Zastava Documentary

A rare look inside the Zastava factory in the mid 2000's before everything wrapped up in late 2008.

[@DJMacX]

I have great respect towards this people. They kept the factory running after their supply chains collapsed, embargor and in the end being bombed. They rebuilt everything as best as they could and were working hard.

[@DJBassBoomBottom]

I'm an American whose Dad would often joke about getting me a 'Yugo' as my first car and the end of Zastava is one the most interesting car stories i've ever seen. Long live Zastava, the Koral, and the people who built them.

[@sim6699]

There is nothing wrong with old technology people today are spoilt with the flashy lights that break and cost too much to repair.

[@mccanlessdesign]

Totally agree. I can't imagine a better car than my '91 Accord 2DR with 318K miles; still a daily driver. Though I have other cars (including two MBs, actually!) the Honda's the go-to for a comfy fun ride with no thought involved. Nothing has ever had a better "greenhouse" and feeling of openness.

[@indiekiddrugpatrol3117]

I agree but humans are materialistic and would choose a modern looking VW over a 1970s looking Zastava

[@angahsyber9342]

Dying without abs and airbag 💀

[@Offical_LadaRiva_1982]

​@@angahsyber9342no airbags, we die like real men. That's what I saw on a dash of a yugo

[@goransvraka3171]

7:35 exactly why the fuk did NATO target a civilian car factory that wasn't making weapons or didn't pose any kind of threat.... answer - to complete the destabilization of former Yugoslavia!

[@muhacnt7988]

They cause shitstorms everywhere

[@MacIn173]

Why did they target civilian train? Why did they target Nish, bombing civilian areas with uran bombs? YU had strong tradition of socialism and real democracy (backed up with owning means of production), that had to be destroyed. After fall of SU, YU didn't had a chance.

[@xxdizannyxx]

To hell with whomever bombed these good people just trying to live a normal life with their families. They produce excellent firearms, I love my Zpap m70 AK rifle, it runs flawless. God bless these poor people.

[@TheJetJONES]

I wrote with a Yugo parts seller in the USA He declared those, who bombed the Kragujevac plant, as war criminals Yes, they are war criminals indeed 😡

[@IROCMAN666]

For me, Fiat should keep "Yugo" to use this mark like VW made with Skoda or Renault with Dacia.

[@hojnikb]

No they shouldn't. Nobody would buy a yugo branded car outside of maybe serbia. Yugo bradn just reeks "will fall apart quickly"

[@IROCMAN666]

@@hojnikb I mean Zastava.

[@goncasworld]

It would have been a great idea, look at Lada. They had only horribly outdated cars when Renault bought it and now, with new investments, they have completely modernized all of their models, except for the immortal Niva. Now Lada is a competitive brand again and can dream of maybe being allowed in the EU market. Lada's reputation has been transformed. Zastava on the other hand disappeared and only Italian cars are made, that's literally the worst that could have happened to the brand.

[@IROCMAN666]

@@goncasworld I am totally agree but it is not too late to change the name of this serbian factory. I my opinion, everybody would be happy because Fiat would have a low cost trademark and Serbia would have again a national car manufacturer. It could be win/win.

[@goncasworld]

@@IROCMAN666 I hope there is still a chance man

[@kolomanus1]

Sad End of Zastava :(

[@thenzyugo3208]

Indeed

[@mrpoohbearlvr]

It is to bad they couldn't out a Toyota Corolla engine/trans. in the Yugo. Would have been a quirky car with an unbeatable drivetrain!!

[@DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL]

The list of car exporting countries is small. Yugoslavia really punched above its weight. Too bad that the union dissolved.

[@kraljmatjaz7668]

i love Fičkota, poz iz Slovenije

[@MacIn173]

"... workers decided on the referendum on their own means that they will produce cars" - that is something that could happen only in socialist democracy... Self-ruled (by workers) factory, voting on strategic questions...

[@earlscheib7754]

First car I bought and sold was a Yugo GV, well designed small car. FIAT destroys everything they touch.

[@cs-rj8ru]

First time I ever saw a Yugo GV was when the neighbor down the road bought one...And it broke down in front of our house. Looked it over and under the hood. Looked very simple and easy to maintain. It didn't last too long and he bought something else about a year later.

[@uroskostic8570]

@@cs-rj8ru Yugo wont last long only if you dont maintain it LIKE EVERY OTHER CAR/// I own 2002 Zastava Florida In 1.3 EFI, and its an excellent car. Never had any issuess with it, as I maintain it properly, and change expandable parts in time.

[@hojnikb]

Fiat pretty much made Yugo, soo....

[@deus_ex_machina_]

Without FIAT, Zastava wouldn't be making cars. Big Car recently made a video about the Yugo where he lays it out.

[@herby4215]

Great Yugoslavia cars

[@PepeDeezNutz]

I have a Yugo AK

[@condimentking14]

It's like mexico with the original beetle I could have gotten a yugo gv looking right from the 80s in modern day it would have gotten one

[@thenzyugo3208]

Yep!

[@WalmartMustacheMan]

Not really, most Eastern European Cars were made for an extremely long time, for example a Lada Riva, if anything, Mexico was a lot like Eastern Europe with the Beetle

[@condimentking14]

@@WalmartMustacheMan true the Lada Riva I feel the social very well built car simple yes and sometimes after people need I drive a very simple car here in the United States no air conditioning no power steering just the heater and it's not even fuel injected but simplicity is key means less can break down

[@WalmartMustacheMan]

Once I restore and upgrade my Yugo, it will be my daily, I do want to get air conditioning for it and get one of the higher end Yugo radios but thats it for “features”, the drive train I want to upgrade to a 1.5l or a 1.9l Fiat 128A as its just a larger version of the original engine and I want to put a 5 speed manual Yugo transmission, thats really all I need, a nice simple car that is functional, has some form of speed, and puts a smile on my face whenever I drive it

[@bryananderson3772]

Am I the only one who came here expecting the gun factory?

[@iAmCodeMonkey]

Yep.

[@95thewu]

No

[@egalf]

They didn't even talk about the truck factory...

[@Leman.Russ.6thLegion]

YOU MEAN SOME OF MY AKM'S COME FROM A CAR FACTORY???

[@aleksavasic7191]

1115WOLF No they are seperate companies zastava cars and zastava arms former crvena zastava

[@stacybananagrape8341]

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[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

Yugo AK's aren't actually AKMs. They are AK's, just not AKM's.

[@cs-rj8ru]

Well at least us Americans wont destroy Zastava again on a political whim...Fiat-Chrysler owns the plant now. Nobody in Washington would risk harming American interests.

[@nikolajovanovic3940]

Ne kapiram zašto Zastava nebi bila kompletno obnovljena i ponovo pokrenula potpuno nove modele Yuga i Floride čak postoji i 3d snimak novog Yuga ali država očigledno ne želi da pomogne potražite na KZbin New Yugo

[@TheKenjoje]

zato što je prodato fiatu

[@abc-eq9so]

Zapitaj se ko bih uzimao "Yugo" danas? Pa prvo ne bih nasi a kamoli neki stranac. Pokrenuti nesto skroz novo kosta dosta dosta para, dovoljno je vidjeti uspjesne firme kao Seat, Skoda, Volov, sve te firme su neki drugi uzeli. Pa i SAAB je propao a auto je milion puta bolje od bilo kojeg Yuga.

[@uroskostic8570]

@@abc-eq9so Drzavne sluzbe bi kupovale domace aute. Florida je bio odlican auto, imam ga i posle 17god ide odlicno. Nizom cenom, bi mogli da konkurisu zapadu, ili da probaju izvoz za azijske zemlje.

[@abc-eq9so]

@@uroskostic8570 ne znam kakav je sto se tice pouzdanosti ali cinjenica je da na zapadu mnogi ili vecina uzimaju auta preko lizinga, privatno ili preko posla(kao sto naprimjer ja) gdje garancije i osiguranje se uklapa u cijenu Kakvo je auto poslje 17 godina ovdje nikoga ne zanima jer se mjenja auto poslje 3-5 godina. Jednostavno kad imas vise para gledas neke druge stvari kod auta. I Lada je pouzdana i "dobra" pa niko ne uzima. Najvise se prodaje auta srednje klase/cijene. Golf, Passat, Octavia, Superb itd.

[@strahinjastevic7480]

Taj "Novi jugo" Je samo render što je neki slepac napravio od dosade, Zastava kao marka je otišla u prašinu i nevidim zašto bih iko normalan hteo to da kupi pored dačije, renoa il šta već jer budimo iskreni protiv njih bi se i najviše takmičila.

[@user-br6cu5jm1q]

Yikes they breathed in all those paint fumes etc yikes.

[@mcatlow8]

Why isn’t America socialist? Things are just better when you don’t need or can’t afford things. It keeps your debt in check so say.

[@iAmCodeMonkey]

Hope you are being sarcastic.

[@ES-pt3mr]

How could anyone want that crappy factory 😂

[@iAmCodeMonkey]

Too late, Fiat owns it now.

[@donlyonly3523]

Srbija je pod turskom okupacijom uspela napraviti svoje drzavne fabrike a danas ove vlasti nista ne prave za drzavu nego samo unistavaju i rasprodavaju drzavno vlasnistvo ...ispada da je bilo bolje pod turskom okupacijom nego danas kao u slobodnoj Srbiji..strasno