Comments on: The Yugo is History

By: bill h

bill h — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:23:51 +0000

i got a new one in 1988, it was a great little car. we drove it for 13 years, it had 350,000 miles on it when my brother hit a deere with it!!! i wish i could get a nouther new 1!!!!

By: Al Juraj

Al Juraj — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:22:42 +0000

No need to wait; we’ve already got the Holdaewoos!

By: The Original Tom

The Original Tom — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:24:18 +0000

MAX, is it possible you might have read the article AFTER it was fixed, hence why you had no trouble following it?

Wonderful thing about the Internet, it is dynamic.

As for the car, I didn’t know it existed, either. Of course outside of the country of origin it would be considered terrible. But within such countries (like the Polish Polonez), such cars are great for the people, and cheap to buy.

I do prefer to live in a country that actually has some standards of engineering and safety, but such things come at a price.

And just you all wait until (if?) Australia stupidly allows those terrible Chinese cars to be sold here for low, low prices. Who will the joke be on? The country that can’t build a decent car, or the one that allows it to be imported and sold? (Shame on you U.S.).

By: pious

pious — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:35:55 +0000

Just a quick’un about grammar – I find that if I type something myself I know what I am meaning to say so I miss errors. If I dictate (or have someone else read it before it goes) then I (or they) are more likely to pick them up. I personally wouldnt start a sentence with a preposition (“But ask…”), however I would have to defer to the great Sir Winston on that one, quote from article follows :- After an overzealous editor attempted to rearrange one of Winston Churchill’s sentences to avoid ending it in a preposition, the Prime Minister scribbled a single sentence in reply: “This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I will not put.”

By: Gradski

Gradski — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:22:58 +0000

Anyway, sorry for getting off topic. I don’t think the Yugo is the right car for this day and age and I’m glad to see it go. I know that will rub Yugo enthusiasts the wrong way (yes, they exist!), but I’m sure they’ll keep the Yugo flame burning by restoring and maintaining well-kept examples of the car. It’s not my cup of tea, but as long as others find enjoyment and take care of their own cars then that’s fine by me! Gradski out.

By: Gradski

Gradski — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:19:58 +0000

Okay Max, so why did the Car Advice staff fix (most of) the errors then? My beef was not with the content, but the way it was presented. Talk about using your brain, sheesh!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:17:01 +0000

Max, not to worry, Gradski is correct but although we are a large website these days, the site is still manned by humans and not Robots. If I was to pick up a copy of today’s New York Times or even the Washington Post, I could guarantee that I would find grammatical errors and simple typos.

By: MAX

MAX — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:09:49 +0000

It would seem that you are the only one confused Gradski, I had no trouble following the content of the article, I guess sometimes you just have to use your brain.

This car is a classic!

By: Gradski

Gradski — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:56:20 +0000

Anthony, the first paragraph is a bit of a mess. “Is” the Yugo the people’s car of the former Yugoslavia, or “was” it? Also, was it the Yugo that “slid into history” on November 20, or Yugoslavia itself? There’s a multitude of syntactic errors that confuse the reader as to what the actual subject of the sentence is.

Of course we all know that the topic of the article is the Zastava, but as an English major I’m just surprised that these errors can be allowed to slip through the cracks on a fairly large site like this. Elsewhere in the article there’s a few missing commas, hyphens and fullstops too, but I’ll let you guys find them yourselves. I’m not having a dig at you personally, it’s just that poor grammar is one of my pet peeves.

As for the car itself, I won’t be sad to see it go. The Yugo is a real blight on US roads and a severe safety hazard to boot. A cheap purchase price meant it was popular with drivers who didn’t want to spend much on their car and consequently many Yugos are in a terrible state of disrepair. I always exercise extreme caution when I encounter one on the road.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:02:47 +0000

OK Gradski, I’m all ears. I thank Carl for pointing out the typo so, perhaps you could point out all the other errors in the Yugo article. Oh, and do you have anything of substance to say on the actual Yugo car?

By: Gradski

Gradski — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:29:49 +0000

Carl, the spelling of “Colombia” is the least of this site’s worries! This is seriously the most poorly written article I’ve seen on what is an otherwise well put together website. Doesn’t anyone check their own grammar anymore?

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:52:20 +0000

Did they export it to Columbia pictures or Colombia the country?????

Sorry for being so pedantic I’m sure it was just a typo!!

By: BK

BK — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:46:54 +0000

Sta ti ye “JAMES” ti misli da ovo ye naboli auto za europa. Ti si pravi budala co sve drugi ovde.

By: "James"

"James" — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:34:31 +0000

Mate this car represented the potential of former Yugoslavia. For a nation that was quite small and insignificant in the eyes of eastern europe, building their own car was a big deal. These cars still kick around in Croatia, Bosnia/Herzegovina and Serbia. The only reason people outside of these countries put the car down when it was made was because it would of been uncool to say anything positive of a car built in a socialist country.

Croatia, Servia, and Bosnia now wouldn’t be able to build a car if their lives depended on it as they don’t have the financial, nor capital ability to do it….They are “Independant” and “capitalist”-”democratic” now though, with 30% unemployement in Croatia…yeah geez all good…and on top of that no cheap car for the masses.

it had a 10 year warranty! that’s unprecedented even today, and this come from a Socialist nation.

Bring back the Yugo and Yugoslavia ;)

PS: regarding the Yugo “horror stories”, well i can name a whole heap of horror stories from established Western and Asian Manufacturers in todays manufacturing era…umm hello, all the major auto recalls that have occured by Holden and Ford (to name just two)?!

By: BK

BK — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:37:32 +0000

yebemti ovo ye ni veci govno u svet. Ko oce du kupit ovo kad mores dobit bole.

By: Iz

Iz — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:00:55 +0000

It reminds me of an episode of the Simpsons (and also Rocko’s Modern Life) where they look for a “new” car, and having the gears/dials/controls/etc all written in Russian.

“Put it in L! In L!”

But as The Salesman said.. a bright yellow one with a turbo would definitely put a smile on my face, if only for the cheek factor. The Mr Happy Car I’d call it =)

By: Tomas79

Tomas79 — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:43:04 +0000

The Salesman,
It’s called the Yugo, because it came from the former Yugoslavia…

By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:18:33 +0000

I wounder were the name Yugo came from, any thing that is givin a nick name must have been loved by at least some.
I would like to own one. Paint it bright yellow. Big chrome wheels and a huge turbo ;)

By: G MAN

G MAN — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:53:16 +0000

what a sh@t box

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:37:50 +0000

And why would it not be missed Cupid? Its a national car for the masses of Serbia etc. Whats good for other people, may be bad for you. It was an honest national car for a specific audience.