So I definitely got a big part of this story wrong: the assertion that Yugoslavia was part of the Soviet Union. This Is incorrect. In the West, this assumption can be traced back to Yugoslavia’s formation in 1943. During WWII, the Allies: The US, UK and USSR supported Yugoslavia’s fight against the fascist Axis occupation. We just kinda assumed they stayed allied with the USSR, but that’s not what happened. After the war, relations between Yugoslavia and the USSR fell apart, with Yugoslavia denouncing Stalinism completely and forming its own socialist government. Yugoslavia was in fact on the Western edge of the Iron Curtain, and maintained a delicate balancing act between Western and Eastern bloc countries. According to globalvoices.org “its independence from both the Eastern and the Western blocs was a key feature of its national identity.” I sincerely apologize for the error and for any offense it may have caused; and I will be more diligent and discerning in my research moving forward. Thanks for your time. -Nolan

Why did you remove the most secret ground from the map of Serbia? Did you know that the bells of churches in west sounded in 1389. when they thought we have beaten the Otoman empire on that holy ground where our monasteries still sit under UNESCO protection after more than 500 years. Serbian monasteries in Kosovo and Metohija are older than the discovery of America. You totally need to get back money your parents paid for your geography classes.

How is it posible to mix regions so bad? Did you even look at the map of the world? SFRJ (south part of central Europe); SSSR (north-east Europe). Oh brother.

I had a Yugo. There, I said it. When I was in college in the year 2001(mature student at 28) I was studying motor mechanics. I had a reconditioned engine from a Fiat Uno turbo(1.3 about 120bhp). The teachers wanted a project for the students to work on, so I suggested putting this engine in the Yugo as it was basically the same size and fit. It went in, we upgraded the brakes and I got that all done for free. The college was happy and so was I. It was really fast but it was also a death trap. When hitting the brakes after awesome exeleration, the rear wheels would come off the ground because there was no weight in the back. :) Oh yeah, and a fiat fanatic I know told me the same guy who designed the VW Golf, designed the Yugo.

Worst car in the world while the rest of the world don't know what a Yugo is.

Yugoslavia wasn't part of the Soviet Union, you are just a classic American who knows nothing about history nor geography

Been following your channel for a while now, but you crossed the line here buddy

I wonder if it was crap like my first car, it was crap because everyone told me it was but they didn’t mind touring Belgium, Netherlands, France and Germany in it. It sure as fuck wasn’t fast or sleek but it was reliable (up until 120,000 miles), I’ll be adamant on this one I never understood the psychology of something that got the job done cheaply and reliably was crap.

When this car came out my Dad leased a brand new Honda Civic sedan... what a great car... the Honda.

This is the worst car?? Don't think so. My dad had it

There is lot of lies in this video!!!

I remember when my father bought new yugo 45 junior the cheapest version of yugo and it was leaking gasoline from the factory...

0-60 in 14 seconds that’s still faster than my turbo Chevy sonic Hahahah no lie

Honestly still awesome

That car actually only needed an upgrade. A massive upgrade... of engine (since that engine was 20 y.o. when they started installing it into Yugo) and an interior upgrade with a bit more quality in details (plastics especially). It was light, easy to use and cheap to maintain. Probably the best car for beginner divers. And a convertible version was also cool for youngsters, surfers, camping, tripping,...

Wish I had one

Bro, try to fix your new Audi with a 13 wrench, a hammer and a screwdriver ! Also, the idea was that literally everyone could purchase a Yugo car. It was made dirt cheap and you fixed it with whatever was in your pocket lol

Talking about the Soviet Union to explain Yugoslavia is like talking about the US to explain Sweden.

Those were actually pretty good cars.i think they were 3000 dollars .

Why did you want it? MONEY

4:20 The British were suffering gas shortages too, looking at how low those gasometers have dropped.

I remember seeing a car in the early 2000’s at the LA auto show downstairs called an Oka made in Russia that was a Yugo remake touting that a 55 gallon barrel fit in the hatch ya know incase you need to clean up any Chernobyl type disasters.

On a long enough timeline, anything gets ls swapped

2 facts - if yugo had better chassis and stiffer suspension PLUS thicker wheels more widely positioned, it would look swxy to this day - in Serbia the official National Racing League is still being raced in strictly factory-parts-tuned yugo cars. These races look sick, and a 1.3 litre tuned yugo can reach 120mph and I think that is just beautiful. Just google racing class yugo

KRAH-GOO-YE-WHATZ ...

Making a such historical connection between USSR and Yugoslavia is just mind-blowing. I am waiting for a video when they connect Sweden and the Soviet Union.

What was American cars suspention in the 80's? Surely not much better and surely not McPherson / multilink. Are cupholders so important? Car without cupholders is not a car? Do you people know how to change radio station without having presets? Spare tyre next to engine was a brilliant space saving feature, not a reason for a joke. All in all Yugo is a bad car, but most definitively not the worst car ever. Please do your homework better next time. Greetings from Croatia.

Do the Lada!

"Worst car" the yugo Me: *angry serbian noises*

best car ever

Alfa romeo 33: aM i A jOkE tO yOu?

Cheap people buy cheap cars. This is a NO BRAINER.

For serbian people yugo is the best car ever, you can buy it for 100€ and literaly do whatever you want with it and it will survive.

Yu go, but the car doesn't.

Thanks!! I see you saw my comment lol. Good Job.

Me and my friends got a yugo for first of may,its like fourth of july but in Serbia(and a few other european countries),and damn did the car have the craziest last days ever,my friend rolled over in it, accidentally jump with it and kinda teared off the rear wheels with the whole suspension,he drove back 3miles in reverse(cuz that was the only way possible with the rear wheels getting stuck in the fender if you try to go forward),we made a hole in to the chassis,pulled a chain through the hole and the leaf spring suspension,tied that chain up,and it was ready to roam again. And btw this all happened off road. If you think that doing 50 mph in a yugo is terrifying,you haven't done it off road No alcohol or drugs were involved in this event,but anyone who is from the Balkan will know that this is a lie.

If I were a kid and I was presented with the choice of a Bus pass or a Yugo I'm taking the Bus pass

History will repeat itself with whatever budget Chinese cars come to the US first.

I’d take a Yugo over a Prius or anything with a bloody CVT

It's a common mistake to think yugo originated form fiat 127.in reality it was fully designed in house. Only similarity is their predecessor, fiat 500, which, in Italy, evolved into fiat 127 and fiat 750 which was built under licence (basically a fiat 500). Yugo itself doesn't have the same chassis length or wheelbase as the fiat 127,which was by the way rear engined.

Someone should take a Yugo and put a 300hp turbo K-series Honda engine in it, swap civic suspension as well that would be one hell of a sleeper

1:23 soo, you have chosen death! KOSOVO I METOHIJA HEARTH OF SERBIA!!!

Soviet Union, the f*** you talking about?

Imagine this: 7 milion Slavs driving these in a small country

1999 Amerikanci su bombardovali fabriku Zastava u Kragujevcu!!

this was also the geo.... I have a suzuki swift(also a geo/yugo), it is not a horrible car. gets great gas mileage handles ok and goes through snow like a champ..... and it is still going.

11:20 The most expensive yugos in the world

I knew a guy back in the day that drove a Yugo Sport. Strong patriotism, that guy. I had also heard stories later, about needing to off load cars, so they had a promotion with Cadillac. Buy a Cadillac, get a Yugo for free. I can't confirm that one, but it was told to me by a respected source at the time.

Yugo is designed to be cheap for production and to be cheap for masses . When Yugo was launched in 1980 , it had ohc motor and 4 wheels independent suspension. Regular version had 1.1 l 55 hp , when standard in USA was 5.7 liter ,150 hp and solid axle , and handle like boat. All Zastava product were merged on fiat technology of that era . Z101 was fiat 128 , cheap small family car , capable to cross African through Sahara fitop.info/build/videot/YKOzqrCUy752yYk

Know a guy whose yugo died last year with about 800000+ kilometers.

Yugsolavia was not part of the Soviet Block. They sought freedom. They had all kinds of factories. After WW2 they sought allies, partners to help build up their country through deals like the one with Occidental led by Dr. Armand Hammer. In the Warsaw Pact when they had a shortage of of some foods like bananas and citrus fruit, Yugoslavians had more much more. But some wanted to destroy the former Yugoslavia, and so they did, they blew it up and spread toxins.

1.6 swap with good brakes is like pocket rocket

I live in upstate NY and these things are... legendary. My mom told me a story of how as a senior prank, a huge group of dudes "rearranged" the Yugos in the school parking lot by picking them up 😂

Like a "LADA" awful things... Don't think I missed your pun. Not even for a second. 0:32

I will never understand why people in the US think that Yugoslavia was like USSR, poor standard and all but that's actually false. Yugo was a joke in Yugoslavia too, the car was cheap, anyone could afford it. People who wanted a real car had VWs, Peugeots Renaults, Volvos... My folks werent anything special, they bought a new Peugeot back in the 70's, yugo's 'brother' the zastava 101 called 'stojadin' was bought few years later just because my grandfather loved to drive around everywhere, even to the shop 200 metres away for example. Yugoslavia didn't have the standard of living like the west but: 'Jugoslavija je za ostale države istočne Europe bila Amerika.' (Yugoslavia was like US compared to other countries of the eastern block.) isn't said without a reason. Worst of all this is that those countries that Yugoslavia was made of are worse today, except Slovenia and some parts of Croatia(Istria, Dalmatia and Zagreb) and northern part of Serbia.

Bad is always fun

Yugo Cabriolet, bro...ya feel me?

I haven't heard the term Hoopty in ages! Hahaha

Americans got so mad over how shitty Yugo is, they had to destroy the factory that made it.

10:48 being a peronist place don't make us comunist, wait it's does

You completely misspronounced Kragujevac, so funny😂 Yugo is legend in Serbia!!!

Really bad cars are not cheap and still are really bad!

Like ko je iz hrvatske

In 1988 me and my girlfriend had a tour through the half of europa with the car the Yugo was based on. A Fiat 127 which was by then 10 years old and already a banger. I had payed 500 guldens for it which is in today's money i think $100. It was actually a good solid trusty car.

sooo.... where on eastern europe is this yugoslavia of yours? and which are the few other small countys?

The Le Car and the Yugo we’re about equal...

I don't think that the Yugo was that bad. Surprised that they were sold in the US though. The Polish built FSO Polonez was probably worse.

Actually this success story was the reason, why this country, where it came from, was destroyed. 3990 US$ was a war declaration to western countries industries. In Germany the slogan for the Yugo advertisement was: Yugo, more car needs no human! In German it sounds even more like a war declaration: "Mehr Auto braucht kein Mensch!"

We had a Yugo when I was growing up. It wasn't that bad of a car, not compared to cars or that day. The design was a solid design from fiat, but the parts had quality issues. Overall it was much better than the 1974 Oldsmobile Omega we traded in on it.

Yugoslavia is not soviet union Do a research befor make a video

I love the yugo and why u hate

I like that car. It is not the worst car

"worst car in the world" by the words of americans. yet, many of them are still on the road till this day in croatia, bosnia and serbia and they are still going strong

They launched various models in the UK including a sporty version of the Yugo 45 called the Yugo 55 a saloon version of the 45 and the Yugo Sana which was a larger hatchback also know for a few years as the Yugo Florida fitop.info/build/videot/ZJGoncbb0raDrmg it was quite a decent car

Ahhh the Yugo the base for the famous YuuY

Who owned a Yugo. Reply to this comment and say MEEEEEEEEEEEE. And I will like your comment. Just want to know and did you like the car

1.1l engine basically worked like its 1.3 i owned quite a few Yugos but i think yugo is cute if not from inside its cute from outside Btw yugo is 40 years old which makes him an old timer.

The same scrap happens all over and over again. People just do not have money (or brain) to buy their favorite car and they are forced to buy something what their wallet can handle. So they beat and beat their car because they are unhappy. Every car is possible to keep on good running condition if you spend little time for servicing and understand the car real power. Think it that way, how you like that if somebody beats you all day long. By preventive maintenance that car can drive 1 million kilometers (not f.. rubbish miles). Any old mechanic can fix it. Only modern swapnostics can not figure anything out, because there is no computers.

ITS KRAGUJEVAAAC, WE ALSO MAKE HERE 500L

#nolanmadnes

Danny DiVito used on in a movie as a cop car... actually the entire town drove them in this movie. I can’t remember what movie it was but it was pretty funny. The Yugo was more of a character of the movie than just a car.

My friends in London, UK had his and her Yugos for a few years. They were a real terror to ride in through London traffic, but fun, too. One of the Yugos simply broke down. The next year the other was demolished in a traffic accident. Thankfully, nobody was injured.

I remember that my English teacher has one of these. I had many teachers throughout the years, but for some reason, I remember none of their cars, only this one.

It was designed by Fiat, and even they didn't want to build the damn thing. There's a reason why those things are called Fix It Again Tony. However it frequently had a rear window defroster so your hands would stay warm while you had to push it in the winter time. But truthfully, it has not actually the worst car I've ever seen. I think Renault took that spot with the appliance. Yugoslavia was never a Soviet Bloc country. It was run by Marshal Tito. He was his own brand of communist. But he was able to keep the croatians, serbians, and the albanians from each other's throat for at least a while. At least until Clinton thought it was important to tell some of them that they should leave their own country.

You don't need a preset option radio In a comunist car.There is only one radio station, the government propaganda outlet...

Yugoslavia was not in Soviet Union

Lada's didn't get this much love.

Me: The Yugo is the worst car I've ever heard of! Yugo: Ahhh, but you have heard of me!

Filler and paint make me the metalworker I ain't..... That piece of shit doesn't even deserve to be named. It's a death trap on four wheels falling apart on a calm and sunny day.

I remember applying for the job of Service Manager at the yet-to-be-opened Yugo dealership in Erie, PA. I'm really glad I never got that job because not only were they always breaking, but parts were months arriving after being ordered.

Before I watch this video, I just wanna say, my first car was an 88 Yugo GVX. Make fun of them all you want, it was a fun and neat little car. Not much hp, but it was so light it was extremely zippy and could get in and out anywhere. Got gas mileage that puts modern cars to shame. Did great in the snow too. Wish I still had it some days.

I'm going to yoga in the Yugo!

My '87 Plymouth Reliant K looks like a luxury car on 5th Ave. in New York compared to a Yugo!

I lived in SoCal at the time and there was a Cadillac dealer who gave a free Yugo with every full price new Cadillac purchase. The sad thing is that Yugo had a special assembly line for Yugos built for the U.S. market - in other words we actually received the highest quality Yugos ever built!

Yugo was going OK in 1991 making the cabrio and moving to FI in the other models, too. Then NATO bombed the factory! That was really the end. I sold ten used Yugos to the movie company that made "Drowning Mona". Bette Middler, Danny De Vito, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tommy Lee Jones, Neve Campbell and others acted in a fun film. Check it out. My yugo had the optional magnifying windshield. Better to see cars receding ahead.... I still have a stock 1986 1100cc Yugo with air conditioning.

(Ton of flimsy plastic ) Said like American cars don’t have flimsy plastic all over

In Yugoslavia,Yugo is literally "people's car". Evrery 2nd or 3rd veichle is Yugo

Kragujevac!!! My hometown on donut media... fu*k yeah!!!!

I was lent one while my car was in the shop. I drove it less than fifty miles and then took it back - it was the most miserable automotive experience I've ever had - I've driven cars without a floorpan and a stick shift without a stick...challenging but not as miserable. I'd rather take the bus, and I HATE buses.

I knew a guy who owned one around 88/89. His window crank fell off because the wire retaining clip broke. I offered to help him fix it with a paper clip. He declined because he didn't want a cheap fix and insisted on a dealer part. I swear the new Yugo clip was a bent paper clip.