well built.
Roger Lund Yugo's engine was totally okay. It was robust and so simple there wasn't much to break, and repairs were dirt cheap anyway. It's the last thing which would force you to scrap the car.
if I could find a little GVX with AC and in decent shape I'd want one, Zastava didn't make a bad car, it's just that people in USA abused them to hell so they seem like junk, they really weren't that bad nevermind in 2018 if you have one EBAY is your friend! you can get parts from Slovenia REALLY cheaply they made over five million of them in their home country so parts are easy to get!
Wow brake light, reverse and turn signal integrated into one unit for a sleek streamline appearance.... red stripe accents?!?!?! Shut up and take my money.
Thanks for sharing. A friend of mine had one back in `92 and it was a surprisingly good little car providing basic transportation, something nobody does anymore.
This is a Yugo America sales training video from 1988. I came across this video online many many years...so I decided to share it with all the Yugo fans out there! Enjoy!
Press F to pay respects to the poor bastards that had to sell this turd to the American consumer, then had to go home and face their families at night.
My nebghor got one white with brown enterior all in it alsow think it's 45 with one side of tail lights I alsow have Yugo white in 1/43 white it's from dea models sadly it's not for playing it's to cheepade it broke the side mirror the wheels war not moving the shasie was a bit out in half bit I clue thet staff alsow I made the wheels drive they don't drive like normal 1/43but they at lest move all this Yugo wasade for America to they standards there Is a story thet in Kragujevac they don't want to make Yugo on they own citizens like cabrio and other cool futures Yugo had then meybe some of them have rear Yugo in Kragujevac I think Yugo America was improved and better sale then in the home town I'm talking about the fancy yugos for America it's sad they hde to go cheep car Yugo was build not to be fast or to be luxury Yugo was build to enjoy ez fix and cheep run ifen Americans have bad cars as they sad Yugo is bad hh Yugo is for thos who cares for the car and enjoy simple car not fast draving lucky Americans have the chance to get Yugo cabrio and other cool stuff on the Yugo here we war stuck with regular Yugo but not matter Yugo survet well no matter fancy or regular who knows what yugos we'll come if they did not have to sale the factory guessing good times war back on yg no expectations of Yugo much getting to work or go else were zastava cars well be for ever a terminator cars we Hade zastava 128iron car we Hade with no spoiler we Hade the regular one ah memories wish they can start agin to make zastava cars it we'll be a blast from the past long live zastava cars 👑💪💪💪❤️❤️❤️❤️🌏. No matter where you from when U here zastava or a zastava engine it brings something in side of you I'm surprised how meniy cool yugos on this video's war mde for the market wow
It was good deal wish I could get one now no BS/ I had a suzuki hatch back 550 motor same deal back in the 90's great cheap transport. Now you have to win the lotto. True
It had a heated rear window, so you can keep your hands warm while pushing it in the winter time. But seriously, I talked to people who owned them back then. Rotors cost $15 per set new back then (rotors costed more back in in day, even when computing inflation), great on gas, no computers ( they failed ALOT more in cars back then), and basic cheap transportation.
It is weird how a country, being mad at non western realities and that balkanized Jugoslavia, used to advertise this car (notice the fact they stress on reliability and durability which are the antonyms of consumerism)
You have to admit, trying to sell a pig like the Yugo really put those sales folk to work! The interior hood release...was there any car outside of a Jeep Wrangler that didn't have that in 1988? I can't think of any.
It would have been a great sale if all the other companies in America weren't scared it would oversell and compromise their needlessly expensive maintenance prone cars. So they made a hoax that with the emissions as they did with the Golf. American marked, always afraid of cheap everlasting low maintenance cars!
Ummm, no. I don't think that is even close to right. The Yugo was not a quality car, and the American consumer may be a lot of things, but they know cheap and crude when they see it.
To be honest I do not believe there is car that can beat Yugo in 20 000 km marathon on multiple terrains. I was searching for long time right replacement Beside Fiat Panda 1.3 diesel I couldn't find anything remotely normal...
In my hometown the Dodge dealer sold Yugos as a sideline. They did a decent business in base GV models but I swear they kept a single loaded GVX around just to upsell prospects to an Omni America (which by 1988 had EFI and 7/70 warranty).
I wonder how a Yugo would stand up to a mode T Ford? I mean they are basically in the same category. Of course the model T does have better lines and doesn't break down as much.
Tampa Bumblebee That occurred to me, too. So I found these, indicating the wide appeal of the car with a Brit and an Aussie demonstrating them today: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8OjQlnE6zBg.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ctvnQYJCUkI.html Although a challenge for us to drive with unfamiliar pedals and routines, Model Ts were built very well and appeared in many guises including as trucks, tractors, and farm generators. You could buy a kit and make Model Ts into many helpful machines. They were also used in WWI. They were in a sense the ancestor of the Jeep. They also had a version of cruise control. They were inexpensive (going from $850 in 1908 to less than $300 in 1925, or in our money $23,500 to under $4200, which was less than half, adjusted for inflation, of the price of a 1986 Yugo), but they were built to be reliable and were not cheaply constructed. They were also easy to fix and maintain and came with a tool kit. Edit: I just noticed the Yugo came with one, too! I'd like to see someone fix what breaks down on a Yugo with the kit. I think the parts most likely to break down on a Model T were the tires which got punctures often, but you could patch and reinflate them like a bike tire. Yugo had Goodrich tires, so ha ha, Model T! I imagine it was no more difficult to learn to drive a Model T than it is to pilot the average airplane today. :) When the electric start was included it made the car a lot more popular among women. Cranking the car was hardly something a lady would want to do when dressed up.
It probably was not a bad car. It's just the mentality here in a America that any small car is bad. Then the worse thing is a foreign small car besides a Honda or Toyota does not stand a chance here in the U.S.
In europe they were not actualy not that bad ..because my grandfather bought one in 1982 in Yugoslavia and others who were like similar price like Renault 4 had only 38 HP ..and that was actually more powerful version ..there was also 30 HP version haha
This is a Yugo America sales training video from 1988. I came across this video online many many years ago...so I decided to share it with all the Yugo fans out there! Enjoy!
The problem now is lack of basic transportation although many panned this car I'm sure it would last if it were properly maintained there's no totally maintenance-free car something like this might sell nowadays with most major manufacturers pushing SUVs and EVs down everybody's throats which are in many cases priced sky high hell id buy a yugo if those sold now!!!
Loved my 1988 Yugo GVL. Had it for 5 years. Bought new. At 6ft. 7in. I had more leg room than my 1983 Cadillac Eldorado. Remember hearing that the body steel was thicker than Mercedes Benz body steel. It was an awesome back and forth to work car. I turned down on getting the a/c with it for fear that it would “bog down” the acceleration. When I traded it in for newer car there was no rust on it but really hated to get rid of it. Moved up to Plymouth Sundance (Duster) with all the bells and whistles.
When I was a kid, and my dad was driving a used Yugo, he convinced a NYS inspection mechanic that a second windshield wiper was "an option"...because the original one had snapped off. Might as well have been true.
My ount have it. She sold it this year. It was made in 1990, no garage but no rust eather. But it was a shock to drive it. No servo stearing, that means it heavy to turn the stearing wheel, the window mechanism was rusty because of poor sealing, the rain was leaking into the door, the rear mirrors are mounted in a very uncomfortable place on the door. But with regular maintenance it is a reliable car. These days those cars have the collectable value, at least in Slovenia.
For the cost, it's about as economical as it gets. They're perfectly reliable as long as you keep up with the timing belt and oil changes. The cloth seats are actually pretty comfortable, and if you bypass the cold start actuator they run considerably better. Vacuum spark advance really gives these cars an awful lot more performance.
@@znakoviporedputa1596 ne znam sta bi ti rekao, branis smece u koje ni sam Tito nije htio sjesti. Mene je nuzda natjerala da ga imam, kasnije je dragi Allah dao bereket i vozala su se i vozaju se auta supersportskih performansi.
E P vozao si jer nisi imao para za bolje. to auto je bilo i namjenjeno za porodicne ljude za transport, za donijet stvari sa pijace a ne za sportske performanse. Niko iz zemalja istocnog bloka nije pravio sportska nego samo funkcionalna auta. a ko je imao para mogao je i uvesti BMW,Mercedesa u bivsoj yu. I sad ti govoris bio je spot a nije kostao ni blizu sportskih auta.
@@znakoviporedputa1596 ma hajde hvala Bogu nek je i ta epizoda iza mene. Sluso je solidno, daleko od toga da je najgore auto ikad proizvedeno, ali je definitivno najsporije koje sam ikad imao i vozio. Kome se svidja, nek uziva
