[count-your-change]

A coworker and his father each bought a ‘72 Vega, identical cars. One had a rear axle break and the wheel come off and the other had the engine go bad due to lack of lubrication (some of the oil passages were blocked). This was before the cars had more than a few thousand miles on them. The Lordstown Lemons.

The YUGO of the 70’s but with even less quality.

[Einherjar]

(The YUGO of the 70’s)

All YUGO s came with rear window defrosters, so you could keep your hands warm when pushing them.

[TLEIBY308]

I bought a used Yugo for 50 bucks to drive 5miles a day from home to my body shop so I wouldnt get my pick up all dirty inside. I used it for a year, never changed oil only added oil and gas.Sold it a year later for 50 bucks. It really was a pile of junk tho.

[TStro]

My brother had a 71 Vega. Had to safety wire all the engine bolts to keep them from rattling loose.

[muawiyah]

Non-existent or plugged fluid lines in the block ~ an old Chevy problem ~ although every other automotive authority in the world knew to check blocks for plugs before mounting parts on them, Chevy's QC management were convinced that wasn't necessary because, after all, they had perfected the art of drilling holes in blocks.

My dad finally discovered a problem in his '55 Chevy where a main oil bore was plugged with a broken drill!

It'd broken off and was just left in the block. No doubt the next 250 blocks on the line after that one were simply missing a hole!

BTW, my dad fixed the problem by cutting the cheap Chevy drill out with a VERY EXPENSIVE state of the art super tungsten carbide tipped drill bit ~ and a hand drill.

I doubt it ever occurred to Chevy's QC managers to ever count bits on their Millholland and other borers at the end of a shift.