The Little Car That Couldn't (Book Review: The Yugo)

Wall Street Journal ^ | March 4, 2010 | Dick Teresi

[C19fan]

If you are my age and watched SNL you should remember the skit about the Adobe (I hope I remember the name currectly).

[Pollster1]

Obama takes over GM and Chrysler, and there is renewed interest in the Yugo. Coincidence? I think not.

[mt tom]

with government motors the true meaning of GMC gotta mechanic coming and MOPAR my old pig ain’t running

[arthurus]

Rush used to play a haunting melody called, I think, “In a Yugo” by maybe Melvin Presley? Any way it was the best of Rush’s Update songs.

[Proud2BeRight]

The Yugo has to be better than Toiletas. LOL

[Peter W. Kessler]

Paul Harvey once said that, if you wanted to double the value of your Yugo, all you had to do was fill the gas tank.

[massgopguy]

Ho Ho it’s Adobe
The little car that’s made out of clay!

[Little Pig]

I always thought MOPAR meant “Mostly Old Parts And Rust”.

[envisio]

ha... Yugo

We had 5 guys (all over 200lbs) piled in a Yugo.
I’m 6’4” and I ended up curled up in the hatch. We somehow ended up stuck in the middle of a football field with a stripper asleep in the backseat.

[ETL]

“A funny parody of Elvis Presley’s “In a ghetto” performed by Paul Shanklin.... (with lyrics)”

“In a Yugo”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqTKZgEW8pM

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

My mom had a Yugo, she took care of it and changed the oil regularly and put over 300,000 miles on it before she sold it to someone.

[ShadowAce]

I bought a brand new Yugo as a second car to get around town.

Six months after purchase (best thing I ever did was to purchase the extended warranty) the engine failed, and I got a brand new one for free.

Never had serious issues--the driver's window crank kept breaking off, but that was it.

Got it up to 90 once. :)

[montyspython]

The Yugo is the bomb bro! Literally....

This is the Bosnian version

[montyspython]

“Got it up to 90 once. :) “

That’s because the wind was at your back.

[ShadowAce]

LOL! I think it was kinda windless night.

I couldn't hear the radio at that speed.

[Jack Hydrazine]

The GT version has a louder motor.

[montyspython]

I read the article this morning on the train ride in a had to contain myself as I was laughing my ass off.

Being son of Serbian immigrants and personally knowing individuals who purchased this fine piece of communist engineering, I had a greater appreciation for the content of this article.

[montyspython]

No, that’s because there was a strategically placed hole in the firewall behind the engine.... legs were always nice and toasty.

[montyspython]

Oh so funny in so many ways.