And that, sadly, is the point and the problem. An older Yugo, since the car hasn't been manufactured since its country went out of business. It would be interesting to see how the rear suspension was beefed up. I heard a version on Car Talk of a deer that a priest hit and it had 150K on the clock when he hit it in his Yugo. One time the keys were out and the car was still on and would not turn off. When the nastiest resident (Bette Midler) of a white-trash Westchester suburb is killed in a suspicious accident, everyone Theyre really a mishmash of the two; with their own unique body. I dont buy junk to begin with, maintain them, and only have minimal issues with them. Finallywith a new clutch 400 miles oldit tossed the alternator belt. He was absolutely correct. NO. Fuji was pretty well aware that the car wasnt suitable for America circa 1969. No regrets and better than any $1500 alternatives at the time. Amidst mutual finger pointing, the deal collapsed in July 2008 as the erstwhile partners took turns suing one another in federal court. When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect. The local news interveiwed some and they were going for $4000 Id end up with used junk, but now I got a new import!. The U.S. stuff was bad enough in that era, but the European cars were (by and large) even worse and the Japaneese were worse by orders of magnatude. 1. By third world standards, the Yugo was not a terribly bad car and sales continued even after its mother country began breaking up in the early 90s. But even in those circumstances, the car was not that bad as public opinion in USA about it. I would venture to guess that there are fewer than 500 running condition Yugos still on the road in the U.S. (most of which need a little TLC) Anybody that ever owned one of these little mobile gulags will tell you that there was nothing loveable, cute or endearing about them. The Yugo, new clutch, new exhaust, patched wiring and all, went into the trash. After Mona Dearly (Bette Milder) dies in the movie's opening moments when her Yugo plows through a guardrail and into the Hudson River far below, Wyatt begins investigating her death. Reviewed in . Whats bad. If possible, the FSO 125p was even worse. This, the paring of weight, was even evident in Japanese trucks. This is all fictional of course. Its a tough call on the Yugo. Now that its privatized, products have risen in quality to what the buyer expects for his money. My cell phone was apparently assembled at gunpoint by drunk Yugoslavians in the year 1984 . Possibly most accurate and realistic analysis I have heard yet regarding what happened in ex-Yugoslavia. Im trying to remember, she actually, may have owned two of them. Ever notice how a lot of movie smokers seem to have just lighted their cigarettes? Although I tested it in the summer, the car sputtered and hesitated like it was cold. Since the film is set in modern, post y2k times, it may be the last one in running condition in the U.S. No, I dont know if they used an actual Yugo or just a skinned over FIAT prop, & if they did utilize a Yugo, how many production assistants were tasked with keeping it working ;-D. Also used for laughs in the Ackroyd/Hanks Dragnet movie. Parts were cheap due to the exchange rate, so there was not the pressure on dealers to deny problems and warranty claims, like Ford and Vauxhall put on their dealers. The Birdcage - Features a yellow Yugo Cabrio in Miami. Early oil changes, followed maintenance schedule. Drowning Mona is a 2000 American crime comedy film starring Danny DeVito as Wyatt Rash, a local police chief from Verplanck, New York, who investigates the mysterious death of Mona Dearly ( Bette Midler ), a spiteful, hard-drinking, loud-mouthed, abusive woman, hated by all who knew her, who drove her son's car off a cliff and drowned in a river. Well life handed me a whole pile a' shit! Thanks for your detailed experience. Every character's automobile has personalized plates. I didnt mind helping friends and neighbor with problems they had with their cars. Also, the GM Colonades from 73-77 were pretty rust resistant as well. "Drowning Mona" is a frustrating comedy. Why did so many Fiat designs get recycled and built behind the Iron Curtain? Its like almost any car; get to know its issues, and if you have the mechanical inclinations to deal with them, theyre pretty simple cars otherwise. A "Fetzer valve" is a fictional part of an engine, introduced in the movie Fletch (1985). Bricklin was kicked out in the first (of two) bankruptcies, true. Im affiliated with NECC Motorsports, a club that runs time trials at various sports car racing tracks in the eastern half of the USA. In Spain it was called "Todos la queran muerta" (everyone wanted her dead), Too good of a movie not to be on this site in HD. Also, I think that first step after buying any used car in general should be changing of belt. The salesman was vaguely aware that they were built somewhere in Europe,but he was cagey about just where. I had the car 18 months or so, when in traffic one day a DUI driver rammed his Ford Fiesta (of all things) into the back of my Yugo and pushed me into a Nissan Maxima. The car was a modest success with just under 8000 sold in the first year, but when the 360 was pilloried by Consumer Reports as being unacceptable because of its numerous safety issues, the bottom dropped out of the venture and the last few cars sat on dealers lots for years before they were practically given away. Danny DeVito (Chief Wyatt Rash) and Tracey Walter (Clarence) appeared in Matilda (1996). This may seem shocking, but Yugos really dont rust badly. Its the manifestation of the postwar Japanese industrial culturepredicated on continuous quality improvement; and with the use of statistical controls to produce ever-higher quality items with fewer deviations from specification. Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time, Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase, Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene. To be said, Jasons book is 90% about Bricklin. Which, actually, was a very good little car . It failed, of all places, on the Bonneville salt flats area in Utah. Worse, it was not just fenders and rocker panels that looked bad but did not affect the way the car drove. What kind of car is in the movie Drowning Mona? Or wasting half a grand. My little red Yugo was dead. Reading in Consumer Reports that the tester injured his toe when the front seat came crashing down on it. Nasty Mona Dearly (Midler) drives her car into the Hudson River and drowns. Actually, Perry did a much better job of it than I could have. The cars in the movie were provided by Apple Motors in Denver, Colorado. Good account. I was enrolled in a community class marketing course and the teacher brought up the Yugo, and was joking about it. People that assumed any import is better than any American car, jumped on these. She was rather negligent about maintenance, so would have been tough on any vehicle, but her Yugo, like many of its kind, fell apart rather quickly, stressing a budget that was already tight. Rather, I see him as an irrepressible optimist who went into his various ventures believing everything would turn out well and he was blind to the shortcomings of the cars he imported. I recall seeing the garage full of yugos being worked on when Id take mine in and I recall seeing them dead on the side of the road everywhere. Someone steeped in the maintenace required to keep something like a Trabant running would probably be right at home with a Yugo. A 2000 American crime comedy film directed by Nick Gomez that has a police chief ( Danny DeVito) investigate the death of a woman named Mona ( Bette Midler ), an abusive and spiteful woman who was hated by everyone who knew her. I must admit that I own a Yugo. I remember checking them out back in I think 1986 at a local dealer and loved that bright blue they were offering at the time, called Adriatic Blue. To see mine riding on a tow truck was so humiliating. There was a guy that was racing a Yugo in SCCA competition, but thats been a long time ago. Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro wagamichi wo yuku, Otoko wa tsurai yo: Naniwa no koi no Torajir, http://www.highwayone.com/Classifieds/Yugo/GreenYugoCab.html, I'd like to own a yugo some day. Several actors in this film have ties to the Batman films. Assuming the gentleman was telling the truth, this has to be some kind The first thing to appear onscreen is a little blurb about the Yugo car company using the town of Verplanck as a test area for their new model years ago. Drowning Mona (2000) is a never remembered black comedy that I absolutely love. But the Japanese companies focused; and today its almost unheard of to find a Toyota or Honda ruined from corrosion. Too many people in this country have this mentality that if its cheap, treat it as such and yes, a fulfilled prophesy. The story involves a local police chief from New York state who is charged with . Yep, the N and Z360 from Honda, but when they made them for export, they dropped in a 600cc motor into what was essentially the same car so what we got as did Europe was the N and Z600 with a 600cc motor instead of the 360cc motor, which was the utmost limit in displacement for a Kei car then, and I think now. Those Protons were actually a decent car. I sold the car to a coworker of my BILs, who drove the car another three years before he totaled it. Show more Yugo America. But outside of regular tourist routes and specially on the outer islands, unofficial nude beaches were everywhere. The car she is driving is a Yugo, and the pic's locale is Verplanck, New York (north of New York City), that actually was a test market for the ill-fated economy car in the late 1970's. . Those brave revolutionaries almost single handedly redefine their market segment and leave an indelible mark on the industry itself. She put about 50,000 miles on it without a problem-it was scrapped when she got rear-ended by a Camry. They are also heavily used rather than background or minor action vehicles. Ah, the quintessential crap car. Which together would have theoretically allowed the Yugo to be more successful. Of course, I was charmed by that, as it reminded me very much of the original A1 Golf, and seemed to share the same utility that the original A1 did. Ford uses a similar shade on their Mustangs of recent vintage and still love it even now. Other than the time the clutch cable broke, and getting the electrical issues sorted out, the car spent no time in the shop. Appologies for not-nice-said, but there is no other way to do it. i live down the block. Yup, Im gonna go for a ride in my Ford Fester., I mentioned Drowning Mona below, before I read this. Some Japanese automakers seem to have been surprisingly resistant to the latter; that was a major complaint of Yutaka Katayama at Nissan. Yes, even a Saturn will rust in Detroit, but in less harsh climes, Yugos tend to last well. Although it shares some similarities with the Fiat 127, it is actually based on the much more advanced Autobianchi. I test drove one of these brand new when they hit the market. And often wins. Agree with this last. Drowning Mona | 2000 | PG-13 | - 5.5.5. The worst of the Japaneese cars would rust in structural places that would make the car unsafe. However, the 67 cu inch motor had plenty of power if you kept it revved, and I never really had a problem keeping up with traffic. The Yugo became the default entry level car for people that knew the price of everything but the value of nothing. } Nevermind that their cars are horribly unreliable, people still buy them. Its not too late! One day a red one, next day yellow, the day after white, he was gathering up the by then give-away bombs that still ran. Also, the factory refused to make design changes that were obviously needed and would have been simple to implement. 5.0 out of 5 stars Drowning Mona music CD. Also, familiarity is important in servicing a car.Lots of American mechanics wouldnt bother to learn the finer points of working on Yugos because there were so few of them and parts were slow to arrive when needed. Could you imagine if another country decided to do that? The ignition constantly gave out and so did the clutch. First of all, thanks to Perry Shoar for a very well written explanation of the events of the 70s and 80s that led to the meltdown of Yugoslavia. My mother drove it to work at the high school one time. You are my inhalation, I own few blogs and infrequently run out from brand :). The effort collapsed along with Yugo sales in America. One of the magazines rolled one on test, and they had a top speed of around 65mph. But they did. View 9 images I havent seen one on the road in at least 15 years. The Proton is only a Malaysian Mitsubishi exactly the same awful car Hyundai built as trhe EXCEL. after about 30 years of having the car rust off of the frame. (Italy) 1989 Chrysler TC 1983 Dodge Omni 1991 Dodge Ram 1980 Ford F - 350 Ford Ranger 1993 Ford Ranger GMC C / K - Series 1992 Honda Civic (rolls eyes). With a State-owned automobile plant, management is there for political reasons which may have nothing to do with competence. When they all disappeared, I surmised it was because he had been caught by the police for driving unregistered vehiclesmore likely they all just died from their terminal junkiness. Many years later I saw it, and her, driving down a street near my house. You know, we have a joke here in ex-Yugoslavia about Yugo: One time the shifter came off in my hand. if(document.getElementById("unic-ccpa")) { The car is the Yugo. The Yugo was not always viewed so favorably, although its $3,990 price ($9,900 in today's dollars) grabbed headlines on its introduction in 1985. I saw this movie. W. Edwards Deming was key in Japans metamorphosis from a backwards exporter of trinkets and junk to a source for amazingly-high-quality automobiles and electronics. I also bought a new Yugo in 1989, and had to replace brake master cylinder immediately because brakes would fail after about 10 km on the road. Ive been around big rigs all of my life, but they never looked bigger than when I was next to them on the freeway. About a year or so into owning the blue one, the clutch cable snapped (in traffic, of course). Doug DeMuro joyfully reviewed one a couple of years ago. Bowfinger - The main character produced a documentary called The Yugo Story. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Nevermind that their cars are horribly unreliable, people still buy them. I see one maybe twice a year. The Kei cars, like European microcars in the 1950s and early 60s, made car ownership possible for the masses. How quickly they developed larger cars was a product of how well capitalized each company was and how much their senior management (some of which was deeply conservative, even by Detroit standards) was willing to make the investment in export-specific products. He lost his house, his fortuneAnd the dozens of Yugo GVs that he received as part of his settlement with his bankers. I cant recall reading anything positive about the vehicle, anywhere. Malcolm Bricklin was one of those guys who is the quintessential P.T. I may know the only satisfied Yugo owner in the U.S. It has interesting characters and situations and I found myself really enjoying the film--only to have it all fizzle at the end. The problems experienced with Yugos, were unknown to new-car buyers in that era; were entirely avoidable with better assembly and simple correction of design and process mistakes; and were connected to durability related to poor design or engineering. . Destination was Las Vegas; and by the time I got there the only way to get it to move was in First. lol, Yugos were marketed in USA 1985 to 1990 by Malcolm Bricklin's vehicle imports Firm. Childrens toys are more dependable. [SOUNDBITE - clip from Drowning Mona trailer, 2000] Every car in the movie, save for the police vehicle and a main character's landscaping pickup, is a . Much bigger players failed on this field, like Peugeot and Renault, while on the domestic market and in the whole EU they are doing just fine. Yugos are cars. Ive got a couple of rusted out British cars one of which I repaired The rust was caused by poor window sealing on both water rusted it way out however the spares one was driven full of rust which spread it all through the unpainted box sections. What is the purpose of door release handles if they break right away (they appeared to be bendable plastic molded around a paper clip), and how did they ever get installed in the first place if they didnt work to begin with? Retrospective - 2000's "Drowning Mona". By May of 1988, Malcom Bricklin needed a lifeboat and he found it on Wall Street. The country was communist, but with good relations with the US and a cosmetically overhauled version of socialism, the idea was the Yugoslavia would compete in Western markets and as a result, the country took on a lot of debt throughout the 70s to update its capacity for making consumer goods, among other projects. Jason Vuic details this in his book The Yugo of how management refused plans for premiums for top-grade work or extra effort; of how primitive and shoddy were the paint booths, of how design goofs went uncorrected for years. But they were cheap! As I said earlier, this car obviously didnt meet the expectations of the majority of the American masses, but I know you werent the only one who found the Yugo a simple and easy-to-work-on car. The movie was directed by Nick Gomez, who, in "Laws of Gravity" and "New Jersey Drive," brought a John Cassavetes touch to working-class crime and confusion. With the pullout of Fiat, Renault and the British makes just a few years before, there was a general sense that room existed in the market for any european nameplate that could build a reasonably priced car that returned good fuel economy and high build quality. Soon we would have a whole line of Adams Family cars on the road! There was a short in the headlights, and the switch for the engine cooling fan was broken both of which were easily fixed. After the 1973 oil shock and protracted period of economic stagnation globally, Western markets had less incentive to buy anything from Yugoslavia. They initially started out as an arms manufacturer. Generally what kills them is the cost of major systems repairs, to where its not economically justifiable. Only other thing it needed to be roadworthy was front tires. (* 5-20 for older cars, up to 200 if they have to change water-pump and rollers, new models are more expensive, but 500 maybe for new BMW). } His last notable brush with the automotive world (in 2004) involved a vague alliance with (uh-oh) Chinese auto maker Chery. (Fiat DID design the chassis, after all.). I think that was true of most of the Japanese automakers the early passenger cars evolved from tiny commercial trucks and three-wheelers, sharing engines with motorcycles. The place where I used to work was given a Yugo 45. There are like 100 YUGOs in the movie, which I think came out around 1998. Rated PG-13 I spotted the ones in the picture while out on a bike ride a few years ago. A quiet little in-joke indeed, but I mention it so the filmmakers will know their work was not in vain. It was amazing (to me) how they found a solution so quickly. setTimeout(waitGEO, 200); i found this article about the space: Im pretty sure that she kept her clothes on. The chief is not rash, but fairly level-headed as he patiently sorts his way through a case that seems to reduce itself to a series of bar fights dimly remembered by drunks. I owned one. Big deal, huh? My favorite memory was the NYC art exhibit where every sculpture was created from the remains of an old Yugo. Comments are property of their authors. The car itself rattled and shook upon starting. When the Yugo GV was finally offered for sale in September 1985, (as an 86 model) , initial orders looked promising. Malcom Bricklin The twice bankrupt Bricklin has resurfaced periodically over the years, always pushing the latest crack brained scheme to sell a car that would occupy the place that his Yugo once did- the bottom rung of the American market. "She's dead," he confirms to Chief Rash (Danny DeVito), who nods grimly and begins a murder investigation. As for the FloridaBricklin was itching to bring it in. @Jeff Nelson: I think youre a bit dismissive of Zastava, they have been around for quite some time. Only with the threat of armed intervention by Nato and the UN is an uneasy peace maintained. Bricklin wisely took the first offer and netted about $20 million for his trouble. depends 100% on very cheap parts and lots of mechanics around that know the car inside out. I want to say she drove it, but I dont think she actually put many miles on it. https://jalopnik.com/the-yugo-is-not-the-worst-car-ever-and-anyone-who-says-1830229976, The Yugo Is Not the Worst Car Ever and Anyone Who Says That Is a Lazy Hack So Lets Prove It, Your email address will not be published. This car had one genuine asset: ride quality. Cool Cruise CAR SHOW Cruisin' Brea CAR SHOW Cruisin' La Verne CAR SHOW Brea Holiday CAR SHOW Project Home America Flying Deuces is a production, marketing, booking and advertising company. I bought a used, year-old Yugo. Your email address will not be published. It seems a good use of them. Its not unlike the relationship I have with my cockroaches of the road (TM). Here, it is well known that you change the timing belt every 40K miles. It turns out to be murder and Chief Wyatt Rash (DeVito) must investigate. Everyone in Verplanck, N.Y., drives a Yugo. That's not who I am. Bricklin used franchise fees to run the company (a major accounting no-no) while the car was being modified for safety and emissions certification in the U.S. and dealerships were sold, territories assigned. For the rest of the scene, he is dry from the waist up. I think youre a bit dismissive of Zastava. So, with connections, he was brought to Japan for a series of lectures; and if America wasnt interested, Japan was very much so. In the small, white-trash town of Verplanck, N.Y., a loathsome woman named Mona Dearly (a dour and ugly Bette Midler) drives her car over a cliff and into the river. The displacement limit for kei cars was increased to 550cc some years ago. Trivia: In fact, if anything, Americas foreign policy in the 80s encouraged Yugoslavia to manufacture and export finished goods to pay its debts. The Bricklin SV-1 was remembered for several interesting features: lurid (safety) colors , no cigarette lighter (Bricklin was a rabid non-smoker) , and most importantly, the ability to vacuum piles of money from the gullible government of New Brunswick, Canada. And the opening of China and competition from S Korea in a way ate Yugos lunch in the global market. The steel is much thicker than Fiat used, and although fit and finish wasnt great, it was no worse than on a Fiat. One of the sight gags is that everyone in town drives a Yugo, thereby using personalized license plates as a necessity more than anything else.) Zastava only collapsed in 2008, and its decline was NOT due to mismanagement, but the trade embargo on Serbia, which starved them of devlopment funds. No tinted glass or glove compartment. I was listening one Saturday to Car Talk and one of the callers that day to the show was a Catholic priest who drove a Yugo and commented on all the flak he received for his choice of automotive transportation. I actually grabbed a brochure on the convertible as a joke, it was only a single page. Two Yugo episodes: The first while working on a construction crew in the 1987-88 period, at a project west of Rochester, NY one morning a Yugo rolls onto the lot, out pops a nervous, typical pocket-protector young engineering type, tells us he is out of gas, could anyone give him a ride to his job.at Kodak! The engine in mine was the old fiat 903 engine that dated back to the Fiat 600 of the 50s. The interior was fading right from day one. a special for the movie,an extended version,or just my failing memory? The last Yugo that we would recognize rolled off the assembly line in November 2008. @EdDan: How do you double the value of your Yugo? 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