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Best of the Worst Cars to Collect |
Manufactured from 1980 to 2008 Engine size from .9 to 1.3 litre 2 Door Sub-compact Design MSRP in 1987 was around $3,900 in U.S. Came with a 10 year warranty in U.S. GV stood for Great Value Based on older generation Fiat technology Parts are still available |
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Yugo GV (Worst of the Worst) |
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The Zastava Koral also known as the Yugo, is
a subcompact car built by the Yugoslav/Serbian Zastava corporation. It
was designed in Italy under name Fiat 144 as variant of Fiat 127. The
first Yugo 45 was handmade on 2 October 1978 as a Fiat 127, under
license from Fiat, with a modified body style. The Zastava Koral was
sold with an updated design, priced at about 350,000 dinar (3,500 euro;
4,300 USD), until 11 November 2008, when production stopped with a final
number of 794,428 cars. The Yugo entered the United States by means of
Malcolm Bricklin, who wanted to introduce a simple, low-cost car to that
market. In total, 141,651 cars were sold in the United States from 1985
to 1992, with the most American units sold in a year peaking at 48,812
in 1987. Sales in 1992 were only 1,412 cars. Like the Lada, they were a
common sight on the urban landscape in the cities and towns of Serbia,
Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina in
the late 1990s. The Yugo is still a common sight in Serbia; however,
they are very rare in other ex-Yugoslav republics, particularly in
Slovenia and Croatia. There was practically nothing right about the poor Yugo, save that it rekindled the idea that a small, entrepreneurial carmaker could succeed. What was wrong with the Yugo's interior? It would rattle to pieces, literally, while driving. Electrical failings also caused shortages, or fires, to break out in the cockpit. At least that kept the drivers warm, as the Yugo was also prone to having its heater fail. Thus the Yugo is is most likely by all accounts the worst automobile ever sold in the United States. At this point in time they are extremely rare in that almost all of them fell apart over their first few years of operation. As far as collectability, well I guess if you can find one in like new shape it may have some value to some collector. But I have yet to see one sell ever to a collector. One can still acquire parts for these cars but to most they simply are not worth the cost of repair. The Yugo is actually the worst of the worst. |
