Here's Why the Yugo Is One of the Worst Cars Ever Made

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[@lochlannach9256]

Yugo was based on Fiat models and designed in Italy, so it's practically a Ferrari

[@theinstitute1324]

No, it's not practically a Ferrari - it's a Ferrari, but practical.

[@hhjohn2766]

@@theinstitute1324 oof

[@mladennikolic5960]

Yeaaa

[@MicuBamba]

It was based on Fiat 127, which was a quite reliable car... In 1971, when it was released. Yugo came in 1981... 😅

[@ImportedFromSerbia]

Italian design by Fiat from 1966.

[@seljak2416]

Only a true Slav can master it...

[@danielmajstorovic3524]

That Serb yuh

[@fastcar7337]

CHEEKI BREEKI

[@seljak2416]

AstonMartin7337 IV DAMKE

[@wesoras7334]

OFFCORS)))))))))))))))))))))))) no wonder doug said its bad CUZ U FOKIN CANT DRIVE IT U FOK

[@LosgehtsFCB]

Does the Yugo have a radio? I need one to blast out cheeki breeki hardbass

[@zuzi9183]

The guy in the video: This car sucks, it'll probably fall apart after 3 months of use. 90% of the comments: Our family had a yugo for 20 years, we never took it to the mechanic and it never let us down. I got raised by that car, it is like a parent to me. Unforgettable experience.

[@misaVR]

The guy pissed me off actually: One of the reasons why is it the worst car ever is because it has only five switches on the dash🤔 The fuck is he expecting on a 1980's car? A nitro maybe?😡😡😡

[@ike3812]

@@misaVR well ya see, look at how many features a similarly priced car had. You could get an AMC spirit for not much more, and it had so many features, and it looked nicer. Then at the same time, you could’ve gotten a new mustang for not much more. And then there’s the Ford Fiesta, looks like a Yugo, but performs like a true hatchback. The yugo was overpriced for its features and speed. And a little over 6 years later, the geo metro came out, it was 6000 new and it was miles faster. Plus this is the 80s, someone could’ve bought a 70s charger with a 426Hemi for a couple thousand.

[@misaVR]

@@ike3812 You're forgetting one thing: it was not made for USA needs. Where it was made you need more than $1.5k for yearly registration for engines of 2.5L+. It was not made to run fast, but to run economically: 6L/100km fuel and still get you to the same place as Mustang. And guess what: it still runs all over Yugoslavia.

[@adelaideautowashes]

I'm not that surprised. If you make fun of something, you're gonna get people who defend it. I don't mind the Yugo, but in the US, there's no arguing that it was cheapo transport. (I'm not from the US.)

[@Michael-tc1dm]

@Sussy ass motherfucka it doesn't matter where and who it was manufactured for. The fact you could buy a substantially more ethical vehicle for basically the same price exposes what a piece of scrap metal this embarrassment actually was. Just accept the fact your country makes trash vehicles.

[@MohyAyyat]

Fun fact: the Yugo is its own anti-theft feature

[@marcoantoniosalazarmatamor9496]

It’s an awesome joke, but in reality it would still be gutted for anything you can sell without having to admit it came from a Yugo and the rest torn apart with a huge “SCREW YOU” spray painted/keyed on the side by the thief, for having the gall of trying to outsmart them. It’s like that urban legend of the thieves leaving a message of “whenever we want it (whatever the heck you’ve got valuable), we’ll take it”. Yes, I have depression. I need to get my head examined.

[@MohyAyyat]

@@marcoantoniosalazarmatamor9496 damn

[@i_am_nobody76]

@@MohyAyyat Israel is Palestine

[@MohyAyyat]

@@i_am_nobody76 literally who asked

[@i_am_nobody76]

@@MohyAyyat the flag you have in your name is Palestine.... And seriously,what kind of ignorant person you are? My previous comment is just a joke, don't take it seriously

[@unconvincingrebel]

Id rather have a conversation with a yugo owner than a mustang owner

[@Robdee999]

I'd rather not talk to anyone.....ANYONE

[@eugeniomorales2707]

Kcuf elgoog. i was a yugo owner from 1988 to 2003 and i can say a lot of the things they say about the yugo is not that true is more like they like to ridicule the car i wich still jave it

[@franxxxisco]

Id rather have a conversation with a Yugo owner than with Doug DeMuro

[@JavierCR25]

Well, you´re as annoying as those butthurt anti Trump dudes hahahah

[@thomasl7917]

Kcuf elgoog good idea same value

[@martintotev372]

The speedometer is broken, so you don’t know how fast yugo😉

[@earth2707]

Lol that was S~M~O~O~T~H

[@yamahonkawazuki]

yugo nowhere fast

[@iTzKomplett]

Haha xD

[@aperson4826]

Well, how slow actually.

[@user-cw9zl4sn1p]

Cleaver

[@glennw1153]

I bought a Yugo GV JUST LIKE THIS ONE in 1988. It was a 1987 and had just been dented all over by a hailstorm. It had 5k miles, A/C, and an AM/FM cassette stereo. Got it for $2,000. Put 68K miles on it without a single problem! Sold it for $1200 still running well!

[@geofjones9]

It must have had a souped up engine to run both car and air conditioner!

[@garybobst9107]

I remember watching my friend drive up in a Yugo.He's a hair under seven feet tall and weighed over three hundred.Watching him get out of the driver's seat was a sight I'll never forget.

[@zexille8223]

The westerners are just not ready for this level of engineering advancement

[@bibox9487]

it's a fiat project sold to the Yugoslav government, so it's western engineering

[@FilK79]

@@bibox9487 you are jerk if you didn´t get the sarcasm

[@comoespeja]

@@bibox9487 you are wrong there, it's designed by Zastava factory in Kragujevac, Serbia. Truth is that Zastava did produce models licences under Fiat but this isn't one of them. Engine, gearbox and body is designed by Yugoslav engineers. Yes, they made have used some Fiat solutions from their experience building Fiat cars, but nothing on this car has to do with Fiat. The sad fact about this car and it's factory is that they produced Yugo's until late 2007 and all they changed on it was brand badge, bumpers and stop lights. So, for 30 years, for how long they were making them, that is all off the developments that car got. Many of us, ex Yugoslav's learn to drove on this car, it was unreliable, but cheap and available parts. I learned a lot about mechanics driving it. All in all, it's not as bad as some other cars produced in Eastern Europe at the time.

[@bibox9487]

@@comoespeja when you have time and desire you read this wikipedia article in italian leanguage www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Yugo&ved=2ahUKEwjEsdu_zuTiAhVBlosKHaD7C5MQFjAIegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw01ghSsHqJv34wPBRSxUuJk

[@zexille8223]

@Roscoe Dogg Don't you fucking dare touch the keyboard if you don't get the joke.

[@stefangrozdanovic4908]

Criticizing the Yugo is like saying the N word... People from former Yugoslavia can say it's shit, you can't!!! 😂

[@jlr194]

It is the shit, best car ever made ,YUGO

[@user-vp1fs8dr5s]

Stefan Grozdanovic bukvalno

[@adrianpavic9572]

Stefan Grozdanovic Fuck yes!

[@reneeee891]

true

[@vukadinmc127]

It's not shit, its THE shit, best car by far.

[@HablemosDelHuerto]

I saw many Yugos in Serbia working absolutely well. It was an incredible scene seeing a Yugo actually off-roading on a muddy snow-covered trail.

[@wysoft]

I mean it's the country they were designed for after all, with tons and tons of mountainous dirt roads. The Yugo had pretty good ground clearance for a little car.

[@zanthony1286]

True- Yugo was a reliable brand- those bashing it are clueless. It was economical too and with proper mainteneance would outlast its competitors

[@joesila3105]

I still drive my dad's YUGO ! he is 30 years old and reliable ! costs 300 USD today

[@Chthonian121]

It costed 4000 in 1992 and 1k right now? 3K DEPRECIATION IN 25 YEARS!!! Most cars depreciate 3k the second you drive it out the dealer lmaooooooo.

[@TDF-kt9tl]

Chthonian121 it depreciated 3k when it was started and stayed there

[@josephsummers2427]

Or you can say it lost 400% of it's value in 25 years...

[@novazombies5460]

LOL

[@EnzoMSI]

You can buy it in the Balkans for like 200-500$.

[@kevlosent6375]

400% of its value is $16,000

[@andrej0145]

Ferrari: 0-60 2.9 seconds Yugo: 0-60 yes

[@devams1]

Let's be honest man, it's more of a maybe

[@user-ef3om4jb6s]

hands down the best comment here !

[@P-Bateman0]

60 mph or kmh?

[@halopolicja3887]

@@devams1 no one uses mph man

[@_M4X15]

It does the same time if you drive it off a cliff

[@brback5591]

Hellcat 0-60:3.4 secs Yugo 0-60: *yes*

[@mcoeif]

3.4 days

[@emmcee476]

Yugo 0-60..."ill try"

[@sonnydaze2381]

Tesla S Plaid 0-60 2.1 secs

[@bigcahuna42366]

I remember when I was 11 years old in 1987 Lincoln rewarded their customers with a free Yugo if they bought a Continental

[@invincabruspoodz1968]

The Yugo is a perfect little car, I don't see the issue here.

[@m.w.6526]

Thank you. I agree 100%

[@vitezsavozdovca2692]

Maybe his issue is because Yugo was build in Serbia. West countrys never liked us,personally i dont know why,we gived so much to world.

[@m.w.6526]

Vitez sa Vozdovca As an American, I love Serbia. I am sorry for what NATO has done to your region. God bless you. Bill Clinton will burn in hell.

[@CaptHollister]

Vitez sa Vozdovca In the 1980s very few people outside Yugoslavia knew of or cared about Serbia. This car was considered Yugoslavian, not Serbian. Even today, very few people like or dislike Serbia. It's just not important. The reason the Yugo is generally laughed at is not that people in the West dislike Serbia. The real problem is that this car was laughably unreliable. It was badly made and it required more maintenance that other cars. If your only choice of cars was Yugo, you could make do, but in the West people had many, many better choices. For the price of a new Yugo, you could buy a used Toyota which was much better built and infinitely more reliable.

[@henriksteigard3051]

+Max Werner In the mens hairstyle video you said you were from Estonia.

[@barenstil5525]

"no automatic climate control" from a car from the fucking 80's, get your mindset in that time alright... and think of the price -.- sometimes i feel like you have no idea about cars (especially older cars)

[@Nikola16789]

Actually, there is no climate control at all.

[@cebruthius]

Indeed, this one is called a "heater" lol

[@barenstil5525]

since it was an expensive option to get climate control in a car in the 80's. but i hope you still get my point

[@wado1942]

I actually kinda' like the way they did the controls though.

[@kurosumomo]

There was no climate control, in summer, you'd die in a Yugo, but in winter the heating was superb, I'm driving a Hyundai i30 today, and the heating can hide itself compared to the Yugo. If I had the heating on max, I had to had to open the window not to bake. I was never cold in my Yugo.

[@zmajodnocaja5088]

dude, i OWNED this car for many years. neat, cheap, easy to park due to small size, didn't bother about getting it scratched because it was so cheap. my experience with it is very positive. it was a great car for getting around town. not so good for long trips. but i only used it to get to work and buy groceries. fond memories.

[@csabatoth9220]

Saw the smile on your face while driving it! 😅 Reminds me of good ol’ times getting my fresh driving license back in 2000, jumping in my dad’s 1992 Yugo Koral 55 and being the happiest guy on earth!

[@whatever7645]

Doug: Anyone from the Balkans: “So you have chosen ... death.”

[@Aaaaaaa-wp4ey]

Hahahaha yes

[@matejspasov3899]

I'm from the Balkans and we had yugo

[@whatever7645]

Matej Spasov Pa čija porodica nije imala jugića

[@muhamedspahic6528]

Jebo on sve svoje

[@crackishealthy5753]

@@whatever7645 luul moja

[@SadLuigi]

Doug: This is the worst car. *angry balkan noises*

[@edvinsafic7808]

Haha🤦‍♂️👈🏼

[@justanothervagabond5346]

We are not angry... Im from Serbia, producer of Yugo and I'd rather walk than drive this shit lol

[@denissssss8579]

Sad Luigi im angry im from Bosnia 😠 yugo was best car ever 😠

[@slavenrasic2204]

@@denissssss8579 it was like communism Shit

[@willymeaux]

Squatting intensifies

[@DanijeI]

The longevity of a Yugo is something that you can't deny and that's one of the most important aspects of a car.

[@beardsntools]

I don't think longevity counts when you're constantly replacing major parts.. The thing is probably on the 6th engi swap by now xD I can't even give it longevity of the bodywork because even that has major rust.

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

People are driving Yugos even today. That speaks a lot.

[@toomanyaccounts]

they need transplants to keep running

[@pauli6043]

Q: How do you instantly double the value of a Yugo? A: Fill it with gas!

[@AquaTech225]

Wow that’s very original

[@tramvaj1271]

How to easily puke when you have stomach pain? Just watch ford mustang it is ugly as Shit.

[@spiro4071]

No you go to Los Santos customs in gta v and tune it

[@dasirrlicht5415]

The Trabant calls, it wants its punchline back... Once it gets delivered, that is.

[@carsonneal]

tramvaj12 damn what did mustangs do to you

[@MrSaywutnow]

"even the ashtray doesn't work" A catastrophic flaw for an Eastern European car.

[@Purkotant]

Its a feature, you're supposed to ash out the window smh

[@harunhodzic7473]

Yugoslavia ain't Eastern bruv

[@xshowda]

@@harunhodzic7473 it can be considered south eastern europe btw i was in kosovo 2006 literally everybody is laughing about that car even people who dont own a car wouldnt take it xD

[@MDDeGrande1994]

South-Eastern European*

[@bbpoisonn]

John Pyle you were in serbia boi 🤣

[@dr.drakeramoray789]

ive driven 3 different yugos and lemme tell you, everyone from the territory of former yugoslavia loves that car like a mother loves her child. sure it sometimes does something you didnt expect but generally you are really proud of it no matter what it does! its just a fun car to have. and i mean the ones from the 80s like the one you got there, those little guys have a soul

[@stefan7848]

Any car is worst if something doesn't work, roll sleeves and start fixing

[@Baby_Valentine]

So a $4000 car isn't as good as a $225000 car, amazing isn't it.

[@Quietbut_Deadly]

+Zoltán Marosi yes every car breaks down. Just how engineering works

[@maxx-er3fj]

БОЛЕСНА СТРАНА there is no logic,inace ja sam Srbin,ovo ime koristim za kanal

[@bromazepam781]

IKR, shocking.

[@gitaarmovies2003]

"Every car is shit" CYCLIST ALERT. you're on the wrong channel buddy

[@xtallyx1]

Except Toyota camry, they last forever.

[@JoJoJoker]

Despite their small size, Yugos are actually designed for five people; 1 person sits in the driver's seat, and the other four would get out and push

[@adam03753]

Abe Froman sausage king?

[@SEARCHDESTROY57]

Abe Froman Duh!

[@LASR71]

That is why they installed a defroster on the back window, so the people pushing it can keep their hands warm while pushing...

[@Shyzah]

heres a yugo that got cut in half to be a bench lmao losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/5891890955.html

[@opelcalibra5789]

Abe Froman Funny but true...Because 5 Americans can't can't sit in Yugo because they are fat

[@MrHominid2U]

I had a Yugo back in the late 80s. I loved my Yugo. It was still running when I sold it.

[@truthfullyours1]

My cousin had a Yugo back in the late 80's. That Yugo had a serious lean to on the Driver's side. But again my cousin weighed 400 lbs. She loved that car. The only complaint she had was having to change the tires on left side often. 🤔

[@kengreenwood6959]

the old joke -- buddy walks in to the auto parts store and says, "hi...I'd like to get a mirror for my Yugo" Buddy behind the desks replies, "fair trade"

[@MyMarsham]

How do you double the value of your Yugo?… Fill the tank.

[@christophercolumbus8944]

@@MyMarsham that's for the traband

[@KeithCindyPanama]

Friends don’t let friends drive Yugo

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

It takes 2x Dodge Ram 2500 Big Horn towing mirrors to trade for 1 entire running Yugo on today's market.

[@KeithCindyPanama]

Friends don’t let friends buy Yugos

[@hakalabakala1356]

Yugo: Horsepower: Yes Top speed: depends on music Price: 4 čevape Lifespan: infinite Runs on: Rakija, sometimes gas

[@n.t.1622]

horsepower=enough

[@troywilliams5301]

You ROFL broke me at "Horsepower: Yes"

[@robertkammerer4128]

0-60: yes

[@BonzoBorjas]

Looks like a lifetime car... there's no way you'll resale that piece of crap 😁😁😁😁

[@PITMGN7]

@@robertkammerer4128 0-100 (km/h): maybe

[@AKseorangmanusia]

Long live the YuuY (THIS Yugo). It was advanced af, that even the world wasn't ready for the quirks and features it deliver. Why complain about the simple interior? That's the point, it's the people's race car for the road.

[@JPT_Jpt]

Yeah, who needs a screen when you have an iphone

[@Cubemaster]

YuuY 7:08 A.M., April 5, 2021

[@_0_restart_0_45]

Timezone?

[@Ogi88]

Price ? -2 liters of Rakija.

[@strahinjadjusic6190]

Brate moj ako si ga toliko platio opljačkali te

[@markosporn8315]

Blesooo... 😊😁👍👍

[@carultch]

Zagreb ebnom zlotdik diev

[@AlekDzhigero]

Lol brate sta razume ovi iz 1950ih je proizveden auto.

[@salkodinamitas7681]

Огњен Миленковић too

[@chemistryguy]

How do you double the value of a Yugo? Fill the gas tank.

[@micko68100]

Cringe...

[@Sean-xu5ti]

chemistryguy 10/10 would read joke again.

[@jashmodi]

Lol

[@hungtheheroluu]

The first time I heard about the Yugo was in the Disney Channel movie "Good Luck Charlie: It's Christmas!".

[@Akrane23]

I live in Canada and have never seen one before, but remember years ago I was looking for cars online and seen an sale ad for one. It was in northern Alberta and in the picture it was parked in a wooded field. Always wondered how that thing got there and what a northern Canadian wanted with a yugo lol

[@nomebear]

A friend had a Yugo that he drove 70 miles round trip everyday, it was also air conditioned and the car lasted 184,000 miles before the engine blew. I don't remember him having much trouble with it.

[@FilK79]

The antire issue about Yugo's got toally overreacted. It started to be sort of fashion to talk bad about that poor cheap car. but the fact is that in late 1980s and early 1990s a lot of car manufacturers trought the globe were trying to create a cheap car that would be easly affordable to poor people in all over the world. Yugo actually followed what was Yugoslav political engagement at that time, which was the non-ALligned moviment, so it was maynly made for eprot to poor countries in Africa and Asia where people could get a car for firt time for less then 1000 doollars. It also ended up extremely popular in Yugoslavia and the rest f central ad Eastern Europe as sort of cheap urban car that could drive you from one part of the town to the other in quick ammount of time, and with the advantage f bein small and thus requiring a small sac of parking.

[@berniediapersanderslukso9204]

nomebear The engine bkew because he did not service the cooling system. True for any car.

[@ratoneJR]

I bought a NEW 1988 Yugo GV , on sale for $2690.00 + tax & fees. Drove it for over 65,000 trouble free miles. Sold it for $1900. While it was nothing special, It was my best ( financially speaking) car deal ever. Was I the only lucky one? Probably not.

[@ratoneJR]

At one time I wanted to make it a Yugo Limo 4x4. Would have been pretty cool.

[@HypnOlli]

I'm so sorry for you cause it lasted 65000km too much; you definately weren't the lucky one;D

[@berniediapersanderslukso9204]

Bud Chronic , he said 65000 trouble free miles then he sold it. Sorry you can't understand what you read. ouch

[@donaldbadeaux5455]

i had a 55 rodge that i paid 50 dollars for, but that doesn;t make dodge a good car...

[@ratoneJR]

Donald Badeaux "While it was nothing special, It was my best ( financially speaking) car deal ever." Nothing special does not mean "good car"

[@imborahey7568]

The logic around production in eastern Europe at the time was: "Make as much as you can for the lowest price", since the majority of people in the Eastern Bloc couldn't even dream of affording a Ferrari F40, a cheap car that works, works. That's why most car companies from the east (Yugo, Lada, Dacia, Skoda) started out making terrible cheap cars so that their citizens could afford them

[@vladimirdjordjevic6771]

Yugo is not from est block.

[@imborahey7568]

@@vladimirdjordjevic6771 znam, ali to ne menja činjenicu da nam je proizvodnja bila sličnija istočnom bloku nego zapadu

[@vladimirdjordjevic6771]

@@imborahey7568 sve jedno, jis se kotrljaju. Pogledaj kanal aleksic moto. Decko pegla 101, nije to tako lose..

[@noldfahrt]

When the Yugo blew off the Mackinaw bridge in Michigan, about 30 years ago, killing the driver, somehow doing about 70 mph, it was recovered and stored in a garage over the winter. That winter, the snow was so deep everywhere, that the building collapsed, crushing the Yugo further into trash.

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

Dude... downshifting on a hill when you are in 4th or overdrive is quite NORMAL (especially in an econobox). You're letting your inner drama queen show.

[@ChasingTheChilds]

When driving it I usually have to go down to second on any extended hill

[@julkkis666]

i usually drive in 6th gear when i don't need the extra torque, but there are two hills on which i sometimes turn to 5th gear to not lose ~5km/h

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

***** That information is irrelevant until you tell us what make model and year of car you are driving.

[@julkkis666]

Gunther Ultrabolt Novacrunch Honda Civic -06. has about 91hp. it's off the cheaper end. non-automatic gears and no speed control. (front wheel drive+not diesel) obviously a 6-gear+reverse model.

[@CaptainCocaine]

+julkkis666 Right, so you sometimes have to downshift for hills. If you have a 2006 Civic with a 6-speed manual, you do not have a "cheaper end" you have an Si, which has 197hp from the factory.

[@fulkthered]

You can make fun of the concept of the Yugo but every country in the world should have a car like the Yugo.Made cheap for the masses and 100% made within the country's borders.

[@windsorrocks]

Isn't that how the VW Bug got started... cheap to buy, cheap and easy to fix type philosophy?

[@fulkthered]

windsor laser Well the Ford Model T idea is older than the Bug.Same idea though.Make a car affordable enough for the workers making it can afford it. The people in charge said we can't have that so let's safety regulate beyond the reach of poor people.

[@hifijohn]

it wasnt cheap, it was very unreliable and cost a fortune to maintain. Ive spent a lifetime buying cheap things and in the long run you wind up spending more money not less.

[@fulkthered]

Y10Q So it's ok to buy cars made globally.The motor made in Canada, the transmission made in Mexico, the body in the United States and the wire harness from Germany.Let's say the transmission factory burns down, the boat caring the wire harness sinks,Canada imposes a trade embargo against the US for human rights violations and the car body workers go on strike for better wages putting everyone in the chain out of work.Thanks to global capitalism.

[@Y10Q]

No, if Tesla stayed home, it would be somebody else a few months later. It is not about Tesla. We have the correct environment in this country for people like Tesla to come and do their stuff and make the world a better place. The people that made that Yugo are the exact opposite of what we are trying to achieve in the world. Cash based economies.

[@locochoco5959]

Yugo koral was the first car I ever drove. 12 years old and smoked cigarettes driving around in this. Good times.

[@miljasarajka3597]

This car represents my childhood. It ran perfectly and it was treated with respect. His name is part of why so many people from Balkan region hold it dearly as well. This is a pure insult of the review. It’s not made for spoiled Americans, but for tough smoking Balkan folks who don’t require fancy stuff - but a character ;)

[@DiabloXL69]

Dude don’t stereotype ppl, not all americans are spoiled and not all balkans are tough as f

[@MooMooManist]

Definitely some culture clash in Doug's review. But he's quite objective in how the car performs and its build quality compared to other cars of the same period. Of course Doug won't know the history and the cultural context and significance of this car, and that's ok.

[@miljasarajka3597]

@@MooMooManist Yes, there is definitely something that he didn’t do - his Balkan homework ;) The car was more than just a car. And above all it performed well with low maintenance. Of course it’s not a pair with today’s cars or some from his era, yet it was simple and reliable enough to take us to Jadransko more ( Adriatic sea) and back :)

[@MooMooManist]

​@@miljasarajka3597 It's hard for Americans to understand that in communist times, owning a car was a big deal, and you couldn't just change it every 4 years. You kept it and repaired it until you couldn't drive it anymore! Also, Jadransko more looks absolutely splendid! I would love to visit one day.

[@GreatLaker69]

Thats why im glad to be an American and not a communist.

[@reneeee891]

You don"t need ashtrays in eastern europe. There are windows you know

[@redbaron827]

@@charlesdavis7142 Shill

[@ilijabosnjak76]

Electronic HatefulTV Yugo and Former Yugoslavia have nothing to do with Eastern Europe,,,Yugoslavia was Central European country,as for ashtrays they were optional since nobody gives a Shit about smoking...

[@manjelos]

@@charlesdavis7142 True about Yugo?

[@aleksarakic71]

We are from southern Europe...idiot

[@KPG113]

Spiky YT still on the eastern part of the "Iron Curtain" 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@andrewbrav]

I bought a car radio for £100 and got a free Yugo 45. So long as I took the radio out each time I parked in London no one ever stole it. After three years i sold the Yugo for £80 as scrap.

[@fiveletters]

Doug the type of dude who was social distancing four years early

[@darktorrent_]

This was my family's car for the first 14 years of my life. I feel attacked.

[@soulfly3438]

ahh youve caught on. this video is actually a personal attack on you.

[@itwontcomeout5678]

@@soulfly3438 soon, this video will be a PHYSICAL attack on you!! (Angry mob knocks on bedroom door)

[@DiabloXL69]

Your just poor dude

[@Bass_Laster]

im 9 and i got a new car when i was 7 and i had to let the yugo go it was a really sad day lol

[@eljefeamericano4308]

Just to be clear... are you counting several years where your family owned this car, but it wasn't actually operable?

[@dzonikg]

Back when i as getting my driving license every driving school had only yugos because if you learn how to drive yugo you will know everything else

[@petargashi5423]

Someone told me that you had to know how to change the clutch cable if it snapped and you couldn't pass if you couldn't do it.

[@mihajloromic1721]

Brate svi su iz balkana

[@user-vf9qv3bo4u]

брате и данас у саобраћајним средњим школама мој друг учио да вози на југићу ХАХАХАХАХ

[@nikolapetrik940]

U mean if you crash yugo it cost u 2000k only

[@petargashi5423]

@@nikolapetrik940 2000k of what?

[@Mirror1973]

I learned to drive a stick shift in a Yugo! It was 1989 and I was a junior in high school! Here is the story behind it, my best friend Rebeca asked her dad for a Honda Civic as a gift for her senior year in high school, she wanted a white one, until one day her dad called her and asked her to confirm if she wanted a white car, she confirmed! She was so excited, until he arrived with the Yugo GVX! She was livid! Then she came to pick me up and when I got in, I went to roll my passenger window and the lever fell off! , it popped back on with some pressure though!, she went to adjust the rear view mirror and the thing also popped off! You were able to snap it back on the same way. On the first week the gas gauge stopped working and many many many times the car left us stranded. But we had a lot of fun with it and it took us everywhere, if that car could speak! Good times!

[@VladaB94]

I never seen him so happy driving any other car, and he drived like everything. So, give credit to Yugo...

[@DutchPlanDerLinde]

What's on the last page of a Yugo's manual? The bus schedule

[@kentony4441]

😂😂

[@VictorKDurand]

totally underrated comment lool

[@watchdogsgarbagetruck8324]

@@kentony4441 How do you double the Yugo's value? Fill the gas tank

[@bluruckuscrx8124]

@@watchdogsgarbagetruck8324 totally underrated comment this is the 1000000th time I see it

[@A_Cowboy_called_JackRabbit]

😂

[@christosxithalis4520]

it still runs after 30 years. Your argument is invalid.

[@morpheas768]

Was it being used daily for 30 years? Your stupidity is surprising. The car owner mentioned buying 2: 1 to use as a running car, and a second one for parts. He said it is running for 6 months now, not 30 years, idiot.

[@DTD2212]

Morpheas Well, Yugos in Serbia run after 30 years, they dont break... You can get it for 250$ and fix it really easily.. And he runs it for 6 months, but it was made 30 years ago

[@StranaHyena]

+Morpheas Excuse me sir, this is a Christian server so no swearing

[@xyz-li8pv]

Damn you are fucking stupid! Don't take things too literally!

[@incgohd]

Morpheas yes as others said it, you're too stupid to even exist. You don't believe it's run for only 6 months now do you?! moron.

[@ThisWontEndWell]

The mid 90s when I got my driving licence you could buy these second hand for between £50 and £100 in the UK, you could buy the base model new for £2,495. To be fair to the Yugo, it was standard to downshift to third on hills with four-speed gearbox with small engined cars I had to do it on my Austin Metro 1.1L.

[@MarySchipke]

I loved my Yugo. Had it for 13 years. I saved so much money in gas - wow. Only paid $2000 for it - 6 months old. Great in the snow too. Drove it from AZ to CA with no problems - just fun.

[@hughjass5156]

Call me crazy, but that actually isnt a terrible looking car.

[@pky0ass]

Hugh Jass yeah honestly if it had a new transmission and engine swapped in it would be awesome

[@josephsummers2427]

Way better looking than any 2016/2017 Honda or Toyota made today...

[@HunterShows]

Sadly...

[@SuperNovaHeights_]

Hugh Jass No, it's just fucking awful looking

[@eiserntorsphantomoftheoper2154]

It looks like a Volkswagen Jetta, Golf , Rabbit and Sirocco, Chevy Sprint and Chevette, Plymouth Horizon, Dodge Omni and Colt, Ford Fiesta, Mitsubishi Champ, and vaguely like a Toyota Tercel. ALL "economy" cars looked like that. This video reminds me of people who buy a tool at Harbor Freight and bitch cause it aint a 'Snap-on".

[@milo1263]

In Serbia you can look out your window and still see 10 yugos on the street, they can't be killed and are cheap as hell...

[@guillaumegiroux9425]

milo How much is it actually ? I’m curious

[@petarlalic3650]

@@guillaumegiroux9425 100-300 € easy

[@benji9458]

@@petarlalic3650 let's say 300 - 600 if you want the car to drive and BREAK 😁

[@jelenamirkovic4618]

Nije bas tako jarane

[@mladennikolic5960]

Yeaaaa my bro

[@Yorgos2007]

When we here in Hungary first could buy a Yugo, somewhat around 1988, it seemed a very modern car for us after the Trabants...

[@davidkoerner1565]

My brother lived in the suburbs of Philly would put his kids in the back his wife riding shotgun and drive to New Hampshire to visit our parents. He would do this 3 or 4 times a year with NO issues. He actually bought another one.

[@Kevdre3000]

Doug: "What is that noise?" Austin: "It started like two days ago... I just ignore it." 🤣🤣🤣

[@bigbee4774]

Omfg, that was hilarious 😂

[@capaya8139]

A Random Passerby Us americans just have high standards, youve already seen the flaws in this yugo

[@SynZ777]

I do the same in my car. Just turn the radio up louder.

[@worldeater1498]

I’ll never forget when I was crossing the border from Serbia into Macedonia, you would see entire families of 6 stuffed into one Yugo with their luggage and everything. Hell of a sight to see.

[@dzombaj_ga]

@Luka Jovanovik никога није брига шта возиш

[@lanceryderwilson8618]

34 HP lost

[@ChrisSmith-bz1gl]

In high school, we got 11 in a Yugo to go home from a football game. Had to leave the hatch open.

[@pedrosilvamusician]

@@lanceryderwilson8618 So he had like 6 left or something?

[@OlympiadaMacedonian]

ONLY IN MACEDONIA COME VISIT YOU WILL SEE EVERYTING YUGOS ON EVERY STREET

[@MilkyWay428]

You forgot to mention that it had ashtrays in the back (very important). Right side rear view mirror was not mandatory at that time (in Europe), so don't hold this against this car. The car stereo is typical of the 80-ties (no minus point here), It did have a very small gas tank and high fuel consumption (I had to refuel for a trip of 400 km) and I drove the "better" version of this car, the "America" Yugo GV /export only car which I got by chance/ (as in your review). It served me well for 7 years: repair and maintenance very cheap. It got you from A to B. Most importantly: as a young driver you learn the limitations of your car in this case - when and how to overtake, how to steer in corners. Once you get the hang of it, it was actually fun to drive.

[@greatlakescopwatchglcw127]

I still have 3 Yugo"s. Two have the wrecked option and the other one is slowly disolving into the ground. The entire floor has rusted away and about 1/2 way up the seat bottom is where it now rests on the ground. Here in Michigan a Yugo was crossing the Macinaw Bridge and a gust of wind lifted the car up from the steel grating roadway, over the safety rail and following a long fall it crashed into the water and sank, killing the driver

[@2tomana7ue]

Why does Yugo have a heated back window? - To keep your hands warm when you're pushing it during winter...

[@boksi3279]

joj decko decko imas renoa na slici... hahahhaha a budale bokte jebo

[@luksimur]

*LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL* *isn't funny renault kid*

[@luksimur]

Да бог да ти цркне фамилија

[@brunolang210]

Sine imas renoa na slici koji ce ti prije riknut nego jugic pokopaj se u rupu i nevracaj se bemti ioca amsterdam

[@golocodesign5332]

Добар коментар, али тај Рено на слици ће пре да се поквари

[@dans6162]

This car is a luxury car. In East Germany, the Trabant didn't get a fuel indicator in the car. Count your lucky stars (red communist stars) that you get an interior fuel indicator.

[@billolsen4360]

Sign of bourgeois values creeping into socialist paradise to have fuel indicator.

[@makipanic]

Luxury yes yes ahahhahaah

[@penelopeboivin3191]

Dan S A side get Porshe, the other have this.

[@whammersbach]

hmmm red communist stars-in homer simpsons' voice

[@jamesrawlins735]

I was about to write about the Trabant - that is the definition of a P.O.S.

[@starman9458]

I remember my dad having one of those back in 1996 when I was almost 2 years old and it was a red color.

[@nateulpanzarella9154]

I have a Yugo, swapped out all the bad and put the right Fiat parts that fit. it actually passed 200k and no leaks, squeeks, and is a nice grocery getter No A/C, a heater that will sear your eyes. all the stuff you talked about was fixed.

[@victorcreed8856]

I entered a contest once where first prize was a Yugo. Second prize was 2 of them.

[@issabeganovic8822]

😂😂😂

[@issabeganovic8822]

@@socialmeaslesinpartnership1252 Holy s#*t Did that really happen? Sorry to poke old wounds, but is there a news article?

[@AYouTubeChannelwithNoName]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lorenzomoore6398]

😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😃

[@FernandoAlvarez-ld9ih]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Wolfblaz13]

There was a joke back in the day in the Yugo manufacturing plant: "You pretend to pay us, we pretend to work."

[@Latinastyles]

tom cool No.... this is Balkan 🤣🤣

[@user-vg8cx4jr6z]

@Zimraan Hossain because balkan people hate the fact he called yugo bad since everyone here has driven one and there are so many of them on the roads so i really dont know why he called it shit

[@user-vg8cx4jr6z]

@Zimraan Hossain yeah Lada Niva is one of the dopest SUV's out there but yugo is basically a meme car in ex yu countries so people get offended when the car is taken seriously 😂

[@masterkamen371]

Павле Блажевић but... it is shit. Never was a good car and never will be.

[@MoarteaLunii]

@@user-vg8cx4jr6z It's literally cheap.

[@archyleach]

Around 1990, my dad and I went to this car auction to look and they were selling this “grand touring Yugo” that looked almost new with like 10,000 miles on it for under $2,000. It was a nice blue color and might have had a really minor body kit (not positive) which sounds tacky, but it looked fairly nice. It turned out to be a great second car, and the grand touring Yugo writing on the back was hilarious. I do remember the shifter was really sloppy, but other cars in that price range were like early 80s Chevy Chevettes and crappy k-cars or older American cars with these massive hoods that I hated and were hard to tell what they were going to do in the snow....I’d rather drive the Yugo with it’s visibility and crappy go cart feel.

[@stevenlunniss]

I’m in Britain and my first car in 1986 was a Yugo. It was about 5 years old when I bought it and it cost the equivalent of about $1500. Different version but it was utter crap. In fact, it was in a lovely shade of sh1t brown. I was doing shift work and needed to get into work across London at fairly unsocial times. It didn’t break down but it took about 10 seconds from zero to 30mph and the brakes were frighteningly unresponsive. I had if for about 9months before I traded it in for a new car.

[@gcscr]

My first car was a 93' red Yugo GV Plus with the grey interior. Never had a problem with it. It cost me around $200 17 years ago. I really miss that little bastard.

[@eltypical1337]

You are most wanted in Eastern Europe Bounty: 10000$

[@bogicvujadinovic772]

Bounty:10 Yugos,no hate for the Yugos it is amazing car for the price and reliable

[@MrRasZee]

doug is gonna escape the bounty hunters in a yugo...oh noooo

[@cinoeye]

Serbia is not in Eastern Europe:)

[@domi7698]

No 10000$ bounty on your hed bounty is i balkan and estrn europ if its in balkan than is 10000 litars of rakia but in russia 1000 litasr of votka

[@rexjolles]

@@bogicvujadinovic772 I'm buying one for $1800 👍 it's blue

[@josephius]

This car was passed down from generations...I can't express how grateful I am for its longevity. I've done about 3 billion km in it so far and all I've had to do is fill the tank twice. My Yugo ancestors would be proud

[@fobbitoperator3620]

Apropos: The year Slobodan Milosevic bombed the CRAP out of the Yugo manufacturing plant, Yugo was preparing their new sedan/saloon for production. It was to be called the "Wego." And now, back to my Jello pudding pops!

[@vandalsavage1]

Doug the kind of guy to compare a Yugo to the F40.

[@OggyGTA]

Yeah dumbest thing I've ever heard in a video. My wife bought a Rover Metro in the 90's ... this was a time that Porsche and Ferrari were making super cars!! .... yeah, and? Today you can buy a cheap pile of crap from India for 4 grand, or you can buy a Bugatti for a million ... same old shit.

[@jonpresley1163]

You're both completely missing the point

[@OggyGTA]

@@jonpresley1163 Go on.

[@penelopeboivin3191]

Justin Stewart: Well the F40 is maybe the same level of luxury than the Yugo, But the plastic is Carbon fiber

[@nikolacekredzi905]

Yugo is faster

[@WhiteBaron777]

lol no wonder the Yugo had such bad rep in the States. Here in Serbia it came with 65hp and parts were so common and cheap that breaking down wasn't even a problem: you could find cheap parts literally everywhere and it's so mechanically simple that a child can fix it quickly

[@92kosta]

Everything you've just said still stands today. Pozdrav.

[@justjoe7313]

Nope. It came with 45hp 900cc engine with 4 gear transmition and 55hp 1100cc with 5 gears, later one called lux model ;) The GVX model came with 65hp but they were very rare and very expensive to buy. The GVX had quite nice seats, but they were still POS. And if breaking down isn't a problem, than you don't need a car ;)

[@tomashton7208]

its a copy of the fiat 128

[@nopochoclos]

No way... Fiat 128 is a tough car, and pst... has 4 doors not 2 , you confuse it with other Fiat like 133 144

[@Antanix]

Yugo is a Fiat 127, not 128. There was the Yugo Skala that was a 128 derivative and was bigger. A friend had an Innocenti Koral, that was a Yugo 55, and had no problems. Cars were reliable enough, they are considered as crap beause they had low or no maintenance, harsch conditions and lot of KM, they were made with crap only since the 90s (war), not the 80s. For the wealthy US standards, it was crap anyway, reliable or not reliable.

[@whattheheck1000]

YuuY April 5, 2021 12:27 am

[@jamesdavis5096]

30 years later and somehow I still want one

[@gregor_magal]

Tesla roadster:4 people, 0-60 1.9 seconds, 200000$ Yugo-your whole drunk squad, 0-60 yes, whatever you have in your pocket

[@windoak2113]

Lol

[@josecarloslucasmateos407]

0-60 1 afternoon

[@arctos49]

My favorite joke about the Yugo is - Why do all Yugos have a rear window defroster? So that you can keep your hands warmer when you are pushing it.

[@boskosimovic5148]

Bruce you can push my car,on my language it is : puš maj kar, it means something different.....

[@maryjennings4913]

What do you call a Yugo with over 1000 miles on it? An underachiever!!!!

[@postfaceliftsaxo3728]

@@boskosimovic5148 HAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@boskosimovic5148]

Cep,poruka njima svima od sr...ca !

[@Therealthang10]

Basically a go-kart with a full chassis. Perfect car for a first time driver. That should have been the target market along with those who don't give a single bleep about performance.

[@lachlangemmill3813]

My sister had one of these and the door fell off on i-95. A few years later she got a PT Cruiser. A great car history

[@fidorover]

*A Jay Leno Yugo joke from 1990:* "Well ya know, Yugo is having a tough time selling cars lately. So to entice new customers, they're offering free accessories like a rear-window defogger. Which is great, cuz it keeps your hands nice and toasty when you're pushing it."

[@fidorover2]

LOL

[@MezzoForte4]

lmao. good one

[@ickedude6759]

fidorover LMAO

[@clemsiemckenzie9799]

Do you know how to double the value of a Yugo? Fill up the tank.

[@StephenButlerOne]

fidorover have you been sat on the since the 1980s? That was a school yard joke we'd say to kids that's parents drove these and Skoda's.

[@user-id4nc9td1h]

My Yugo is 29 years old and he have 300k kilometers on road!!!

[@enaroflores4566]

Stojadinov pa i Stojadin je znao preci 200 300 000...

[@lazarivanovic4915]

They are shit for abusing Yugo

[@bourisb24yearsago11]

@global tips holy

[@P-Bateman0]

Ofcourse

[@benk3431]

Маријана Стојадинов why do u spend so much money towing it around?

[@mrnewton86]

You could drive 300 hectares with that on a single tank of kerosene, is there a gear selection for H as well?

[@dannym1882]

"What country is this car from?" "It no longer exists."

[@jmcphail2]

I bought a brand new 1988 Yugo at a Buick dealership back in 1988 for around $5000 and it was quite a fun little car to drive. I used it as a second car, a commuter for the 10 mile drive to work each day. My small daughters loved to ride in it, too. The little car had tight steering and the body was painted inside and out like the VW Beetle was. Mine had AC, but I had to turn it off when climbing a grade, ha! The seats were firm, but back support was good. I don't think it's fair to review a 30 year old example as a definitive Yugo, but then again, the fact that a Yugo lasted 30 years is pretty impressive. I only had my '88 Yugo one year, as Hurricane Hugo came through Charleston, SC in 1989 and lobbed parts of my house roof onto the hood and top of the little car. "Hugo hit my Yugo!" A guy on the roofing crew that fixed my house wanted my Yugo. He explained that the chassis and engine were essentially Fiat and he collected Fiats. I sold it to him for $2000 which paid off what I owed on it. I have often thought of that little blue Yugo with fondness.

[@Sveta7]

Hurricane Hugo killed Yugo

[@issuesexplained681]

This is a nice story. 👍

[@EyesWideOpen61]

They were worth what they charged for it, and not as bad as some would tell you. Easy target for bullying by simple minds. It was what it was- an outdated FIAT design with a new body

[@n0h0m0]

Jimmy McPhail congrats u spent 10k on a car worth $200

[@EyesWideOpen61]

They were only 4K new @@n0h0m0

[@wolfparanormaladventures3412]

Still have our red Yugo that has been in my family for a long time. She's still going and just got a new fresh coat of paint!

[@scat3926]

If I ever get a Hugo I'm a swap a 5.0 in here and put some fatter tires on it and go to the strip and I wont lose cayse I way like 3000 lbs less than every car so like yugo burrr

[@chrisb2844]

That is so cool, I am willing to bet it is so much fun to drive, do you still get to drive it?? I haven't seen a Yugo on the road in years and would love to see one.

[@wolfparanormaladventures3412]

@@chrisb2844 yes I do and she's still going strong

[@konyina]

@@scat3926 It would fall apart. Not that it's a bad car, it really isn't all that bad, it just isn't built to go 0-60 in 6 second and over 100mph

[@scat3926]

@@konyina it was a joke but I already know that the 5.0 would be too much power for the suspension and frame work if someone were to try this they would have to literally replace everything with stronger parts at that points it's just ridiculous

[@quisnessness]

My mom told me about a friend who had a Yugo in the 80s. Apparently her friend liked to describe it as "Yugo? More like YOU GO TO HELL!!"

[@Mister_Ess]

As much as I love seeing Doug review the latest escalade or that wicked Porsche Carrera GT, I really wish he'd review more "strange" cars like this.

[@overdriven77]

Let's talk abou different perspectives. I'm from former Yugoslavia, and until that state fell apart in the first half of the 90s, and few years after that, Yugo was a beloved car. Sure, many people simply could not afford somethibg better so their only option was a Yugo. Anyway, it was a simple and easy to maintin car, wich many of the yugoslavian owners maintained itself. On the other hand, Americans bought these as an expendable cars, drove them to the ground, never serviced them...and Yugo was labeled as a crap car. Well of course it was compared to the automobiles that cos 5 to 10 times its price, but hey, you get what you pay for. Back to Yugoslavia - after the late 90's used imports from the rest of Europe flooded the car market here, and once beloved Yugo was labeled as a poor man's crap car. You can still see some of them around here, and its usually driven by old gentlemen who have bought them new decades ago and preserved them.

[@NeighborSenpai]

Same story with the old boxy Ladas here in Russia!

[@kettyca666]

my mom used to have one, she got it as a gift, brand new in 1989 (older than me). We towed it to a scrapyard in 2016. It took me to school every day, cross country, to vacations, through snow and blizzards, off-road... She drove it 7 days a week since 1989. It was a well-used car and parts were dirt cheap (there's like 5 things in total in the whole car that you can replace lol). Last time breaks broke we just let it sit in the backyard until we decided to scrap it. Mom cried for two days and still is heartbroken today. Now she drives Golf 2 from '91. She's old school slav.

[@ikhoonyejelem2967]

Ok but it's a shitty car

[@JL-sm6cg]

Yeah. There were stories of people not even maintaining them. A woman here once said to a dealership, "I didn't pay $4000 on this car to worry about stuff like oil changes!"

[@intel2133]

@@kettyca666 Golf 2 it's a great car too, though.

[@charlesedward5047]

My dad bought a Yugo in '86, we were a family of 4, and we went from Long Island, New York to Disney World Florida and back. Had no idea how!! And still don't.

[@Charlie-Cat.]

Do you or your family still have the Yugo?

[@charlesedward5047]

@@Charlie-Cat. No. After two trips to Niagara Falls, and one to Virgina Beach, my dad got rid of it (don't remember if he sold it), and bought a brand new 1988 Nissan 200sx.

[@Charlie-Cat.]

@@charlesedward5047 I see. After all the trips it made, did it the car ever had any trouble afterwards?

[@GeneralJackRipper]

He called a tow truck while you were sleeping.

[@RandomGuy-ej5dr]

@@charlesedward5047 only a true yugoslav can master it

[@j.christ8786]

The logo on the steering wheel reminds me of a bootleg Atari logo

[@BeesKneesBenjamin]

Looks like a pretty chill car, it has whatever you need. No bells and whistles, no excessive stuff that can break down and brick your car. It's a shame it's in this condition

[@warren9148]

Yugo was going to make a 4 door called the we go lmao

[@dzonikg28]

There is Yugo with 4 doors.. It was call Yugo Florida.. My parents bought it in 1989.. They called it Florida becase they wanted to export to US but then war happened

[@jonytube]

The joke went way over these 2 guys heads LOL

[@zelikgil9254]

I can't believe this joke is so underappreciated xD

[@Mandrak789]

Too bad Toyota grabbed Aygo.

[@lemmymilkister1862]

Wego. Jesus. Ya fucked it all up.