He was a priest for several small parishes in the mountains of a N. Eastern state, I forget which and came around a bend to get from one parish to another when he hit the poor animal and it was enough to total that car out but he got that many miles out of it. Even though the price was a come on (dealers larded as many options onto the car as they could get away with, see below), America was hooked. This car didnt want to go into reverse at a standstill. I put about 20K miles on it per year. To say that the 360 was unsuited to American driving norms is to wildly overpraise the car. The Proton is only a Malaysian Mitsubishi exactly the same awful car Hyundai built as trhe EXCEL. The salesman was vaguely aware that they were built somewhere in Europe,but he was cagey about just where. Ive been around big rigs all of my life, but they never looked bigger than when I was next to them on the freeway. From the Subaru 360, to the SV1, to the Yugo, up to Chery, he followed the time-honored scammers credo of taking as much money as he could through charm and charisma, and when the going got tough and his shell-game started coming unraveled, he bailed with his loot and moved on to his next scam. The brakes appear to have been tampered with, making it murder. Serendipity! When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect.When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect.When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect. The little cars--all Yugos--are almost identical; they only differ in color, and Rona's has a sunroof. Holy mackerel, Goe, what a story and experience! (function waitGEO() { 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. Id notice the original Civic CVCC, I had one, loved it and sold it much too soon. At least in the old days I could see why the industry that does not want a cheap car to succeed, but whats the point now? Another movie moment: Nick drives a Yugo in the film _Nick & Norahs Infinite Playlist_. the building is used several times a month for exclusive private hip-hop dance parties. The ignition constantly gave out and so did the clutch. that stated this town was used as a consumer testing site for the cars. Then again, Ive always had a liking for the odd car or two over the years. It's got an absolute star studded cast including Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Casey Affleck, William Fitchner, Neve Campbell, Jaime Lee Curtis, with a cameo, and even . Ford Econoline This Is Not A Taxi. As the movie opens, a local woman named Mona Dearly (Bette Midler) speeds down a country road and directly into the Hudson River when her brakes fail. But before Bricklin made a virtue of safety, he all but made a mockery of same just a half decade before. It's a movie that has an attitude problem it couldn't resolve as easily as it did the mystery to Mona's death. We learn that Verplanck was selected as a test market when the Yugo was being introduced to the United States. As my old profesor of economics said: War is the best economic valve Unfortunately, Ive learned that from personal experience. No parts fell off of it, the car generally was in good condition (other than some stains on the seats that I didnt care to speculate about). But, I decided that going back into the printing business made more sense to me, so I left the car lot and headed back to what I call work. Of course a $800 car isnt worth shyte to the insurance company, so they gave me a token $1000 for my time and trouble (another story). The man is Malcom Bricklin. Based on the slightly larger Fiat 125, it was everything bad about a lada, but somehow worse. The 4 door one was a dodge omni, think it was a glh. Kind of reminds me of a first generation Rabbit/Golf, which Ive always considered the gold-standard for the best styled small car. Drowning Mona Trailer - Yugo Cars 7,448 views May 7, 2014 The NZ Yugo 1.66K subscribers 26 Dislike Share In Drowning Mona everyone drives Yugo Cars and one day Mona borrows her sons. It wasnt ancient ethnic hatreds, it was more a perfect storm. It broke down like a Yugo. I remember seeing new Yugos at the (I think 1990) Chicago Auto Show. of record for a Yugo. But after a slow start because of supply problems, the car began selling in volume during year two. Now Rash has to decide who killed Mona Dearly. The accident I referenced in my earlier post has adversely affected my overall health (lumbar damage), and Im nowhere near as ready to slide under a car as I used to be. Some Japanese automakers seem to have been surprisingly resistant to the latter; that was a major complaint of Yutaka Katayama at Nissan. Drowning Mona, Movie, 2000 Pictures provided by: garco, antp, ahight Display options: Also known as: Todos la queran muerta (Spain) Mais qui a tu Mona ? Audis have been headaches to owners at various times. The problem is, there's not a single person in town who DIDN'T have a motive. Not sure they sold very many. 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. (At the same dealership on the window sticker above,actually). What am I supposed to make outta that? I went to an auto place for a part, and was so embarassed to even say Yugo to the clerk, that my voice stuttered and I replied Yugee. Kei cars still exist, but the engine size and dimensional standards have been increased somewhat, and the newer Kei cars tend to be very tall, boxy affairs to create the maximum possible cubic footage of interior room within the package limits. 5 Yugo i know its a rare thing but should we park them together ? Danny Devito and Bette Midler starred together in "Ruthless People". The effort collapsed along with Yugo sales in America. Other than the time the clutch cable broke, and getting the electrical issues sorted out, the car spent no time in the shop. 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. Tracey Walter appeared in the original Tim Burton Batman, Danny DeVito appeared as The Penguin in Batman Returns and William Fichtner appeared in The Dark Knight. if (window['UnicI'].geo === 'CA') { One reason is that lots of people own and drive them and parts are a breeze. The car itself staggered on until early 1992, with steadily declining sales and a dealer network that was slowly (and then quickly) going bankrupt. He drove them all fast and hard which no doubt shortened their operational life. I had very good support for the Yugo as Atlanta is the home of Bayless, which is a big Fiat parts house. Technically if its going downhill it wasnt moving on its own power. The last ones left in my hometown got a stay of execution when the city received a good number of Bosnian refugees in the 90s; many of them bought Yugos and got mobile for next to nothing since they knew how to keep them running. Various ancillaries like alternators were replaced with real FIAT parts. http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_113306-Plymouth-Horizon-C2-1984.html 2) At the 2014 Route 66 Mother Road Festival in Springfield, Illinois there was a Yugo with a Chrysler 426 Hemi (with blower) in the rear of the car (Hemi under glass). It was owned by a gentleman named Dave Benton who claimed to be the former engineering manager for Yugo North America. From the start, Zastava resented the profit dealers made, and thought their expenses exorbitant. Finallywith a new clutch 400 miles oldit tossed the alternator belt. Big deal, huh? Back in 87, a cheerleader at my high school won one of these in a raffle. The Yugo, new clutch, new exhaust, patched wiring and all, went into the trash. The Renault Alliance and 18i were still being sold in 1984-85 when the Yugo debuted. The poor gal, if I remember, was named Lelo. It eventually developed a bad piston ring(s), and the blow by was enough to clog the carburetor so that it would stop running. i cant imagine where bricklin would get the approximately $35k/mo rent. @EdDan: How do you double the value of your Yugo? So, with connections, he was brought to Japan for a series of lectures; and if America wasnt interested, Japan was very much so. Those brave revolutionaries almost single handedly redefine their market segment and leave an indelible mark on the industry itself. Bricklin often says that the first model year or so of production the cars were well assembled and then once Zastava saw the money they let things slip. 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. if (!readyGEO) { In fact every single person in town hated her. It really has all of the benefits of an Italian car with none of the drawbacks. Although I tested it in the summer, the car sputtered and hesitated like it was cold. Back in another shop (an independent who specialized in Fiats) there was some general loose talk about popping a 128 engine in there; but given a verbal estimate, I cut it off. Thanks for your first hand account ! Japanese cars generally started out small, usually around 800cc in the mid 1950s and grew with the prosperity of the country and desire to chase export markets. I was scarred for her to be driving it. Zastava Zastava made Yugos even after they stopped selling in America. Some dinosaur relic, Id never seen before. Japanese rust problems are designed in the cars are only meant to last 6-7 years and were poorly protected in the factory. I think I remember this! Reviewed in . I owned one. The biggest thing Ive heard was the timing belts were supposedly good for 30K miles and many owners were caught off guard, mostly due to not reading and/or heeding the maintenance intervals and boom, they croaked as they were not non interference motors like most OHC motors arent. But then thats not what most folks are exactly looking for. 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. Beads of sweat formed on his forehead, it wasnt that he didnt want to learn, it was where he was sitting that had him scarred. . The 71-76 GM full-sizers were better than average on this count. The story involves a local police chief from New York state who is charged with . Nevermind that their cars are horribly unreliable, people still buy them. I cant recall reading anything positive about the vehicle, anywhere. Could you imagine if another country decided to do that? Malcolm Bricklin was one of those guys who is the quintessential P.T. Disc #1 -- Drowning Mona Play Feature Chapters Setup 5.1 Surround Stereo English SDH Subtitles: On Subtitles: Off Extras - Trailers Drowning Mona Eye Of The Beholder . NEVER Give Up - NEVER Back Down } Danny DeVito and Neve Campbell appeared together again six years after the release of this film in another comedy "Relative Strangers "(2006). Just started slipping, on a highway as flat as a calm oceanand over the next five hours I had to shift into lower and lower gears just to minimize slippage. At my brothers wedding this weekend, what did I see right across the street from the Germanic-American Institute on Summit Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota? Every vehicle in town that is not a truck is a Yugo, except the police cruisers, which are Plymouth Horizons. Ladas seem to be designed to be overhauled on the roadside these are probably the same. For the rest of the scene, he is dry from the waist up. Its well nigh impossible to understand the Yugo episode without understanding the guiding hand behind what is generally considered to be the worst car ever offered for sale in the U.S. Malcom Bricklin had been knocking around the car industry for over a quarter century when he spotted a Yugo 45 on a London street in 1984. Bracket racing, of course. Yugo gave everybody in town one to have. During lunch the high schoolers came out and lifted it up so the front tires were up on the sidewalk. These rear engined devices were a blast to drive, with tail-out shenanigans a-la Porsche 911 being easy to emulate. Purchased one year old cars for less than $1500 while attending college. 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. After the 1973 oil shock and protracted period of economic stagnation globally, Western markets had less incentive to buy anything from Yugoslavia. 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