Why Everyone Wanted the Worst Car in the World

The Yugo is widely regarded as the worst car ever. It was poorly constructed, nowhere near reliable, and not so easy on the eyes. The Yugo was the butt of every joke and the junker in every garage. But for all its shortcomings, it sold like hotcakes when it arrived in the U.S. In this episode of Wheelhouse, Nolan tells the story of the Yugo's creation and makes the case for updating its reputation from worst car to huge success.
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[@Donut]

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

[@YODA0786]

Apology Accepted. Love your Content, keep up the great work

[@harshithsadhana7475]

there was a movie on yugo cars called Drowning Mona, danny devito played police officer.

[@JetNix]

A real apology will be a re-uploaded video with corrected mistakes. =)

[@rileycannon6789]

Hey pinning the correction up top that shows more integrity than half the news services good going I was surprised as well to learn this

[@dimitrijepantic7865]

Balkans always get a bad reputation so it's not gonna change anything. Since the 1990s we are doomed. We forgive you Nolan.

[@penzlic]

Everyone in Balkans *mocks Yugo* Outsider *mocking Yugo* Balkans: "Pump your brakes, kid, that car's a national treasure"

[@KRISSvector007]

Typical Balkans in action

[@doggames10]

Fuck you for how right you are i Just defended Yugo45

[@kary1098]

𝙯𝙖𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙟𝙚𝙣𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙨̌𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

[@boezerdieser]

love my friends from the balkans. lots of them here in austria, all really good people.

[@damjanoviic]

Hahahahah istinaaaa 😂😂

[@ivanvujadinovic9905]

Yugo was the first car I learned how to drive in! lol .... and yeah, Yugoslavia was never Soviet

[@harishasanaga5848]

Me too.

[@freelender]

My grandfather has one lol

[@burazeree]

I bought one for like 70 euros 🤣🤣

[@Cone_was_here]

I have 3 yugos ahahaha its a good car to tune

[@freelender]

@@Cone_was_here Yugoslavia spirit at it's finest

[@krab9479]

Yugoslavia was never affiliated with the Soviet Union. They were one of the only communist states that arguably stood in opposition against Soviet influence.

[@jguenther3049]

Tito made sure of that.

[@the_kombinator]

That's OK, it's Donut media, half the shit they say is not checked. Props to setting the record straight, though. TBH the Yugo wasn't the worst car. Still see a few in Croatia, and the closer you get to Serbia, the more Zastavas there are. I even managed to pull a sticker off one bound for the wreckers :D

[@Gabriel-he6ih]

@@the_kombinator Cak kad prodje apokalipsa vidices yugice na cesti :D

[@brokeandtired]

@@jguenther3049 Yeah Stalin and Tito didn't get along.

[@the_kombinator]

@@Gabriel-he6ih Hyundai Pony is the same haha - will survive an EMP because of points ignition and no computers - cockroach cars :D

[@leemilica]

Fun fact: I still see a ton of them being used everyday in Serbia.

[@meganoobbg3387]

Here in Bulgaria, the little of them that were sold, all of them are still being driven. Just saw this ol man pick up his 5 people family from a busstop, all of them in that smol Zastava GT55.

[@nikolamak_games1310]

I see alot of them being driven here in north macedonia

[@nikk796]

That's not a fun fact. It's your observation

[@ludizeks363]

U Crnoj Gori isto

[@nikobelic2702]

Ima ih i u Hrvatskoj

[@Taabituubi]

Ah, the humble Yugo. The only car that came pre-dented.

[@antoniolemus1117]

They did this so you wouldn't notice when someone else dents it

[@saint-cetacean]

The first dent is free so you don't feel so shitty when you bang the door into a lamppost

[@joshuacriste5263]

I think Teslas do the same thing sometimes

[@josuevillanueva9668]

😂😂😂😂 comedy!!

[@LTRxG55]

@@joshuacriste5263 I was just about to say.

[@danielivanovic383]

I'm from Serbia, and i have to say, it's fun to drive a Yugo, it's cheap, around 200-300 usd, and it's better to sit in a car, than on a bike :'D P.s. Pozdrav svima sa Balkana, od Srbije do Slovenije ✌️

[@leonknezevic4824]

Biciklom bar stignes 😂

[@danielivanovic383]

@@leonknezevic4824 HAHAHAAHAHAH 😂😂😂

[@Bababoy6969]

@@leonknezevic4824 pa mozes da ga vozis do prodavnice i nazad i to je to puko ti ceo auto

[@Madferit1991]

Pa bolje mi je trolejbusom da idem 🤣

[@dyzoly]

Yes, much better to repair a car in the rain, that to just get from A to B on a bike :))))

[@crimsonMX]

The Yugo is still such a common sight to see in Serbia. They're cheap but they never die.

[@penusliski]

Yeah probably you can still see them in poor areas outside Main cities, but in general very few of them are actually in use in capital city Belgrade. You can still fix them dirt cheap but people don't like to bother with it, when you can buy Fiat Punto for small cash, much better and advanced car

[@crimsonMX]

@@penusliski I live very near the Hungarian border, i barely speak Serbian at that, but seeing a Yugo is pretty much an everyday thing for me, but im sure the car has a special place in Serbia's heart.

[@twistedyogert]

It's probably like the VW Beetle in Germany.

[@Tr0006]

Donut : yugo is shit Ballkans : you just started a war

[@Tommy-5684]

a damn fool thing in the Balkans indeed

[@Tr0006]

@@Tommy-5684 I'm from the balkans my self and I have only seen a few of these most abandoned in the villages 😂😂😂

[@Tommy-5684]

@@Tr0006 i was making reffrence to Bismarck's belefe as to what would touch off the 1st world war as a joke is all

[@JPT_Jpt]

less doug demuro and his "YuuY" **sad legendary YuuY noises**

[@aleksandar-sasapetrovic4024]

@@Tommy-5684 Promasio si ti druze ceo Balkan, evo u mojoj ulici ima 15 komada. Sta pricas Yugo is alive and well in Serbia!

[@jacobtoda3388]

I want to Tesla-ize a Yugo. Imagine the acceleration. Rocketing quietly to my certain death.

[@49cv]

Actually Nikola Tesla is born in former Yugoslavia (Born in Croatia, Serbian origin both part of former Yugoslavia) countrie that made Yugo

[@ItsDaJax]

Imagine it peeling away like in some Warner Bros cartoon, as it reaches speeds it had never seen, or designed for, like; 67mph. Starting with the paint.

[@MrPantheraUmbra]

@@49cv ...actually Tesla was born in Habsburg Empire, in a Serbian village which is today in Croatia. Yugoslavia didn't exist when he was born.

[@javapcc]

Great idea! I want to do it to a Trabant.

[@gaborcsuzdi7006]

@@javapcc And then also put the Trabant drivetrain into the Tesla.

[@paulandjana]

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.

[@gamenuts6296]

The same guy is Giugaro

[@sagoda3467]

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

[@meganoobbg3387]

Just petty anti-communist propaganda comrade. British cars existed, so that makes the Yugo a decent car by default. In fact many still rolling around in my town. Just saw one yesterday overtake a BMW (stuck in a massive pothole). Many regards from neighbour Bulgaria. Carmunists 4LIFE.

[@thetrabantguy3934]

Next video in line: "The Trabant Was an Awful Car Made By Communists" Me: *Angry German Trabant owner noises*

[@meganoobbg3387]

@@thetrabantguy3934 In our country in the city of Montana we have this 17 year old kid who has 12 Trabants. lol Im not kidding, he still doesnt have a driver license, but hes restoring Trabants. They were really good cars, despite being two stroke. It was really a mistake on part of the USSR to restrict the GDR into making only two stroke cars, but even then the germans managed to make two stroke engines better than anyone else.

[@CynHicks]

@@meganoobbg3387 You are a clueless kid. Yugo was a terrible car. Nothing to do with anti anything "comrade." 🙄

[@meganoobbg3387]

@@CynHicks How much have you driven it? I doubt you've seen a terrible car in your life "kid." Why dont you find a Fiat 127 and.... oh wait, you cant. They all melted and their engines were trash cuz they put less bearings in the crankshaft, which caused the engines alot of problems when they were being taxed. Hell if it wasnt for the Zastava and Lada, nobody would remember the Fiat 124-127 even existed. The copies survived far longer, so they're not any more terrible than the originals.

[@driver5o]

here in the balkans we say that yugo is a car for five, one is driving and other four guys are pushing

[@jplslo8213]

👌 if this isn't the truth

[@yungboicontigo9278]

Roasted

[@baldinjovlogs6072]

You meant steering not driver cuz you have nothing to drive hahaha

[@kingedwin]

Another American dad joke: "Why does a Yugo come with a rear window defroster? To keep your hands warm when you push."

[@dougerrohmer]

The Russians claim their cars are easy to fix, which is a good thing cos they break all the time :-)

[@tetchuma]

My uncle had one, and I always thought it was cute. When a part went bad, he just bought another used Yugo and cannibalized parts. He had 4 at one time, which made his own car kind of a Frankenstein’s monster, but still very simple. We used one as a farm truck after our Datsun 720 finally broke down. (We carried big bags of cattle cake pellets in the back) It wasn’t fast, but it was a ton of fun to jump around in the dirt! It was solid enough to beat to hell on bumpy roads, but the dashboard would break if you held onto it too hard. It just kept going no matter how many great grandkids tried to kill it... It was cool because we didn’t care about protecting it, and it was surprisingly durable because it didn’t have a lot of stuff to break. I’d love to relive that feeling of getting airborne in one again. (But I’d recommend a helmet)

[@OrginalDravas]

The Odysseus Yugo

[@sv_cheats1970]

Import a Yugo from the Balkans they were made up to 2009 allthough with frwnch engines. Also they are cheap af

[@Pheatan]

@@OrginalDravas *the Yugo of theseus

[@chasprice2260]

Same i will never forget driving my dad's Yugo around the lake bottom and just raising absolute hell in it. I will never forget me and my brother jumping it over one of our dirt bike jumps

[@abyssstrider2547]

Hey,im from Bosnia! Also a fun fact: Bosnia produced Golf 2's for the European market, Wolksvagen partnered with the factory in Sarajevo that produced cars and such. But the 90's war came about and during the shelling of Sarajevo serbs managed to push to the factory but weren't repeled on time, they managed to steal almost all the cars that were kept in storage.

[@ThePenout]

The Yugo was a huge hit in Yugoslavia. Due to it being so cheap, they were everywhere. A lot of people drove them even in the early 2000s, including my parents, when i was like 3 years old. Greetings from Slovenia, former Yugoslavia member (one of rhe smaller countries).

[@lifelesspoet]

"Whats the difference between a Yugo and a Jehovas witness? You can close the door on the Jehovas witness."

[@johnnyvegas5681]

I'm surprised no one make a complaint about this comment...surprised but happy. People are too sensitive these days.

[@tacomeme429]

@@johnnyvegas5681 what does that have to do with sensitivity? There's not much you can make a reply for on this one, it's complete on its own

[@williamletts9487]

What do you call a 4 door Yugo... Weallgo

[@brianrabbit7159]

Lol this one fits the dodge Daytona of the late 80’s early 90’s

[@pckldplmfshcm]

"Why everyone wanted the worst car in the world" But I'm still the only one I know driving a PT Cruiser.

[@FUNKOfilms]

Those actually have a decent cult following.

[@Johnnyynf]

I actually think PT cruiser is pretty cool. Than again I'm kinda a weirdo who likes Chrysler product from 90's and 00's

[@vanjamirkovic8996]

cuz yugo isnt that bad car, you should sit in him and zou wil feel that he maybe isnt that bad :> but when the motor do not fuck u up

[@jigglynaut5442]

My coworker used to be a chrysler master tech and people LOVE PT cruisers despite being awful cars, he said that PT cruisers is what got his kids through college and after not working as a chrysler tech for nearly 10 years he can still list off every common item that goes bad on PT cruisers, and it's not a short list either

[@lberc20]

Honestly I kinda want a Yugo just to like try and engine swap it or something.

[@MrMortadelas]

You view it as slower than a Golf, I view it as warmer than a Vespa. Great car.

[@blueangel4528]

My grandfather had one he said it was one of the best cars than what he has now it gets 50 miles a gallon and it has such a good ac that it could freeze a 6 pack of beer

[@TheDennys21]

Warmer than a Vespa?

[@allstory4600]

Balkanci ima li nas?

[@matijaoroz204]

Jedino nas na ovom videu i ima

[@borismasek1864]

My uncle bought one new in 1987, he was very proud of he drove us thru the slovenian country side like a rally driver cutting corners every where. It was an exhilarating experience because you did not if your where going to make it from point A to B in one piece. It is a truely scary ride for all the wrong reasons.

[@nalgene247]

"Like a LADA awful things..." I heard that.

[@nickthomson1039]

I was hoping someone else picked up on that and it wasn't me trying to insert bad puns aha

[@Uncle_Spooky]

Came here to say this. Nolan, was that on porpoise?

[@ivana.8994]

The funny thing is Americans keep mocking lada and yugo. Two weeks ago i t boned a dodge ram truck with my lada because he ran a red light. My car got a bent front bumper and the dodge truck got so squished that it went right to the scrap yard. Now i know why they say let your actions speak for you.

[@JeffreyJefferson]

@@ivana.8994 usually the car getting tboned is gonna be damaged more than the tboner

[@ivana.8994]

@@JeffreyJefferson you are correct. But if the force of the impact is large enough for a car to be considered totalled, both cars would sustain significant amount of damage.

[@SvdSinner]

As HS kid, I got a chance to drive a Yugo. Loved it -- you had to drive it like a racecar just to keep up with traffic. All the fun of redlining the engine with no worries about speeding tickets.

[@serb.4649]

In Serbia you can see many Yugos still running today.

[@the_kombinator]

@@serb.4649 Yes, I was there recently, (well, 5 years ago?) can confirm. Although BiH seems to run on MKII Golfs.

[@lukewarmwater6412]

I got 'super toopered' once in my suzuki swift... mhp trooper told me I had been doing 75mph. me: "but, isnt that the speed limit here??" trooper: "yes it is! congradulations for reaching it!!".... true story.

[@the_kombinator]

@@lukewarmwater6412 I had a 1.3L 5spd swift, (The SOHC mono-injected GS) I could hit 160 KM/h with it - the engine would be screaming though. What did you have, 1.0L auto?

[@lukewarmwater6412]

@@the_kombinator no, it is the 1.3 5 speed. has little problem doing 75 mph on flat ground. as far as the engine screaming, it never seems to float valves, so a million rpm's is ok, right?

[@grse.official3272]

Driving your cousin's Yugo on a village road is just a different vibe.

[@akuma6423]

Its muddy road

[@smradsquad4912]

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

[@preppytheking6652]

And a few smaller countrys *sad slovenia noises

[@jplslo8213]

Sad 🇸🇮 noises

[@anteodak2965]

Get rekt

[@jerryplayer7850]

@laussi 9 bas i ti gledas iz cg

[@sv_cheats1970]

@@jerryplayer7850 ma šta ovi ameri znaju šta su jugići😜

[@SRNikoSR]

He also thinks that yugoslavia was part of the soviet union. I guess he was at least somewhat right with the location, jbg 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@NikolaMatic987]

Greetings to all of you here, from Kragujevac, Srbija! :-D

[@dosvidanyagaming4123]

@@terrificspokesman7416 he's spelling it the easy way it's spelled in Serbia. It's a thing Serbs online do

[@vuk.v1988]

@@terrificspokesman7416 the spelling is ok because it's on Serbian. You just dont know our language.

[@terrificspokesman7416]

@@vuk.v1988 I know in Serbian a j is a y just saying

[@sagoda3467]

@@terrificspokesman7416 Nah, man. Just no

[@terrificspokesman7416]

@@sagoda3467 OK ill just delete it anyway. Your probably right anyway cause I'm not Serbian. Thanks for telling me anyways

[@jernejjus2752]

Him constany mentioning the Soviet union, which has nothing to do with Yugoslavia makes this unwatchable🤦 Its like thinking USA and Canada are the same thing🤷

[@TheDalitis8]

US and Canada are far closer and more similar than the old USSR was to Yugoslavia. US and Canada share thousands of miles of border whereas the USSR was relatively far away from the former Yugoslavia. Moreover, the US and Canada speak the same language and form a free trade area whereas nothing of the sort existed between the USSR and Yugoslavia.

[@milet7250]

true

[@NB-ir1me]

Well America and Canada are the same thing so

[@zoltancsikos5604]

“nothing to do with Yugoslavia” During World War 2, Yugoslav terrorists and the Soviets worked together. They were both Communist and split because of Stalin and Tito’s interpersonal problems. Why do clowns keep insisting that they have nothing to do with each other? Just because Yugoslavia was neutral post-war doesn’t mean that they were never involved with each other.

[@daltonjanzen3382]

@@zoltancsikos5604 the US funded Fascists before, during, and post world war 2 so I don’t think you really want to make that argument lol

[@randyedward1]

What a well-done documentary! Excellent narration and supporting pictures and backgrounds. Great channel...

[@spooch9474]

8:26 a guy walks into a part store and says to the cashier “a gas cap for a yugo” the cashier says “sounds like a good trade”

[@paulnadratowski3942]

LMAO

[@toddekramer]

Trabbant: “Do I mean nothing to you?”

[@sadboyflrn5641]

I hate that thing, I live in East Germany and it's the reason that there are no interesting barn finds in my region :(

[@smalltime0]

I love the Tabbi. The other Communist bloc cars were at least reliable or easy to repair... the Lada especially. The Yugo was just awful in every respect.

[@fadzlenkadir6014]

KAMAZ....am I a joke to you?

[@Handyman1199]

I love my Trabant. It’s an 1989 2-Stroke base model and i fix everything on it myself. There is only the problem of reaching the two bolts holding the carb

[@venari13]

@@fadzlenkadir6014 KAMAZ isn’t that bad, I’m from Russia and they are just... immortal. They can look and feel like absolute dogshit and it’s terrifying to hit 60KPH because the rear suspension wants to leave the Earth. KAMAZ’s are just used for street cleaning, transporting materials and stuff.

[@rogerb5615]

An Orlando FL Dodge dealer gave away a free Yugo with every loaded Dodge sedan they sold, for a few months during 1992 or 1993. True.

[@tedheavy3441]

At the end of their run they were being sold buy one get one free. No Lie.

[@seanoreilly1832]

Thats an amazing deal sort of

[@blitzroehre1807]

1 Dodge Dynasy LE+ 1 Yugo sounds good. Or was it the Intrepid?

[@CynHicks]

So, who was once involved in picking one of these up in highschool and moving it to a wierd place as a prank? 🤣

[@ohioplayer-bl9em]

We did that with ford festivas

[@dylanmontealegre1914]

Yugo in one sentence, “better hope Yugo forward, or Yugo backwards”

[@jackielerma3067]

😂💀

[@mirelamarinelic3249]

The car is like: i go fast, If yugo downhill

[@dylanmontealegre1914]

Yugo: “I go, as fast as Yugo”

[@car-enthusiast3141]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@joeycontreras9567]

Ogoy

[@infie1942]

When the Yugo was bothered to exist, Toyota actually gave them free with their actual cars and get this - Toyota sales went DOWN.

[@jesse1radio]

I think it was only one dealership but it's still completely insane. When I heard the story, I was told basically every customer refused to take the Yugo.

[@trashbandit2449]

@@jesse1radio haha no way

[@jacoblevy4429]

Cadillac dealers did that too

[@KayJblue]

@@jesse1radio I mean it’s a free car, and if it (when it) breaks who cares haha

[@jesse1radio]

@@KayJblue well the dealership I always heard about was in Philadelphia. So the average customer probably lived fairly inner City and just didn't have extra space for a car that was going to be in the junkyard within a couple years. It also was a period of projecting power and money. The Yugo is the opposite of that. Atleast that's my guess

[@iamthecheese2737]

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.

[@jakethreesixty]

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 😂

[@Niraol]

that's a legendary prank here in balkans with yougos and old VW beetles

[@ViktorJ0van0vski]

My grandpa has a yugo bought it from factory and the only things changed on it are tires, brakepads, one air filter, oil and gas 🤷‍♂️ he drives it every day and is healthy af

[@StefkeZa]

I moj komšija ima juga prva farba prvi vlasnik sve mu je original očuvan je skroz

[@greghortonsr.5428]

that's the way mine was

[@danieldimitri6133]

Fiat 124 are actually pretty reliable cars if assembled properly lol, Italy had socialists and that caused labor problems which gave even the og car yugo were based on a bad rep, also Russian steel used by the Italians sucked compared to German and Japanese steel.. The biggest problem is the design was already 20 years old and wasn't designed for American highways. It looked plenty 1980's with the transverse engine, fwd, strut suspension, square lines etc... The body had been revised a few times, the engine was probably a little bigger but the suspension and the overall engine design which revolutionary in the 1960's was still not up to snuff as the 1990's approached. In the late 1970's it could have been good compared to the cars that came out post gas crisis but were a bit late and also still terrible on gas. A 1978 chevy Malibu could be just as slow and utilitarian although it would probably have ac and are pretty rare with manual transmissions. I never had a yugo, but I had an x1/9 and it was a great little engine if you could keep dirt out of the sensitive weber carburetor. It could Rev, you couldn't break it. The transmission didn't shift as poorly as people would have you believe. Perhaps some people needed motor mounts and blamed the shifter. The suspension was tight but the tires are too small for today's standards and the then 30yo plastics were still strong, not all dry rotted. Car reviewers tend to think of leathery and velvety things as quality but some of the "cheap" materials that get bad reviews are the ones that don't break down with time.

[@danieldimitri6133]

Just realized I wrote 124 not fiat 128 as I should have. The 124 was a longitudinal platform and not as modern but bigger and more powerful with hemispherical twin cam engines. The 128 was a bathtub in line valve non crossflow head and while it didn't make power it was the compact and more reliable engine. The 124 wasnt really known for efficiency or reliability. The 128 on the other hand could easily exceed 30mpg.

[@hunchanchoc8418]

@@danieldimitri6133 The Fiat 128 won the (european) Car Of The Year award in 1970. It was a very good design, but wasn't as reliable or corrosion-resistant as the Renault 12.

[@dizyart6996]

You missed my personal favorite: "Why do Yugos have heated rear windows? To keep your hands warm while you're pushing it."

[@NIKOLAP7]

Yugo = You go but the car doesn't 😃

[@n28989]

@@NIKOLAP7 we in Serbia got a say that car is devil, he think all night how to scrow you in the morning :).

[@NIKOLAP7]

@@n28989 My grandmother used to own a Yugo, it caught on fire when she was back from a business trip. After that she bought a FIAT Seicento.

[@n28989]

@@NIKOLAP7 whell mate, that hapent to other cars not just Jugo(Yugo). Its not that bad the problem is they didnt upgrade tehnology in car. They produce same car up to 2008 and then they shot down factory(sell to Fiat).If you look all that car is better then most car from 1980. design of that car come fom 1970 so its not that bad. I speeck from Europian standard not from America.

[@NIKOLAP7]

@@n28989 On the flip side, Yugo, Zastava 101 work great on LPG.

[@xjosipx1]

Well there is a story from my uncle,he said that back in 90's he got his hands on one of the Yugos meant for export in the USA. What he said is that he was amazed how much better that Yugo was compared to those meant for domestic market.So I think you can call yourself lucky you got the better one...Greetings from Croatia..

[@gelynch52phPH]

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.

[@cobaltodesertico1749]

bruh imagine saying Yugoslavia was part of the USSR

[@Ethan-fj7kt]

Americans aren’t known for their geographical skills

[@sebatiandjurovic]

Stalin was trying to kill Tito for years

[@DuBstep115]

@@Ethan-fj7kt I live in Finland and sometimes I even forgot what countries were part of CCCP. Let's be honest, no one really cares what happens in former yugoslavia countries or any other poor eastern european countries.

[@mirthenary]

@@Ethan-fj7kt 🖕I am very good at geography

[@honorafox4709]

@Ilija Kleut yes, it's true. Due to intentionally terrible public schools dumbing everything down, we have terrible academic scores until we take it upon ourselves to research more. You literally learn and retain more useful information OUTSIDE of school and college.. 😓

[@p4ndora939]

Next week on Hoovies Garage: "I bought America's cheapest Yugo" Edit: "and flipping it for a profit"

[@workdesu]

wasnt it bad enough to even get a yugo, let alone the cheapest one..

[@jordaneggerman4734]

So.....someone is gonna pay Tyler Hoover to take a Yugo? He may actually end up making money on that deal...

[@_haru_na]

Next month: Yugo prices increase like there's no tomorrow

[@NFS4LFE]

With his 3 Lambo fleet, that’ll be one hell of a collection.

[@IntercontinentalBallisticIdiot]

U can buy YUGO in very good condition for 300$ so.....

[@markthomas1535]

Loved this video and tiny cars! Please do an episode on the Geo Metro! And/Or an up to speed on the whole Geo brand! Gotta love the Tracker lol

[@lazarzivadinovic4987]

Big greetings from Kragujevac!!!👋 Love your show.😃

[@jreererer8490]

"they pretended to pay us, so we pretended to work" - saying from workers from those times

[@mucicafrajer9882]

explains a lot

[@kajmak64bit76]

Except that is valid in Soviet Union... in Yugoslavia you could own private bussiness... something like a Bakery or something... like some smaller bussines... once you got big enough... you turn to a state company and no longer private... it was good times

[@ZeroForce96]

Still goes today, boss pretends I get paid well, I pretend to work hard.

[@GrimFaceHunter]

No, saying from Yugoslavia goes:"Radio, ne radio, svira mi radio" - "whether i work or not, radio keeps playing". And it was true, the whole country had a negativne trade balance for all but one year, and it went bankrupt in 1983.

[@matami19]

Those times in Yugoslavia the workers in Zastava factory in Kragujevac where living much better than any factory worker in U.S.A, they had mandatory 15 days with theirs families vacation on the Adriatic sea, winter holidays and pretty good salaries, So stop fucking around with ex Yugoslavia it was paradise on earth

[@hatepayroll395]

This is literally the kinda car that would be in GTA.

[@no-xn8hq]

I think it is it's that one car with the cardboard body kit maybe

[@samuels8160]

You forgot that it would be sold for $1 mil

[@ultraguy8771]

They actually made a lore friendly Yugo mod for GTA V.

[@svengaming9499]

@@codenamenatedog4311 its lada vaz 2106 in real life

[@SpencerLemay]

@@ultraguy8771 wtf does lore friendly mean in GTA

[@chuckmoore8668]

When I was a kid, a guy in my karate class had one. We drove that thing from Greensboro NC to Myrtle Beach. To say it was a blast, but slow and uncomfortable ride down 40!

[@jonass1285]

I really like the the simplicity and purity of the Yugo. If it wasn't for it's poor quality and reliability, I would really buy one some day.

[@ksenijakonatar2322]

It isn't unreliable, people still drive them to this day with first engine and transmission, without catastrophic failure or some big rehaul and not only the 1.1l but even 0.9l with 45hp and I think Donut got it wrong because the 1.1l had 55hp, and if you were lucky enough there was a 1.3l EFI engine that made YOU GO really fast in a Yugo 😂. But it and try it a cheap little easy projectcar!And it is Fun but not that Fast...or Furious

[@nickbroaddus]

Come on Nolan, everybody knows Phil Collins released “in the air tonight” solo after he left Genesis. Jk love u

[@martingaray14]

I thought I would be the only one triggered by that

[@jordaneggerman4734]

@@martingaray14 oh, no. I immediately thought, "why not Land of Confusion?!"

[@apexseal2811]

Nick Broaddus Ah, yes, I'm not the only one who spotted that. Nolan entered the "Land of Confusion" lol.

[@danijelujcic8644]

He was in Genesis for more than another decade, though.

[@Cosak11]

I remember , we used to move teachers Yugo to other parking lot because he gave us bad grade's , it was pretty light car , 5 of us could've lift it from ground

[@jordaneggerman4734]

I had a buddy with a 93 Grand Am, and we used to turn his car in the parking space so he couldn't leave until the other people did, or we moved it back

[@marcelopaiva33]

Funny I had to watch this episode solely on one of my favorite movies Drowning Mona and this is one of their main cars that everyone drives in that town. Great info and laughs .

[@kennethwalker4551]

I've owned 3 Yugo's, I even paid for 2 of them. I was a foreign car mechanic and found many Fiat parts can be used on the Yugo such as bigger engine and suspension components to make a much better driving car for next to nothing.

[@justastrawberry5145]

Nolan: *Calls a car a glorified lawn mower* Literally any enthusiast who knows more that 5 sh*boxes: Do you have ANY Idea how little that narrows it down?

[@ikaika7439]

A litteral lawn mower was an 0.9l yugo that was selling in Europe.

[@ilham7345]

@@ikaika7439 damn i want to build a bike around that tiny engine

[@mememachine4174]

Yugoslavia wasn’t part of the eastern bloc btw

[@IgorKolar]

Where are all the Balkan people to upvote this comment?

[@damienhh288]

Thanks for pointing this out, I was about to write it.

[@AlbonHamburg]

Even worse, he says this is how cars were built in the Soviet Union! The fuck... Yugoslavia was NOT in the SSSR

[@mememachine4174]

@@AlbonHamburg ion know my grandma always talked about how much my grand grandma loved his mosovtichw

[@sadboyflrn5641]

It was a satellite state of the Ussr, just like the region I live in, east Germany. Ohh and btw, we had an even worse car called the Trabant 601 with a 26hp 2 Stroke engine which was literally made out of cardboard

[@pistre14]

You forget to mention Denny de Vito movie Drowning Mona (2000) where the whole town drives a Yugo :)

[@codyroden719]

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

[@jovanMRK]

Last night, in Kragujevac, due to heavy snowing and possibly being drunk, some guy drove his yugo into the river

[@jovanstanko4320]

Brat moi

[@moari4596]

LJUBI BRAT AHAHAHHAHA

[@jovanstanko4320]

@@moari4596 Americans be like: 🤔

[@bluruckuscrx8124]

A *MAN* and a *YUGO* has fallen into the river in *KRAGUJEVAC CITY*

[@doggames10]

E blago vama u Kragujevcu ovde u Pozarevcu nesto malo pada ali dao bog da se vozac juga i jugo oporavi

[@zixym]

Dude, mighty Yugoslavia was never part of soviet union, Tito say NO! to stalin

[@filipskopic4377]

Mighty might be a bit of a overstatement XD

[@isuskrist1422]

@@filipskopic4377 brt sta pricas ti tito je odjebo staljina odma nakon rata jer da nije ogromna govna bi smo mi pojeli

[@filipskopic4377]

@@isuskrist1422 nisam nis negirao taj dio. Znam da je odbio Staljina. Mislim na to kako je puno rec da je zemlja bila "mighty". Od samog pocrta ju je tito nosio u samo vece dugove

[@mungos1312]

ŽIVIO DRUG TITO

[@JevStn]

@@filipskopic4377 Pogledaj, molim te, dug R. Hrvatske od proglasenja nezavisnosti do sada, i usporedi sa dugom od 1945 do 1995. Takodjer, imaj u vidu da je u periodu Titove SFRJ izgradjena celokupna industrija i drzavna infrastruktura kao i drzavni aparati, ministarstva i sl. koji postoje do dana danasnjeg. Lep pozdrav.

[@swabby429]

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.

[@Cologne_Trooper]

Woah like the same Zastava that makes quality AKMs nowadays? Cool!!

[@Falcon-nj6kr]

Zastava Arms produce guns for 170 yrs,Zastava Cars produce cars from 1970's,now bought by Fiat

[@wesselbakker936]

Imagine american's hearing about the 1st generation Fiat Panda.

[@mateuszzimon8216]

U know that boxy one with 4x4, ultimate offroad machine??

[@wesselbakker936]

@@mateuszzimon8216 Got one right outside my front door😁

[@KlaximumSkroeft]

perfect car for zipping around farms in the Alps. That thing was awesome we ran ours ragged.

[@renansilveira2013]

@@wesselbakker936 damn you must be happy. I wish brazil had gotten the panda but instead we're still building fiat unos (Our current uno is a decent car but no 4x4 panda)

[@wesselbakker936]

@@renansilveira2013 Haha. It's awsome indeed. I recently completly reupholstered the interior so it's better than ever now. I'm sure the Uno's are some awsome cars too!

[@t8rcakes]

I actually own a yugo. It was well kept until the engine froze up. My shop and I are going to resto-mod it with a 2.3 turbo Ford and AWD because why not?

[@AlexandarHullRichter]

Is the body strong enough to take that?

[@doggames10]

@@AlexandarHullRichter you dont know how much Yugo was torture by kids of course it can the only problem he needs to worry about the rear axle fitting

[@karelpgbr]

That’s kinda hot ngl

[@t8rcakes]

@@AlexandarHullRichter we have a welder and spare metal... and a big hammer. We'll make it hold.

[@greghortonsr.5428]

the engine from the Fiat X/19 bolts right up the Yugo GVX with the 5 speed

[@SuperLudo86]

My dad had one of this on white with grey interior. I really loved it, maybe is the nostalgia of growing with it. I would reallly like one and swap a better engine

[@gusrubio489]

I saw the Yugo Next exhibit at Navy Pier in Chicago around 95 or 86, it was amazing!

[@AlexandarHullRichter]

Me: I'd like a mirror for my Yugo. Guy at AutoZone: sounds like a fair exchange.

[@mucicafrajer9882]

best comment

[@Sub4CarClips]

Lol

[@lukewarmwater6412]

you can get one, but only for the drivers side....

[@stevennelson9504]

Cup holders in any cars during the 1980's were rare.

[@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts]

Cupholders in any European car from the 90s and 2000s are rare. They were pretty prejudiced against beverages in the car

[@NDakovic]

As well as arm rest

[@mapetpungmail]

bmws from 2000s rarely have them

[@Biskawow]

I never had a cup in a cup holder, its just coins and junk in there

[@beyzxgaming138]

@@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts Especially peugeot right?

[@gtm559]

Yugo was my first used car😅 I was so happy with the gift from my mom. After 2 years the gear fell down as I drive in highway. I drove 120km keeping the gear with my hand Was hilarious but I love it

[@Boypogikami132]

11:28 damnnnnn they even made a whole R62 subway car with the yugo’s shape on the said lol! Also old MTA logo lol.

[@tHutchings]

Me: Why do Yugos have a rear window defroster? My friend: why? Me: So you can keep your hands warm while ur pushing. My friend: * sighs * why am I your friend?

[@Chrislav7]

These are funny, I must be getting old lol

[@jedidethfreak]

He asks why he's your friend, as the two of you are pushing his Yugo.

[@tHutchings]

@@jedidethfreak haha 😂

[@raptor22slayer]

This joke is relevant for Soviet era Skoda cars too.....😂

[@bentsch9273]

What is yugo doing on the road?.... Traffic jams. What is yugo on the hill?.....A miracle.

[@CLK944]

just a small correction: yugoslavia wasn't a part of the soviet union

[@paveantelic7876]

Or the soviet bloc

[@kuvidar]

He is from U.S so forgive him,they don't know geography at all

[@mateuszzimon8216]

He also forget Bricklin make "dieselgate" before VW

[@realkirbo]

well it was under communist rule when the USSR was still alive

[@Totalinternalerection]

@@realkirbo and?

[@gertvanderhorst2890]

Rented one twice, didn't want to go by train. It was great. Started saving up for the new and bigger Yugo Sana, which unfortunately never came, because of the war.

[@Captain_Mike82]

Buddy of mine had one, was his daily commuter, thing ran like a champ.

[@killlerwhale5513]

Back to the start of it all Genesis: Proceeds to play Phil Collins solo career

[@SAMann729]

I thought the same thing!

[@takamaki4646]

"what do you call a yugo with a flat tire" i was waiting for "a yustop"

[@doggames10]

Why do Yugo drivers go to heaven? Becose they already been in hell A classic joke still Being told here in Serbia

[@greghortonsr.5428]

what do you call a Yugo scooter ? an I go. what do you call a Yugo 4dr. ? a we go. and they made a rag top too

[@kurtsudheim825]

For some reason I thought of that in Andy Samberg voice

[@sinnerzprayer97]

That bus schedule joke killed me hahaha 🤣

[@CoolbreezeFromSteam]

0:37 is that background image from a Gunship album cover?? I recognize it!

[@100Vladimir]

I learned how to drive on this car. It was perfect for that purpose, great clutch. Once you do that, you can drive pretty much anything 😁

[@aumhren3480]

yep, tank included, lol

[@tomazkokovnik3275]

my dad used to own one, literally broke it in half while going up a bridge cuz there were too many people in it

[@Donut]

That's amazing and terrifying

[@xpl1c1t72]

Dude, you got a response from Donut, you should be VERY happy. Lol

[@tomazkokovnik3275]

@@xpl1c1t72 fam i already screenshotted it lmao i'm in heaven rn

[@danielf.285]

@@tomazkokovnik3275 bruh

[@morkovija]

@@tomazkokovnik3275 peaking on this fine monday! Scared to think what would happen by the end! Dinner with Obama or Merkel? Running for your country office?

[@ManosS40]

It was very common to see a Yugo here in Greece in the 80s and 90s. It had the 0.9lt engine mainly and less the 1.1lt. For some time there was also the Yugo Florida, but it didn't last long.

[@acakrnjaic1452]

My friend still has his Yugo and even though we have our modern Audi's and VW's and Opel's when we get together we always drive the Yugo it's just the experience. One time the door randomly opened when we were driving and I almost fell out but that's just the charm of the whole car. And I can guarantee that the Yugo is unstealable car he never locks his and it hasn't been stolen.😆

[@larryroyovitz7829]

Unstealable is the wrong word. Thieves adhere to supply and demand...there is no demand to steal a Yugo.

[@acakrnjaic1452]

@@larryroyovitz7829 Exactly the point i was making, if no-one wants it, it doesn't get stolen, so it's the best way to keep it safe, so it's unstealable.

[@mattlawler8794]

I know a pastor that put 90,000 miles on his Yugo. He is 6’ 7” and his son was 6’ as a young teenager. His wife and daughter weren’t quite as tall but somehow they all fit in the car.

[@philipgligorov5848]

That's not even quarter of the milage the yugo puts here on the Balkans...

[@Bababoy6969]

My dad 6'7 drove a punto 4 years ago

[@lukaradovic6651]

Man im from Serbia and my Dad had this car for years and Yugo almost never broke so if you just take care of it it will serve you real long time

[@tomazstajer3749]

i come from former yugoslavia and i know a few things about yugo, my family used to own one in early 90s. Yugo was such a hit in yugoslavia because most of the time it was the only car avalible to buy. But it wasnt all that crappy, we have good memories bout it

[@Rickbearcat]

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.

[@jamessizemore7103]

Every week I think to myself: “this is the one, this is the week I’m gonna get a donut video on Thursday.” Man I hope this is the week

[@nathanjoseph4284]

Same, we need our Thursday dose of Up to Speed!

[@irfandupovac8628]

It's coming back soon, they mentioned so on an underground video

[@jramsingh3895]

same here

[@PhoenixCustomsWoodworking]

I taught myself how to drive a manual on an 89Yugo. Was good times

[@harishasanaga5848]

Who learned to drive on a Yugo can drive a plane. That's what thay say in my country. I learned on a Yugo, but I'm not sure I can fly a plane. Or can I...

[@iamthecheese2737]

My first car was an 88 Yugo GVX. I loved it until the day the tire kept falling off.

[@floppyfish2814]

Owner of a 1988 Yugo GVL here - it's a great car - mine has 41,000 miles. Yeah, it's cheap, it was also reliable but just cheaply made. the 1.1 Liter 4 cylinder engine is just fine, and yes, it can get up hills... Its NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A LUXURY CAR. IT WAS THE CHEAPEST CAR EVER SOLD IN THE US. (when adjusted for inflation) - And thank you Nolan for correcting your error that Yugoslavia is part of the USSR - I am 1/2 Serb and something like that we take great offense to. I appreciate your correction. Thanks for reading guys, Yugo for life! - Sincerely, a half american, half serb, Yugo owner.

[@stefanolujic9999]

The Yugo was my first car and let me tell you now I drive an Audi and I still miss my cheap to run, maintain and fun car :')

[@iamthecheese2737]

Same. I miss mine a lot some days.

[@Mladjasmilic]

8:40 Yugo stayed in production until 2008. It was just that in 1991, Soviet union fell apart, and Clinton had to send troups somewhere in 1992. Zastava had parts produced all over Yugoslavia and without parts, it could not assemble the car. And NATO bombed Zastava Automobili factory in 1999.

[@kalleklp7291]

Yup! They put an end to the misery.

[@gustavohp3439]

*If this car is cheap, LS Swap and beat Hellcats on drag strip*

[@jovan9527]

No

[@jovan9527]

It's not safe at all if it's going 60mph is will be smashed

[@ikaika7439]

I heard they are holding up the value in US.In Balkan you can find one for 100$ or 150$.

[@evlsc400]

cheaper to find an already ready drag shell/roller that's even caged for you

[@ikaika7439]

@@evlsc400 Nice.

[@Joker-jz6jb]

I live in Croatia and my neighbor still drives Yugo. He bough him new back in 1982 😂

[@olysean92]

In 1991 I needed a $500 gas saver. I looked at a Yugo, but I opted for the additional crash safety of a motorcycle.

[@HrHaakon]

"Put it in H" Dude, that's an N.

[@dcarbs2979]

Exactly

[@moari4596]

Ye Fr they don’t know Cyrillic

[@FilipNexusKocev]

Maybe H stands for Напред! 😂

[@ismaelgarcia8243]

нет

[@HrHaakon]

@@ismaelgarcia8243 n + ye + t = nyet. You just proved it's an N.

[@MartinPittBradley]

I wouldn’t scoff at visible bolts on a dash. When it’s time to replace an AC’s evaporator, and you snap a few invisible clips, you’ll wish we had them!

[@j.pendergrass9805]

11:27 I actually would love a Yugo mailbox. The irony is thick with a U.S. Postal service emblem, in more ways then one.

[@pimpovic2]

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.

[@MountainSlayers]

"Ultra cheap" is the key! More money for upgrades!😈

[@dimitrijepantic7865]

You should search up Nabudzeni Yugo and see what people have done

[@baboka2616]

3:40 It says:"Goodbye, no more. The last Yugo. From the paint department.

[@danvetor1365]

I want 1. I plan to drop in a Hemi. Going to need to upgrade the brakes too!

[@Stevenimich]

I had a 1987 Yugo GV that I bought back in 2001 from a collector. I only paid like $300! I loved it! I wish I still had it.